j2_ - 17/4/2008 10:23 PMQuoteAndrewwski - 16/4/2008 11:49 AMHow many people actually believe this? I'd guess very few. Because for all they know, the CIA killed JFK, the White House was behind 9/11, Elvis is alive, and Paul McCartney is dead.There is scientific proof that Elvis is dead, Paul McCartney is still alive, and that NASA did indeed land on the moon 9 times...
Andrewwski - 16/4/2008 11:49 AMHow many people actually believe this? I'd guess very few. Because for all they know, the CIA killed JFK, the White House was behind 9/11, Elvis is alive, and Paul McCartney is dead.
Jorge - 17/4/2008 6:09 PMBeing experienced pilots didn't help the Apollo crews with the computers - they needed a lot of training to operate the primitive user interfaces of the AGC and AEA. (The AEA in particular - the user interface was a keypad with two numerical LED displays to allow the crew to "peek" and "poke" memory locations directly.)
j2_ - 17/4/2008 11:23 PMQuoteAndrewwski - 16/4/2008 11:49 AMHow many people actually believe this? I'd guess very few. Because for all they know, the CIA killed JFK, the White House was behind 9/11, Elvis is alive, and Paul McCartney is dead.There is scientific proof that Elvis is dead, Paul McCartney is still alive, and that NASA did indeed land on the moon 9 times...
It is a belief in some religions that man can't leave the Earth
Jorge - 18/4/2008 3:09 AMGranted, Apollo's computers were *really* memory-limited. The AGC had 36K 15-bit words of fixed memory, 2K of erasable memory while the AEA had 2K 18-bit words of fixed memory, 2K erasable. But the software was written *really* tightly, mostly in assembly language, and MIT and TRW threw a *lot* of clever people at it. You can really accomplish a lot with a little memory if you make every bit count.
HIPAR - 17/4/2008 5:51 PMWhy did the Russians go along with the scam?--- CHAS
Vacuum.Head - 17/4/2008 7:37 PM(Warning Wikifact) 4.2 m Decent stage LMLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera0.5 metres/pixel http://www.msss.com/lro/lroc/index.htmlso ~ 8x8 pixels Hmmm!and the flag's gonna be tricky...
Gene DiGennaro - 18/4/2008 3:16 PMThe response I have gotten from some young people is that large government agencies can never do anything right.
rsp1202 - 18/4/2008 3:40 PMQuoteVacuum.Head - 17/4/2008 7:37 PM(Warning Wikifact) 4.2 m Decent stage LMLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera0.5 metres/pixel http://www.msss.com/lro/lroc/index.htmlso ~ 8x8 pixels Hmmm!and the flag's gonna be tricky...LRO should resolve somewhat better than MRO due to lower orbit and no atmosphere, and MRO can see:http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/1205_Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiters_HiRISE.html
Svetoslav - 18/4/2008 10:17 AMI have several of the articles of Phil Plait translated into Bulgarian. Actually, when you give them all that proof they just say: "Probably the LM was flown unmanned", "The rocks have been brought back in a similar way the Russian did".
Chris Bergin - 16/4/2008 11:21 AMIt's the dark and dumb side of human nature, with a large dose of ignorance and lack of intelligence.Same as those idiots that can't comprehend that 9/11 was as it happened, so fabricate a conspiracy as a form of self delusion, without realizing how incredibly insulting it is to the brave men and women that had to deal with the consequences of the tragedy, and those lost as a result.Specific to the thread title, I think Buzz Aldrin "said" it best:
cpcjr - 18/4/2008 5:53 PMQuoteSvetoslav - 18/4/2008 10:17 AMI have several of the articles of Phil Plait translated into Bulgarian. Actually, when you give them all that proof they just say: "Probably the LM was flown unmanned", "The rocks have been brought back in a similar way the Russian did".If that's the case then why could they not just send the guys along with it and do it for real?
Svetoslav - 18/4/2008 10:05 AMBecause nobody has been there since 1972. The big question should be: "Why don't we visit the Moon today?"