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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Whether Man did land on the Moon or not. It was a waste of time.
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Top Ten Scientific Discoveries Made During Apollo Exploration of the Moon
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-a...pollo-results/
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Robots are the future, the cost of sending people into space, keeping them alive and bringing them back is ridiculous. Even the space station.
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"To boldly go where no man has gone before" doesn't tug your heartstrings I guess...
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Originally Posted by Pete
I always wondered why they didn't build a space station on the moon in some kind of bunker rather than in space.
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There are many reasons. The technology didn't exist (and still doesn't). But even if you could, you need energy, food, water and other resources to keep people alive. It is too expensive to bring food and water to the moon so food would have to be grown there, and water would have to be found there (which they recently did). Besides keeping everyone alive, the low gravity would cause bones and muscle mass to turn to mush. Then there's problems due to radiation, living in a closed environment and other things that need to be addressed.
I'm all for a Moonbase Alpha type place, but it's a really big deal...
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Originally Posted by wehateporn
Relatively simple compared to sending a man to the moon and bringing them back alive, yes, that's why the Russians put a man in space in 1961, yet even with exponential technology improvements, over 50 years later no one has been able to send a man to the moon  |
No, NewNick is right. The hardest part is leaving the earth, and returning. Leaving the earth requires a shit-ton of energy and fuel. Once in orbit, a few seconds of energy is only needed to push the capsule out of orbit and towards the moon. The ship uses almost no fuel during the trip, and the stresses on the ship are much less. Of course there are all kinds of other things to worry about during the trip, but I think its less than escape and re entry.
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Originally Posted by mikesouth
Having worked at Launch Complex 39 at KSC for more than a few years I ...
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No. fucking. way. Did you really??!? really really? Wow!
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Originally Posted by wehateporn
Even Kubrick left messages that he filmed it
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(For those who don't know, this is a documentary called "Room 237" about "The Shining" movie).
When I first heard about this movie I really wanted to see it. If you like the movie The Shining, its great. It contains all kinds of interesting ideas about the movie, its references, filming techniques, etc.
But the guy who made this movie is also a quack. He thinks continuity errors are on screen on purposes, and, he thinks the movie contains a hidden message claiming the landings were fake. It is so beyond stupid, and it is such a stretch that I dismissed most of the rest of the movie. Too bad.