do you think they ever really landed on the MOON?

Sminty_Smeagol · 03-16-2003, 08:24 PM

Some people think that the whole "One step for man" thing and all the landing on the moon was faked, has anyone heard these theories? What do you think?

Elenka · 03-16-2003, 09:17 PM

Yeah, I've heard of those rumors - not much to 'em, I think. I'm guessing we have been to the moon, or else we're just really behind in technology.

Coney · 03-16-2003, 09:35 PM

Well, I certainly don't believe that the moon landings were a hoax.....there is no way that anyone would even try to contemplate getting away with that kind of lie.....besides winning the space race was a very important concept for a lot of people during the cold war.

I do, however, believe that NASA did 'fake' a few photoshots for publicity reasons (and who can blame them if they did?....every newspaper and magazine in the world were screaming for photographs).....unfortunately those few faked shots have given rise to this whole "the whole moon landing was staged" conspiracy theory

Sminty_Smeagol · 03-16-2003, 09:41 PM

A friend of mine was insisting that the whole thing was a hoax. she said the light/shadows on the photographs were unnatural and artificial. I dunno if they would have taken a whole set of stagelights up there or what, but I mean, it seems very possible that they would want proper lighting on things that would be broadcasted naturally, right? I don't know about natural light on the moon tho... as in, how visible it would be...

jerseydevil · 03-16-2003, 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by Sminty_Smeagol
A friend of mine was insisting that the whole thing was a hoax. she said the light/shadows on the photographs were unnatural and artificial. I dunno if they would have taken a whole set of stagelights up there or what, but I mean, it seems very possible that they would want proper lighting on things that would be broadcasted naturally, right? I don't know about natural light on the moon tho... as in, how visible it would be...

There's no atmosphere on the moon. The sun is much more bright up - because nothing is there to filter it out. if you looked at the sun with your naked eyes on the moon - you'd be blinded in an instant.

Anyway - the moon landing happened. I don't believe in the conspiracy theories.

eowyngirl14 · 03-16-2003, 10:18 PM

i have never heard of those theories. sound like a load of crap to me...

but I want to be an astronot so I have a bit of a bias opinion...

markedel · 03-16-2003, 10:25 PM

There are sites that specifically debunk the conspiracy theorists. I don't believe in such theories.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-16-2003, 10:43 PM

While I certainly don't believe in conspiracy theories, I feel compelled to point out that there are also sites that prove that LOTR is a Satanic work.

jerseydevil · 03-16-2003, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
While I certainly don't believe in conspiracy theories, I feel compelled to point out that there are also sites that prove that LOTR is a Satanic work.

Aren't they?

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-16-2003, 10:47 PM

You mean isn't it.

And no, it's not.

Lizra · 03-17-2003, 08:58 AM

I remember when it happened. (twice) It was very exciting! I vote for the "load of crap" Big load!

Dunadan · 03-17-2003, 09:41 AM

I remember it too (now we REALLY ARE old). Terrible picture quality. If they'd faked it, I think they'd have had much higher production values.

My conspiracy theory is that all these conspiracy theories are put about to stop us from realising that the world is being run by a coterie of gnomes from Atlantis.

Lizra · 03-17-2003, 09:43 AM

Hee hee! Smart gnomes!

Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn · 03-17-2003, 09:44 AM

yea, ive heard the theries, but i bet after as many times as we've "been" on the moon, we must of landed at least one

Lizra · 03-17-2003, 11:38 AM

Densecap moment! I don't understand what you mean L_F_A?

***Earniel*** · 03-17-2003, 04:29 PM

Ah, my great-gran never believed men had landed on the moon. My sister who was really into space and astronomy then had quite a few debates to convince her. Useless of course.

Personally I think the landing on the moon was real. But I once heard (warning: it comes from a shaky source) that some high officials in America were planning to fake it if the real mission failed. It just strikes me as odd that some one would really want to fake it.

But I suppose it was a prestige thing then.

WallRocker · 03-18-2003, 03:12 PM

Theories?! I thought everyone knew George Lucas created the Moon Landing in a specail studio in Calafronia

***Alcuin*** · 12-03-2019, 02:25 AM

I knew Dr Bob Seamans, the man in charge of engineering for NASA from 1960 until 1968. He grew up in our church and knew my wife’s family well. We had many conversations, and got to know – and like – one another. He was a brilliant man, as a scientist, an engineer, and as a manager. He was also a devout Christian, and one of the kindest, most humble men I have ever met. His humility was most remarkable thing about him: that a man so gifted, so well-connected, so accomplished could kneel down to speak face-to-face with my daughter when she was a small child in terms she could understand, and for that moment, she was all that mattered to him.

I grew up near Huntsville, where they built and tested the Saturn V first stage engines, and Tullahoma, where they built and tested the second and third stage engines. As a small child, I once saw a test of the F1 engines that launched Apollo. With satellite telescopes, we can see the landing sites on the moon. The Apollo astronauts placed three reflectors on the moon; the Russians left two using robot landers: because they are reflectors, they still work, and astronomers still use them. I have no doubt that men walked on the moon.

03-16-2003, 08:24 PM	#1
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	do you think they ever really landed on the MOON? Some people think that the whole "One step for man" thing and all the landing on the moon was faked, has anyone heard these theories? What do you think?

03-16-2003, 09:17 PM	#2
Elenka The Negative Soul of Entmoot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Middle Distance Posts: 651	Yeah, I've heard of those rumors - not much to 'em, I think. I'm guessing we have been to the moon, or else we're just really behind in technology. __________________ W00T for the M00T!! War doesn't determine who is right - war determines who is left.

03-16-2003, 09:35 PM	#3
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Well, I certainly don't believe that the moon landings were a hoax.....there is no way that anyone would even try to contemplate getting away with that kind of lie.....besides winning the space race was a very important concept for a lot of people during the cold war. I do, however, believe that NASA did 'fake' a few photoshots for publicity reasons (and who can blame them if they did?....every newspaper and magazine in the world were screaming for photographs).....unfortunately those few faked shots have given rise to this whole "the whole moon landing was staged" conspiracy theory __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

03-16-2003, 10:18 PM	#6
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	i have never heard of those theories. sound like a load of crap to me... but I want to be an astronot so I have a bit of a bias opinion... __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

03-16-2003, 10:25 PM	#7
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	There are sites that specifically debunk the conspiracy theorists. I don't believe in such theories. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

03-16-2003, 09:41 PM	#4
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	A friend of mine was insisting that the whole thing was a hoax. she said the light/shadows on the photographs were unnatural and artificial. I dunno if they would have taken a whole set of stagelights up there or what, but I mean, it seems very possible that they would want proper lighting on things that would be broadcasted naturally, right? I don't know about natural light on the moon tho... as in, how visible it would be...

03-16-2003, 10:43 PM	#8
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	While I certainly don't believe in conspiracy theories, I feel compelled to point out that there are also sites that prove that LOTR is a Satanic work. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-16-2003, 10:47 PM	#10
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	You mean isn't it. And no, it's not. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-17-2003, 08:58 AM	#11
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I remember when it happened. (twice) It was very exciting! I vote for the "load of crap" Big load! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-17-2003, 09:41 AM	#12
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	I remember it too (now we REALLY ARE old). Terrible picture quality. If they'd faked it, I think they'd have had much higher production values. My conspiracy theory is that all these conspiracy theories are put about to stop us from realising that the world is being run by a coterie of gnomes from Atlantis.

03-17-2003, 09:43 AM	#13
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Hee hee! Smart gnomes! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-17-2003, 09:44 AM	#14
Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn The Elven Queen Of All Pyros Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Im like a little bug stuck in the lamp...never going anywhere Posts: 795	yea, ive heard the theries, but i bet after as many times as we've "been" on the moon, we must of landed at least one __________________ Would you judge my future based on what i did in the past? Procrastinators Unite!!!.....tomorrrow.... Kids in backseats cause accidents...accidents in backseats cause kids As long as there are tests..there will be prayers in school

03-17-2003, 11:38 AM	#15
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Densecap moment! I don't understand what you mean L_F_A? __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-17-2003, 04:29 PM	#16
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Ah, my great-gran never believed men had landed on the moon. My sister who was really into space and astronomy then had quite a few debates to convince her. Useless of course. Personally I think the landing on the moon was real. But I once heard (warning: it comes from a shaky source) that some high officials in America were planning to fake it if the real mission failed. It just strikes me as odd that some one would really want to fake it. But I suppose it was a prestige thing then. __________________ We are not things.

03-18-2003, 03:12 PM	#17
WallRocker Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: At the computer... Posts: 376	Theories?! I thought everyone knew George Lucas created the Moon Landing in a specail studio in Calafronia __________________ Do one thing every day that scares you ~Anonymous~ <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><<>< <>< <>< <>< I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands One nation UNDER GOD with liberty and justice for all

12-03-2019, 02:25 AM	#18
*Alcuin* Salt Miner Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: gone to Far Harad Posts: 987	I knew Dr Bob Seamans, the man in charge of engineering for NASA from 1960 until 1968. He grew up in our church and knew my wife’s family well. We had many conversations, and got to know – and like – one another. He was a brilliant man, as a scientist, an engineer, and as a manager. He was also a devout Christian, and one of the kindest, most humble men I have ever met. His humility was most remarkable thing about him: that a man so gifted, so well-connected, so accomplished could kneel down to speak face-to-face with my daughter when she was a small child in terms she could understand, and for that moment, she was all that mattered to him. I grew up near Huntsville, where they built and tested the Saturn V first stage engines, and Tullahoma, where they built and tested the second and third stage engines. As a small child, I once saw a test of the F1 engines that launched Apollo. With satellite telescopes, we can see the landing sites on the moon. The Apollo astronauts placed three reflectors on the moon; the Russians left two using robot landers: because they are reflectors, they still work, and astronomers still use them. I have no doubt that men walked on the moon.

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