I'd hate to know the gravity of that moon. With its (m)ass I'm surprised it's not its own solar system.
Posted on 07/20/2014 3:40:37 PM PDT by lee martell
I vividly recall being in the living room with my family watching tv in 1969 as the American Astronauts walked on the moon. The pictures were fuzzy, black and white, somewhat indistinct. It almost resembled an Ultrasound image an expectant mother would see. We were thrilled to be part of a country, a culture so advanced as to put men on the moon and later, to bring them back safely to earth. We had completely one-upped communist Russia! Sputnik was a very important step in space exploration. Quite significant back in 1957, but that was a long time ago, back when the United States only had 48 states. As America was bustin it's collective buttons with prideful , joyful celebration, Leonid Brezhnev most likely uncorked and emptied multiple bottles of Vodka on that day, attempting to drown his frustration. I think it was on a Saturday, but I'm not sure.
About 10 years after that, some people began asking questions, filing Freedom Of Information requests, wanting to verify the authenticity of reports that , yes, indeed, the United States really had done what was reported in Life Magazine, in Look, in Time, in Scientific American, Engineering Today, and so on. Yes, of course we put a man on the moon, didn't you hear the reports? You gotta be crazy or some kind of communist to question whether we did it. What do you mean, did we actually go there? Still, to this day, many people question exactly what did happen and where, and to whom did it happen? Does Russia know what really happened, and have they decided also to stay quiet? Was Hollywood stage setting involved to offer a 'simulation' for the public? Why did we never return there, when we have billions for wars and redundant infrastructure to please Labor Unions. Some scientists have said, the human body could never survive the extreme atmospheric pressures and temperature changes that await beyond the stratosphere. This question, like the question of who killed John Kennedy will never be answered to everyone's satisfaction. I still think we should explore attempts to mine minerals such as Helium from beneath the moon's crusty outer surface. We would benefit by learning how to set up enclosed colonies on the moon as well. I am not very certain what the benefits would be of Mars exploration, other than an Engineer's individual triumph.
Fair enough.
I recall seeing both Gil Scott Heron and Joan Armatrading in the same evening. I believe it was in Columbus Ohio, back in the 70’s. Both impressive performers. Gil seemed to get stuck in that underground warrior mode, though. He had plenty of followers.
FYI: You can find moon rocks on Earth, so it is possible what you remember passing around was a Lunar Meteorite.
Love that video. An idiot attention seeking gayboy sure got the attention of Buzz
I'd hate to know the gravity of that moon. With its (m)ass I'm surprised it's not its own solar system.
I see you saw Capricorn One
You can see that there is a lesser body orbiting around it.
Yes!
Glycon is most upset!
Every physical object exhibits gravity proportional to its mass. Even you have a very weak gravitational field surrounding your body. Even a potato has a gravitational field. For detection purposes, I would recommend an Idaho potato over, say, a Red Potato.
There is one reason I could believe it was fake. And that’s because Kennedy had vowed to send a man to the moon and back BEFORE the decade ended.
As for Sputnik, I remember as a kid looking up at the sky at night and seeing the little white dot that was Sputnik. It was scary as hell.
The lesser body either has Airbrakes deployed or it an obique view of orbiting rings.
Let’s try Oblique and and it’s again.
Those Kennedy’s would have done anything to keep Chappaquiddick off the front pages.
I recently saw a You Tube video debunking those who claim the moon landings were faked. The guy’s argument was that in the 1960s and 70s there was no real technology to have faked the photographs from the moon, but there was the capability to fly there. We are so used to realistic computer generated photos and videos that we assume that capability was available way back then. Digital photos were decades away when we landed on the moon and the computing power available at NASA in those days would be dwarfed by even today’s video game machines.
Oh, WOW! I never even heard of that before. That was great!
God bless Buzz Aldrin for punching that weirdo. Buzz wasn’t some frail old man.
I believe that men rocketed to, landed on, and walked on, and took off from the
Moon. Then they made it home to Earth safely, and they also made history.
Buzz was a Korean War fighter pilot. Most old school fighter pilots had plenty of practice punching idiots when needed.
I’ve always loved that video. At some point Buzz managed to pass his briefcase to someone. I think he knew he might be needing both hands free real soon.
Helium is one of the Noble gasses and exists as a gas in its natural state or as a liquid. Helium is the only element which cannot be frozen into a solid state.
An isotope of Helium, Helium-3 is also a gas and can be utilized as fuel in nuclear fusion. Helium-3 is found in rare quantities on the Earth, and estimated to exist in greater abundance on the Moon. However, Helium-3 would have to be extracted from minerals found on the moon rather than what you suggested "...mine minerals such as Helium from beneath the moon's crusty outer surface. "
At this point in time, the cost for such an endeavor is prohibitive.
Looks like a homoroid, to me.
Thank you for helping me to clarify the intent of that sentence. I know I’ve been hearing about corporations that eventually extract helium from the moon. I neglected to say Helium 3.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.