Mythopoeika
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That's no moon...You sure these aren't spare Death Stars you're seeing?
That's no moon...You sure these aren't spare Death Stars you're seeing?
I find it curious that the moon and the sun are the same size when one is 93 million miles away. Now if the sun is really 93 million miles away, and is the size that it is, if you were to put it say 186 million miles away, it would be half the size. Now keep doubting the distance until you reach 5 trillion miles away. Would the sun still be visible from earth ? 5 trillion miles is the distance to our nearest star. So all of the stars you see in the sky at night are further than 5 trillion miles away save one. The moon isn't even a planet. It's probably more like the lighted surface of a flashlight. In other words it's probably just a light. The sun is likely just a disc like the Pharaoh Aketnaton described it. So where does NASA go when they are stealing our money? I think that they are hanging from the dome.
Its the moon the second Death Star was being built in orbit of in Return of the Jedi. You need to brush up on the classics Andy.
As for seeing the moon during the day, I frequently see it. And not at any particular time of the day, either in the morning or afternoon.
I am surprised that for some seeing the Moon in full daylight, at any time of the day, is controversial.
I found it terrible..... and not very funny.Watched Moonwalkers earlier. Highly enjoyable dark comedy based around the Moon landings hoax conspiracy:
Looks like fun. Surreal fun, too.
...but just out of curiosity what is the one thing that makes the conspiracy people believe it's true.
I feel like I was just your straight man for that one....Stupidity?
Sorry, couldn't help it.
It's not rock, it's a thick layer of dust. I recall one of the astronauts comparing it to the high desert of the US.
It's made up of the detritus of meteor impacts, both the meteors themselves and the pulverised lunar surface that results and is extremely dense (i.e. larger fragments but still granular) and therefore load bearing beneath the top layer of much finer dust.Why didn't they sink into it then?
... Something that has always puzzled me is where did the probes/spikes on the bottom of the lunar modules feet go? The craft is light, descending at a slow pace. Would this have had enough force to drive the metal rods under the modules feet into the rock?
I always thought the probes telescoped into the legs, ...
looks more like mud than dust.
Those rods are Lunar Surface Sensing Probes:
http://heroicrelics.org/info/lm/lunar-surface-probe.html
They're not structural components (e.g., spikes intended to be driven into the ground / soil). They didn't telescope into a leg strut - they were folded against it and deployed when the leg itself was unfolded.
They're simply contact / proximity probes (that, when activated, signal it's time to cut off the descent engine). When the LEM settles onto the surface the probes don't retract - they simply collapse.
Here's a photo of a post-touchdown collapsed probe ...
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I know there is dust on the lunar surface. But is it really 3 or 4 feet thick? Why didn't the astronauts sink deeper into it then? Maybe it has sand like qualities? ...
That what YOU and NASA want us to believe...
Let the evidence speak for itself ... You'll note we left everything in place, available for inspection at your convenience ...
looks more like mud than dust.
Did they use a selfie stick to take the pic of the astronaut with surveyor 3?