Originally posted by berkeleygal
The last transcripts on that web page . . .
And, because it's on the internet, it must be true, right?
Are you aware that Chris Craft never spoke directly to astronauts in space, nor did any other flight director?
Also, every word from the Apollo astronauts to MCC was in the clear, and was heard live by observers in the gallery and at manyt remote stations. Even
amateur radio operators listened-in to the audio downlink (not to mention the Soviets). Not only is there no corroborating evidence for these
communications, there are several indicators that this quote was written by someone who was not familiar with MSFN procedures and protocols.
I really truly believe that there are bases on the Darkside.
*sigh* There is no side of the Moon that's always dark. There is the nearside and the farside. That's it.
Is there a reason the Moon doesn't rotate? It is the only moon in our SolarSys that doesn't.
Wrong on both counts. The Moon does rotate 360 degrees on its axis every month. However, it also goes 360 degrees around the Earth during the same
interval, so the same side always faces Earth. Its called
tidal locking. Far from being
the only moon in the solar system to be tidally locked, almost
all of the hundreds of moons in the solar system are tidally locked to their
planets. Phobos, Io, Ganymede, Titan, Iapetus, Miranda, Triton, Charon... In fact, the only one that I can think of that doesn't is Hyeperion - an
irregularly-shaped moon in distant orbit of Saturn. Other distant moons (possibly captured asteroids) may have also avoided lock, but I don't
know.
"we were warned off" yuppers, and that's why we will not be going back in the near future.
Tell it to the Chinese!
Peace out from Berzerkeley
Hey! I was born in Walnut Creek! My dad used to work at the Space Science Lab up on the hill; and we flew kites at the Lawrence Hall of Science. I
still visit the Rose Garden every time I go there. Peace-out indeed! You brought back some beautiful memories...