Did we really land on the moon in '69?

[Tiberius]

Good good. Unfortunately it will never happen; of course everyone knows how dangerous the mission was, and I doubt they will put any astronauts in that kind of danger again.

Anyway, it's the moon; it's a "been there done that" kind of situation. We want to visit Mars next!

[Tiberius]

Oh, and the Bad Astronomy site (Phil Plait) has some great photos of the lunar equipment that we left up there:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badast...ed-by-lro/

So do Nasa:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/mu...sites.html

[Samson]

There is far more evidence that shows the moon landing took place than against. However, I will say that when all the hoopla started sprouting up everywhere on it being a hoax etc, there was only one thing that stood out for me in comparison to the rest.

The radiation belt...I've only heard one descent scenario for this and it was that we knew how to get around it etc. etc.

Do we have proof of this, or not?? I don't know and in all honesty never spent the time to look it up or call anyone. Again, the evidence we landed on the moon was a little overwhelming.

As far as 9/11.... I do not believe that two airplanes so easily took down both towers (and the third) in such perfect manners... One, maybe....but two... and then a third that wasn't even hit..... Come on.....

[LEDO]

Well why did we fake going to the moon so many times? It is not like my gf faking orgasisms everytime.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Oh, you want unfounded speculation? In that case, I would say that math has been around for a long time and we can do very complicated calculations on paper so...

RE :Complicated calculations:

Back in the dark ages,less than a decade before the lunar landings, I was still at school. We were not allowed to use SLIDE RULES in every day work nor in exams.It was considered cheating.

Unlike half educated dolts like me, mathematicians do not require computers to think for them,although they use them.

The argument that the math is too complex is one of THE classic arguments used by conspiracy theorists; argument from personal incredulity; IE "I lack the knowledge, wit or intellect to understand and am unable to grasp the notion of Occam's Razor',so it didn't happen." A nice case of paranoia is also an advantage.

It begins to get really tedious after reading a few dozen.The grand daddy of conspiracy theories is that of Jewish world domination,beloved of The Nazis,Henry Ford and other fascists.There was the Kennedy assassinations, God is an Alien,the Fremasons,the Illuminati and The New World Order,and of course an entire industry on the conspiracies of the Catholic church. (OK,some of those involving the Church may be true,those bastards are really slimy)

There was a quite entertaining film about a faked Mars landing called "Capricorn One". (1978) It's worth a glance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_One

[Kyuuketsuki]

There was a quite entertaining film about a faked Mars landing called "Capricorn One". (1978) It's worth a glance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_One

Always been one of my favourites!

Kyu

[Eilonnwy]

Dude, don't tell Buzz Aldrin he didn't walk on the moon.

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[leo-rcc]

Buzz Aldrin should have kicked his ass even more. That asshole is trying to belittle the heroism of people who willingly sat down on the largest firecracker in the world to be shot of into the unknown with pretty much untested equipment to further our technology and understanding of the universe we live in. I don't blame Buzz Aldrin one bit.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Watching Buzz punch out that moron gave me some mental images: Buzz being arrested by embarrassed and apologetic police officer---appearing before an embarrassed and apologetic judge,who fines him $1. (which Buzz refuses to pay)


Anyone who wants to try to argue the superior intellect and critical thinking skills of atheists overall should first spend a few minutes reading some of the loopy conspiracy theory posts on this site.

[Giff]

Mythbusters have allready busted the myth that the moon landning never happened.