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Originally posted by FoosM
Apollo 11 gift rocks typically weigh just 0.05 grams, scarcely more than a grain of rice. The Apollo 17 gift rocks weigh about 1.1 grams. Both are encased in plastic globes to protect them and ease viewing.
Each US state got both sets of rocks, and Gutheinz said he and his students have accounted for nearly all the Apollo 17 rocks, though some are in storage and inaccessible. They have only just begun researching Apollo 11 rocks in the states.
"NASA turned over the samples to the State Department to distribute," said Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, a NASA historian, in an e-mailed response to questions. "We don't have any records about when and to whom the rocks were given."
"The Office of the Historian does not keep records of what became of the moon rocks, and to my knowledge, there is no one entity that does so," e-mailed Tiffany Hamelin, the State Department historian.
That may seem surprising now, but in the early 1970s, few expected Apollo 17 would be the last mission to the moon. With the passage of time, the rocks' value has skyrocketed.
NASA keeps most of the 382 kilograms (842 lbs) gathered by the Apollo missions locked away, giving small samples to researchers and lending a set of larger rocks for exhibitions.
Mobility of space suit developed by Hamilton Standard Div. of United Aircraft Corp. is demonstrated in series of photos of test subject at Windsor Locks, Conn., facility. Subject in pressurized suit has greater mobility range than in present designs and can bend, jump, squat and perform mild exercises. Suit has 93% rnobility of nude range, according to designers.
Special feature is set of built-in, simu. lated fingernails on two digits of each hand for picking up small objects such as coins (left center photo, opposite page). While subject bends forward, suit permits him to touch feet. In bending backward, he has unusual mobility. He also is able to jump and reach hands above head, movements that are impos- sible in current suit designs. In sitting position, subject can maintain relatively normal upright attitude, whereas present suits, when pressurized, force wearer into semi-reclining position. Designers say new suit is particularly suitable for extra-vehicular activity, including lunar surface mobility. Subject even is able to do mild pushups
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
There fore, NASA has kept ~750 pounds of lunar material on lock down for 40 years. NASA is refusing access to the ~750 pounds of lunar sample material because these rocks are of terrestrial origin.. and NASA wishes to promote ignorance rather than science.
Originally posted by WWu777
3. NASA cannot put a man safely in space above 1000 miles from the Earth's surface. So how could it have sent men 240,000 miles to the moon six times with no casualties? It doesn't make sense.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
There fore, NASA has kept ~750 pounds of lunar material on lock down for 40 years. NASA is refusing access to the ~750 pounds of lunar sample material because these rocks are of terrestrial origin.. and NASA wishes to promote ignorance rather than science.
You obviously missed this link on the previous page - how to request access to NASA's stash of moon rock
Originally posted by backinblack
True, on earth most are lucky if they jump 12"...
Originally posted by ProudBird
But of course, what really destroys Jarrah White are the actual photographs from the LROC currently on orbit.
The latest batch come after the spacecraft was positioned into the lowest orbit possible, in order to achieve even better photo resolution. For example:
Originally posted by jra
Originally posted by backinblack
True, on earth most are lucky if they jump 12"...
But that's without a spacesuit. How high could a 180lbs astronaut, with a 200lbs spacesuit, jump on Earth? Only a couple inches I would think.
Originally posted by Helious
It is not landing on the moon they are hiding or lying about. It is the reality and revelation of what the moon really is and what it means to our existence and our perception of our existence they are hiding.
Apollo astronauts practiced every second of their mission, even planting the flag (above), many times, indoors, outdoors, in space suits, underwater, in planes, in centrifuges, in pools, in the ocean and anywhere else NASA saw fit.
Neil Armstrong practices reaching the first rung of the ladder to climb back into the Lunar Module Eagle in this image from July 9, 1969, one week before Apollo 11 launched.
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
]Need to see Jarrah and Joe Rogan do a video in which they take turns destroying the moon rocks, the radiation, the photos and astronaut credibility.
Originally posted by Logical one
Jarrah number one "proof positive" that the moon landing was hoaxed was the "Van Allen" belts.......citing that man couldn't possible go through the Van Allen belts and survive.
This is his number one reason why he thinks the moon landing was hoaxed
The Van Allen belts as a reason that man could not go to the moon has been thoroughly debunked many times.
Sorry Mr Jarrah Youtube White ........but if that's the best you got then its time to close up shop!edit on 22-10-2011 by Logical one because: (no reason given)edit on 22-10-2011 by Logical one because: (no reason given)
The issue of the Van Allen's Belts can only be debunked when another space agency (not NASA) has repeated the journey with a human being in a space capsule.
It is clear that no agency on Earth has the technology to attempt it at the present time. extra DIV
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
The issue of the Van Allen's Belts can only be debunked when another space agency (not NASA) has repeated the journey with a human being in a space capsule.
It is clear that no agency on Earth has the technology to attempt it at the present time.