do you think they ever really landed on the MOON?

***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.

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12-03-2019, 02:25 AM	#1
*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.