Moon landing conspiracy theory, page 2

Originally posted by afklop
badastronomy doesnt address all of the claims made by conspiracy theorists. www.xenophilia.com... this site has many claims that havent been covered.

I wonder how stupid site owners keep people?

The LM engine smoke should have totally obscured the windows of the LM during landing

CLAIM: Hypergolic fuels are those that burn upon contact with each other. Tests at Simi Hills, CA produced thick, dense, opaque, dark red smoke. The TV frame of Apollo 17 taking off shows no smoke or rocket exhaust whatsoever...
However, if the TV footage is factual, the thick smoke somehow dispersed instantly on take off. Nitrogen tetroxide (the oxidiser) and Aerozene-50 (the fuel--a blend of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine) are used today in the Orbital Maneuvering system in the space shuttle. This mixture is clearly visible when firing. The same fuel and oxidiser were used in the LM that somehow produced invisible thrust.

OMS uses Monomethylhydrazine.

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Rocket technology has decreased since Apollo

CLAIM: If Apollo's Saturn V rocket performed as claimed, why spend over three times as much on the Shuttle rockets which can only lift 1/7th (others calculate 1/16th) the claimed ability of the Saturn V? The Space Shuttle generates a lift off thrust of 6.6 million pounds while the Saturn V Boosters have 7.5 million pounds of thrust. The Space Shuttle can take 40,000 pound payloads into low earth orbit. A Saturn V rocket apparently took the complete 108,000 pound ( 49,376 kg ) lunar lander all the way to the moon. The Saturn V could therefore carry 280,000 pounds into low earth orbit
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Even more recently, Boeings new Delta 4 rockets have a maximum payload into Low Earth Orbit of 50,794.5 lbs / 25.4 tons / 23,040 kgs.

I didn't know shuttle's empty weight is zero.

And Saturn V completely dwarfs all current rockets.

Misplaced reticles show photo tampering

CLAIM: A reticle is a cross hair placed within half a micron of accuracy on the film plate by metal evaporation at Zeiss. Small ridges on the film transportation edges raise the plate about one 800th of a millimeter above the film's surface. They were used to determine if the film had curved...
The full area of image AS11-40-5903 (click small image on the right to enlarge) has an off-center reticle. This is physically impossible given the fixed position of the cross-hairs in the camera's design.

Boys, boys, try again...
Cropped image: cross hairs aren't aligned with photo's edges!

There was no damage to the gold Mylar on the LM legs from the tremendous heat of the engines

CLAIM: Again, with the engine burning at 3,250C/1,788C when throttled back to 65% and it should have damaged the legs of the craft.

Mylar is very reflective material, and because of vacuum it could be heated only by radiation which mylar reflects away effectively.

If it was possible, the soviets would have done it, possibly first
CLAIM: The USSR had superior rockets which lead to these firsts...

Sending human and necessary equipment for life support (and getting back from there) to moon requires entirely different calibre rocket.
Making good rowing boat doesn't mean you can automatically do good cruise ship.

And in one part they're first talking about propellant and in next just fuel.
So we're talking about major lack of knowledge... term propellant just happens to include both fuel and oxidizer.

So credibility % = George WMD lier Dubya's speeches.

Here's also very nice article.
www.weeklyuniverse.com...

And if there would have been any real evidences about faking moon landings you can bet Soviets would have been yelling about it to rest of the world!