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Post by BertL on Jan 13, 2008 15:33:32 GMT -4
That would be my video I plan on making more! Thing is, that video wasn't aimed at people like Duane. I know that nothing will convince him. It's more for the people who are sitting on the fence. Hey Gavin. Good to see you're aiming for the fence-sitters instead of the hardcore HBs. Take easy to explain things (preferably photographical). Stuff like "no stars", "wrong crosshairs", "the shadows are wrong" etcetera. It's easier to explain them on YouTube. Trying to explain electrostatic effects on there is mostly pointless.
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reynoldbot
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Post by reynoldbot on Jan 13, 2008 17:53:18 GMT -4
Great video Gavin. I especially enjoyed that you provided mission roll numbers for the photograph used and provided a link to it on the ALSJ. You never see that in HB videos.
I just want to give you a heads up (if you don't know already) that Percy reconstructed the hammer and feather experiment here on earth, and was able with some cojoling of factors to get them to drop and hit the ground at the same time. BUT, and this is a big factor, he could only achieve this by changing the orientation of the feather from sideways (as done in the apollo video) to straight up and down with the heavier quill tip of the feather pointing downward. Maybe you could address this in your next video, or at least have that information ready when HB's try to bring up Percy's experiment to debunk the hammer and feather claim.
Also, concerning the sped up/slowed down footage, the sheer practicality of forcing these astronauts to literally run and jump and do everything as fast as they can wearing heavy space suits in earth gravity, for single shots that literally can last longer than an hour at a time is, for all intents and purposes, impossible. I'd like to see an HB try that for even ten minutes. It just can't be done.
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Post by PeterB on Jan 31, 2008 11:59:36 GMT -4
Speaking of Duane, you're no doubt familiar with the YouTube video Phil Plait did about the asteroid 2007 TU24. You may also be familiar with the edited version put together by a guy called Ironman Australia. I was reading the comments to Ironman's video on YouTube, and noticed this one from Straydog02:
Someone might care to explain how Duane can extract that meaning from Phil's original video. Actually, Duane, perhaps you could explain yourself...
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