Topic: The Moon

[mystic_1]

Forty years ago today, human beings first arrived on Earth's moon.

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[Laminar]

In before "It was faked."

Also, Buzz Aldrin: Man's man. This is what happens when he encounters the man claiming the landing was faked.

[mlinder]

lawl, awesome!

[mcpuffett]

i would have followed that up with a swift kick in the balls for good measure 

[azuredesign]

Here's a citation I found concerning the event in Wikipedia:
On September 9, 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel, a proponent of the Apollo moon landing hoax theory, confronted Aldrin and his granddaughter outside a Beverly Hills, California hotel. Sibrel confronted Aldrin, stating "You're the one who said you walked on the moon and you didn't" and called Aldrin "a coward and a liar". Aldrin responded at this point by punching Sibrel in the face. Beverly Hills police and the city's prosecutor declined to file charges after other witnesses reported that Sibrel had initiated physical contact. Sibrel suffered no permanent injuries.

[gregimotis]

[mcpuffett]

i was 6 years old and watched the landing on the television in the school hall  , i remember it well  , cheers Mick.

[shacolaid]

Landing on the moon, even by today's standards, is pretty remarkable. My daily newspaper recounted some of the things that we still use today because of the technological advances from the mission. Such as fire-retardant coatings, running shoes developed from the space suits, Water filtration systems, and freeze dried food.

I was 22 days old when Neil and Buzz stepped foot on the moon and I remember like it was yesterday.  

[Laminar]

NASA Spinoff homepage

[Pinhead]

In before "It was faked."

Also, Buzz Aldrin: Man's man. This is what happens when he encounters the man claiming the landing was faked.

The dude deserved it.

[Sam Green Racing]

A date I will never forget. It was my 23rd birthday and 69 is my favorite number

Sam.

[gerhed]

That day--I was flying out of DaNang , Vietnam--after one year.
Had trouble getting a ride to the airport---from the transient barracks.
Everybody was listening to the moon landing on Armed Forces radio.
Finally got on my Flying Tiger stretched DC-8.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Big conspiracy from what I heard on Coast 2 Coast was what was edited out of the moon photos.
They went there, supposedly there was a big coverup about the photos taken on the trips.

[Pinhead]

Big conspiracy from what I heard on Coast 2 Coast was what was edited out of the moon photos.
They went there, supposedly there was a big coverup about the photos taken on the trips.

Yeah I read somewhere a while back that there are ancient "moon bases" on the far side of the moon. . .

[sangyo soichiro]

This really was an amazing thing - the whole Apollo program and the Gemini and Mercury programs too.  In September of 1947 we still hadn't broken the speed of sound (Yeager did it in October '47).  And just under 22 years later we were able to put a human on another celestial body.

Think about this for a minute:
When the astronauts hit the atmosphere on their return, they were traveling at about 26,000 miles per hour.  That's about 13 times faster than a bullet.  Talk about doing the ton!


Anyone interested in reading a good book about the entire Apollo program, I highly recommend Andrew Chaikin's Man on the Moon.

[Ecosse]

buzz leveled that guy sack of crap for many americans, whether he knew it or not.

that nasa spin off link is interesting too. thanks laminar for the post. 

[ofreen]

A date I will never forget. It was my 23rd birthday and 69 is my favorite number

Sam.

Hey Sam, you may not have heard, but 77 is better.  You get '8' more.  And Happy Birthday.

[Sam Green Racing]

Thanks ofreen but I'd rather have an extra 27 with a 96er

Sam.

[BeSeeingYou]

One thing I remember is the crackling roar that the Saturn 5 engines made.  The shuttle does not compare.  There has been nothing since that can match the awe inspiring excitement of the "race to the Moon."  If you were to young to live in that time you really missed something special.  The whole world was riveted to their TV sets and radios.  This was done in the era of slide rules, anybody remember them?  I read somewhere the the early Apollo capsules had the computing power of an Apple IIe computer.

[Steve F]

One thing I remember is the crackling roar that the Saturn 5 engines made.  The shuttle does not compare.  There has been nothing since that can match the awe inspiring excitement of the "race to the Moon."  If you were to young to live in that time you really missed something special.  The whole world was riveted to their TV sets and radios.  This was done in the era of slide rules, anybody remember them?  I read somewhere the the early Apollo capsules had the computing power of an Apple IIe computer.

Watched a program on the History channel tonight, and the "computer" in the early crafts were 64K and 1kHz, which is about or less than the standard sceintific calculator you find today.  The computer was built by M.I.T. students, and was designed to withstand EMP's and Russian attempts to jam it.  They also said that it was easily overloaded, and would lock up at times    not something you would want to happen when you're trying to land on the moon.
I remember the movie with Tom Hanks, Apollo 13, where he was leading a tour through the NASA facilities, and made some comment to them about how "someday a computer will be able to fit into a single room"    how things have progressed!  And how I would love to see into the future, and laugh at our present day "technologies".
Steve F

[ofreen]

Thanks ofreen but I'd rather have an extra 27 with a 96er

Sam.

Sounds like what they used to call New Math.

[Really?]

If you like Mythbusters and haven't seen the below show, you might enjoy it.  It sounds like they agree that they went to the moon and it is not a hoax.

[tramp]

supposedly we were told by aliens from the "dark side of the moon" not to come back
wonder what will happen if we do?
i wonder if that guy still believes we didn't go?