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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on July 16, 2008, 02:38:57 AM
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(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/139726main_Apollo_11_hires.jpg)
The launch of Apollo 11.
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Seems like a lot of trouble to get to a soundstage in the Nevada desert...
seriously, :salute
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Of all the urban legends this is one of my favorites. If we hadn't gone wouldn't the Soviets called shenanigans on us? On the other hand why don't they point the Hubble at the Sea of Tranquility and zoom in on all the trash we left up there and just end all the speculation?
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Of all the urban legends this is one of my favorites. If we hadn't gone wouldn't the Soviets called shenanigans on us? On the other hand why don't they point the Hubble at the Sea of Tranquility and zoom in on all the trash we left up there and just end all the speculation?
They have as evidenced by this pic
(http://www.theundergroundnation.com/Images/Salton07.03.14/TrailerTrash.jpg)
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On the other hand why don't they point the Hubble at the Sea of Tranquility and zoom in on all the trash we left up there and just end all the speculation?
Hubble doesn't have the resolution.
It is said that Hubble is based on keyhole spy satellites. If spy satellites could read a licence plate at 200 mile altitude, (unlikely) that would be a 3" resolution. The Moon is 250,000 miles, 1000 + times the distance.
3000" resolution is 250 foot resolution on the moon surface. The LEM decent module is the biggest thing left behind and is on the order of 10 feet accross.
The laser reflectors left behind by all 6 missions can be detected however and have been reflecting reliably to get distance measurements.
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THE defining moment of our era.
I've read that apart from the atomic bomb, the Saturn V launch was the loudest man made sound ever produced.
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THE defining moment of our era.
I've read that apart from the atomic bomb, the Saturn V launch was the loudest man made sound ever produced.
You've obviously never been around me while eating BBQ and beans while drinking Guiness. :rolleyes:
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N E V E R happened! This is actually an early secret test of the very missile Bush used to knock down the World Trade Center. It was built entirely out of endangered species and powered by a mixture of Freon-12 and the AIDS virus.
Wise up guys.
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N E V E R happened! This is actually an early secret test of the very missile Bush used to knock down the World Trade Center. It was built entirely out of endangered species and powered by a mixture of Freon-12 and the AIDS virus.
Wise up guys.
Pfft. Shows what you know! I have, in fact, knowledge from a reliable source that the missile was hand built by enslaved Democrats in secret CIA sweat shops. :D
Cool pic though! :aok
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You guys old enough to remember Revell's 1:96 Saturn V? Think it went for $10 when first released. :O Very Cool!
http://apollomaniacs.web.infoseek.co.jp/apollo/revelle.htm
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Brilliant picture, thanks for posting it rpm.
To those who went to the Moon: :salute <S>
To those who believe man never set foot on the Moon: I feel sorry for you, as you'll never feel any of the awe at what actually happened.
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To those who believe man never set foot on the Moon: I feel sorry for you, as you'll never feel any of the awe at what actually happened.
I can never quite tell if Yossarian knows we're kidding or not.
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I can never quite tell if Yossarian knows we're kidding or not.
Ironic considering the nickname he chose, no?