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reply posted on 12-4-2011 @ 08:19 PM by Saint Exupery

Originally posted by crowdtransplanter
The thing few people put on the table is the re-entry issue, which is really my only perplexity; how could they make everything so precise with 60s technology keeps being a mistery,

Well, even before Apollo was conceived,and for the last 55 years both the US & Russia have been very interested in improving the accuracy and controllability of high-speed re-entering objects:

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reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:00 PM by crowdtransplanter

I'm sorry, I didn't make my point clear enough, the re-entry term was quite misleading; I was referring to getting back on the orbital module from the moon surface, not reentering the atmosphere, which was something that had been achieved way earlier. That is a challenge, you have to hit a moving object, whose position is known with a certain error and get there at the right speed; what I think is that the errors in those measurements with the technology of the time (and I don't know how much better it would be with the technology of today) was inevitably so big that trying to come back from the moon surface was some serious gambling challenge. Then of course I could be misinformed, like everyone else. I'm not taking a position in this, I really don't know.

reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:22 PM by nataylor

Originally posted by crowdtransplanter
I'm sorry, I didn't make my point clear enough, the re-entry term was quite misleading; I was referring to getting back on the orbital module from the moon surface, not reentering the atmosphere, which was something that had been achieved way earlier. That is a challenge, you have to hit a moving object, whose position is known with a certain error and get there at the right speed;

That had been achieved way earlier, too, with the Gemini 6/7 meetup and the Agena dockings in Earth orbit.

reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:26 PM by Soylent Green Is People

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The ascent stage of the Lunar Module was steer-able, so it's not like they only had one shot at getting it perfect. They certainly did need to get pretty darn close due to limited fuel on the LEM, but once they got the trajectory "close enough", they could fine-tune their docking approach by using 16 reaction control thrusters. As I said, the amount they could correct their docking approach was limited by fuel, but they were given enough fuel so some course correction could still be done.

All of the orbital mechanics and rocket thrust knowledge required to get the LEM ascent stage to dock with the Command Module were well-known at the time. All it took was for someone to do the math. I'm not saying the math was easy, but it wasn't something that couldn't be done "technologically speaking".

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reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:38 PM by filosophia

the only thing that will end the moon conspiracy is for NASA to go back to the moon and to continue to do so.

"Hey kids, let me tell you of the moon landing we did in 1969, it was a great success...then we stopped and never went back again. But we were there I tell ya, we were there!"

"Sure grandpa, whatever you say

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reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:39 PM by filosophia

Originally posted by mwm1331
and video of our astronauts while on the moon haven't put this to rest, how would new pictures really help?

well hold on now, NASA lost the moon landing footage, so can you really use this as evidence?

reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:43 PM by Soylent Green Is People

Originally posted by filosophia
the only thing that will end the moon conspiracy is for NASA to go back to the moon and to continue to do so...

What makes you think the hoax believers would believe a new mission would be real and not another hoax?

reply posted on 14-4-2011 @ 02:49 PM by filosophia

Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People

Originally posted by filosophia
the only thing that will end the moon conspiracy is for NASA to go back to the moon and to continue to do so...

What makes you think the hoax believers would believe a new mission would be real and not another hoax?

hmm, good hypothetical question, let's wait until NASA returns to the moon and then see how the hoax believers take it. I'll contact you in 2025

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