[Hitlerys uterus]

"The transcripts of the moon landings are too detailed to be faked. There would be too many chances to flub technical details that any engineer would notice right away. Regardless of whether the gov't would want to fake such a thing, they couldn't."

And a veritable mountain of detailed testimonial, pictorial, and scientific evidence gave us the "truth" that Oswald acted alone. How many here at FR believe that still?

Could it be that those now questioning the moon landings are being called tinfoil hatters in the same way that those who questioned the Warren Commission were?

Look, I love the idea that we as a nation, alone on this planet have walked on another world, but quite apart from the questions raised by the hoax proponants and the evidence they offer in support of their claims I have to wonder why no other nation has bothered to try duplicating our feat in these last 30 years or so.

[Swordmaker]

Look, I love the idea that we as a nation, alone on this planet have walked on another world, but quite apart from the questions raised by the hoax proponants and the evidence they offer in support of their claims I have to wonder why no other nation has bothered to try duplicating our feat in these last 30 years or so.

There is not a scintilla of evidence from the side of the "Hoax" proponents that stands up to even cursory scrutiny. Their points are points made by laymen who haven't got a clue about what they are looking at.

The answer to your wonderment about why no other nation has duplicated the feat in the last thirty years has more to do with economics, utility, and technical base than the supposition that it cannot be done. It took the US with its vast technological manufacturing base nine years and almost $20 BILLION dollars (in actual 1962-1973 dollars) to put 14 men on the moon in seven successful trips. That same effort today would require over $100 BILLION in 2002 dollars. Not many nations can afford that kind of investment.

What is the utility of the Moon? What can we do there that we cannot do here or in low Earth orbit or Geo-synchronous orbit? The answer is: not much that is worth the cost.

The final reason other nations have not done it is the same reason the Soviets abandoned their plans... nobody remembers the second place finisher.

[Dan(9698)]

>>>...I have to wonder why no other nation has bothered to try duplicating our feat in these last 30 years or so.

Money.

It cost us many billions of dollars and took a lot of the Aerospace capability of the country.

Nobody else has that capability even now. Russia went broke, China is 40 years behind. Who else do you nominate?

[RightWhale]

those now questioning the moon landings are being called tinfoil hatters

They are because they are.

[CobaltBlue]

>>How many here at FR believe that still?<<

Me, for one. I believe in the Lone Gunman theory until proven otherwise.

But even if Oswald had an accomplice (big "if"), I am not aware of any evidence of a cover-up.

I think if there were a government cover-up by now somebody somewhere would have leaked it.

[Ditto]

I have to wonder why no other nation has bothered to try duplicating our feat in these last 30 years or so.

Hummmm? Maybe because they don't have a couple hundred billion dollars to blow on a publicity stunt?

Don't get me wrong. I was divoted to the 60s space program. I visited "The Cape", stood next to a Saturan V, saw Apollo 11 being being put together in the VAB, met astronauts and consider July 20, 1969 to be among the most important dates in human history. BUT, the manned space program was mostly a pissing match with the Soviets that thankfully, we won. It was not necessarly a wise investment of resources.