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reply posted on 24-10-2004 @ 10:42 AM by genesiss
Originally posted by HowardRoark
They are a bit pricey, but you can find complete sets
here

www.spacecraftfilms.com...


so wait, let me guess, nasa is holding out on video footage of trips to the moon but these guys have a special ability or license or connection to get those missing feeds and nasa is not even getting anything out of it, howard COME ON,, thats a rip off documentary showing mostly video footage and documented history, and most likely has no important never before aired footage of actual moonwalks, it most likely has content that u can probably find on the history channel, howard please tell me u dont believe that sending those guys money would get u videos of moonwalks we havent already seen


reply posted on 25-10-2004 @ 07:27 AM by genesiss
Originally posted by E_T
Originally posted by Disaster_Boy
..but there are so many posts it is hard toi keep track of.
That's why there's "Sam Earch".

You should have read some rows more. (Apollo 15 photos thread)


www.apolloarchive.com...


im not a real fan of personal web sites for nasa missions, it just kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth but i just found a picture on this site, it has a great shot of the moon,,, and stars,,, i thought that wasnt possible because of the light and film or some excuse like that its picture AS16-120-19295 can anyone please explain how there are stars in the background, and everyone that screams the moon landing is not a hoax says the popular pics with no stars is because of light or film or some nonsense?!?!?

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reply posted on 25-10-2004 @ 08:21 AM by uss_eldridge1943

im not a real fan of personal web sites for nasa missions, it just kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth but i just found a picture on this site, it has a great shot of the moon,,, and stars,,, i thought that wasnt possible because of the light and film or some excuse like that its picture AS16-120-19295 can anyone please explain how there are stars in the background, and everyone that screams the moon landing is not a hoax says the popular pics with no stars is because of light or film or some nonsense?!?!?


The reason there are no stars in the photos taken on the moon is that the contrast and exposure time would not allow for stars to register on an image. The reason on earth that you can see stars is because: it is dark - even if the earth had no atmosphere if you were looking at part of the landscape and the sky your eyes would adjust for the landscape and stars would not register. Its a contrast problem due to light.

The problem with cameras (especially film cameras - but even digital cameras) rather than eyes, is that they are not that adaptive in regards to light conditions. So you set your exposure and select your film type based on the events that you wish to register.

This is an inflight image rather than a surface image and due to the fact that the amout of light that is reflected from the moon (due to distance and the inverse square law) is not that high when you are as far away as this photo was taken. So you can use film and set the camera for a longer exposure thus catching the stars.

If you were to do this on the moons surface with some landscape present the landscape would be completely white and would blur into the sky, you would also be subject potential to some internal reflections in the lens. You wouldn't set it like this or use film like this if you wanted to take photos of the moon and/or your activities on the moon - which is what was of interest to NASA.

If you were to configure the camera similar to the inflight settings and pointed it at the sky away from the sun(with no landscape present for effect) you would see stars.
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