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Post by frenat on Dec 9, 2009 21:41:37 GMT -4
Wouldn't be the first time an HB didn't understand basic math.
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Post by Ginnie on Dec 9, 2009 22:36:07 GMT -4
OK, so we have four pre-Apollo sources, three of which are pre-rocketry in general. A quick analysis shows that even the earliest was within half of a percentage point of the current mean orbital distance as given by Wolfram|Alpha: 238793 (1883) 239000 (1907) 238840 (1926) 238857 (1950) 239200 (current average from W|A) 238004 (current average -0.5%) Somewhat surprisingly though, the 1907 figure is closest. Does anyone have any more authoritative sources for the lunar orbital distance? Elsewhere in the 1907 book it gives the "average" distance as 238840 miles... |
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Post by Count Zero on Aug 11, 2010 1:02:34 GMT -4
"This YouTube video is proof that man never walked on the Moon!" ...but YouTube videos showing men walking on the Moon is not proof that men walked on the Moon. |
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Post by BertL on Aug 11, 2010 1:55:46 GMT -4
Count Zero, what is that video of exactly? I can't watch it because it's blocked in my country.
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Post by tedward on Aug 11, 2010 2:03:17 GMT -4
Message Says "This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."
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Post by Count Zero on Aug 11, 2010 4:40:57 GMT -4
*sigh* So much for that attempt at humor. It was a Rickroll. Any link would have been superfluous to the point I was trying to make - I even toyed with the idea of writing a fake link (HBsaremorons.com), but I figured. "what the hell." Besides, the Astley video contains as much credible evidence of a moon landing hoax as any other video... |
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Post by AtomicDog on Sept 19, 2010 10:08:11 GMT -4
The HBs trot out a list of Soviet first after first in space achievements to show how technologically advanced they are...
...but they are incapable of tracking a spacecraft to the Moon!
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Post by AtomicDog on Sept 24, 2010 23:57:41 GMT -4
Why doesn't the "wind" that causes the flag to wave blow the dust on the "moonset" around?
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Post by PhantomWolf on Sept 25, 2010 5:08:22 GMT -4
Why doesn't the "wind" that causes the flag to wave blow the dust on the "moonset" around? Because its special dust that only gets affected by the air in the x-axis when it comes off of the rover wheels. |
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Post by banjomd on Sept 25, 2010 7:36:30 GMT -4
Why doesn't the "wind" that causes the flag to wave blow the dust on the "moonset" around? Touche' !   ;D |
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Post by AtomicDog on Oct 5, 2010 18:14:30 GMT -4
If moviemakers could routinely use wire rigs to make stuntmen jump six times higher and further than what could be done on Earth... (with black wires)
...why didn't NASA put on a show and do the same with the Apollo astronauts on the "moonset?"
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Post by theteacher on Oct 6, 2010 5:46:16 GMT -4
If moviemakers could routinely use wire rigs to make stuntmen jump six times higher and further than what could be done on Earth... (with black wires) ...why didn't NASA put on a show and do the same with the Apollo astronauts on the "moonset?" Exactly. Conversely: How high can an astronaut fully suited up with operational PLSS jump on earth? I'm sure he can't jump at all. What is six times nothing? So the whole "six times as high"-way of conceiving this problem is baloney. |
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Post by astronaut23 on Oct 6, 2010 11:42:15 GMT -4
The HBs trot out a list of Soviet first after first in space achievements to show how technologically advanced they are... ...but they are incapable of tracking a spacecraft to the Moon! Aparently they conveniently leave out the Gemini program since by the end of Gemini we were way more advanced in what we could do than they were. HB's act like we made some kind of Giant Leap from Mercury to Apollo 11's flight to the moon without anything in between. Its like they don't just ignore what was done in Gemini but they ignore the unmmaned test flights of Apollo along with 7,8,9, and 10. |
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Post by AtomicDog on Oct 6, 2010 12:22:37 GMT -4
If moviemakers could routinely use wire rigs to make stuntmen jump six times higher and further than what could be done on Earth... (with black wires) ...why didn't NASA put on a show and do the same with the Apollo astronauts on the "moonset?" Exactly. Conversely: How high can an astronaut fully suited up with operational PLSS jump on earth? I'm sure he can't jump at all. What is six times nothing? So the whole "six times as high"-way of conceiving this problem is baloney. It seems to me that an HB would be eager to weigh himself down to the Earth weight equivalent of an Apollo suit and PLSS, video himself jumping and leaping, and post the result on YouTube saying, "See? the Apollo astronauts should be able to jump six times as high and far than this!" Could it be that they have tried this, realized that a six times extrapolation matches the lunar footage, then squelched plans for any such revelation? |
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Post by theteacher on Oct 6, 2010 13:02:52 GMT -4
It seems to me that an HB would be eager to weigh himself down to the Earth weight equivalent of an Apollo suit and PLSS, video himself jumping and leaping, and post the result on YouTube saying, "See? the Apollo astronauts should be able to jump six times as high and far than this!" Could it be that they have tried this, realized that a six times extrapolation matches the lunar footage, then squelched plans for any such revelation? Where do the HB's put on display their photographs of the stars taken with daylight settings of shutter speed and f-stop? I haven't seen any yet. Same kind of reason? |
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