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That day in 69' the world stood still as one together as a man stepped on soil other than earths. I yet to see an equal acheivement nor the widespread pride of that day - nothing has eclipsed it as far as I'm concerned and IMHO we've been on a long downhill slide since then.
Originally posted by Hopechest
That day in 69' the world stood still as one together as a man stepped on soil other than earths. I yet to see an equal acheivement nor the widespread pride of that day - nothing has eclipsed it as far as I'm concerned and IMHO we've been on a long downhill slide since then.
I am sure the mood was quite jubilant inside that movie studio.
Oh the glory days.
Originally posted by canucks555
reply to post by Hopechest
Do you really think they faked it Hopey? Just askin, I respect your opinion
Originally posted by Phoenix
Originally posted by Hopechest
That day in 69' the world stood still as one together as a man stepped on soil other than earths. I yet to see an equal acheivement nor the widespread pride of that day - nothing has eclipsed it as far as I'm concerned and IMHO we've been on a long downhill slide since then.
I am sure the mood was quite jubilant inside that movie studio.
Oh the glory days.
I'm just about positive you did not live those days and I'm so sorry about that belive me you'd have much better outlook had you actually experienced the decade and the moments. I'm almost positive that someone who had not would equate things with movies because life after that really did and does have an unreal quality to it that makes reality hard to take.
Originally posted by canucks555
Well I believe they did.. BUT..
There are a few things other than partially hidden extension cables and waving flags....
Like, for instance..
Why have the States been the only country in history to do it? Why haven't the Russians gone for it in the time given them>? The Chinese?
Seriously folks, it's been a while..
Originally posted by Phoenix
reply to post by Hopechest
So because there is a minority who thinks moon landings were fake then is that the justification for myopism regarding planetary exploration and colonization? surely even those who choose this path of belief know the ultimate benefits of species survival offered by speading out and away from earth.
I have to mention I equate faked moon landing threads right up there as obamites think of birtherism. I happened to live through the times and your belief is not plausible for so many reasons but I can understand its popularity with a much younger crowd who have trouble understanding concrete and meaningful acheivment.
The aliens in Hawking's vision would be much like the malefic beasties in the blockbuster science-fiction flick Independence Day. He describes, "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach." He says that humans should try to avoid alien contact as we colonize space. He states that such contact would be "a little too risky". What would result? He states, "If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans."
Originally posted by Hopechest
You also need to look at the political implications of not beating the Soviets to the moon. That was the height of the Cold War and we were absolutely determined to try and contain Soviet expansion. Once they beat us into space the political leadership went into a frenzy because of the fear that nations would start to believe that communism was more powerful than our system.
Once that happened they were afraid the domino theory would kick in and before you know it the world would be aligned against us, all under communism and just a few of us left with a capitalistic society. I believe they would have done anything, including faking a moon landing, to ensure that didn't happen.
Originally posted by canucks555
reply to post by pacifier2012
water food etc. from this place:
Same thing you're gonna build on Mars but a little closer, like the bottom of tha pacific. There's tonnes of acreage down there, and terrestial airlocks are much easier to bulid than Mars containers..edit on 13-4-2013 by canucks555 because: (no reason given)