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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

Given that the Dems and Reps are voting in blocks on this, on opposite sides, if the speeches reflect their opinions, that's another issue that bugs me.

This stuff belongs on that other thread, though, not this one.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

well if for no other reason those whom we hold in trust to operate as the officiators of government et al. would have lied to us hence breaking or in violation of that trust.

aside from that, this is not a subject I was ever really interested in but if what they say about the van allen belt is true and it does exist between here and the moon then it would have been impossible for them to do what they said unless specific measures were taken to eliminate the dangers of radiation which I expect would have been a major talking  point and as my recollection was never mentioned during the drama.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

well if for no other reason those whom we hold in trust to operate as the officiators of government et al. would have lied to us hence breaking or in violation of that trust.

aside from that, this is not a subject I was ever really interested in but if what they say about the van allen belt is true and it does exist between here and the moon then it would have been impossible for them to do what they said unless specific measures were taken to eliminate the dangers of radiation which I expect would have been a major talking  point and as my recollection was never mentioned during the drama.

You, as usual, have no idea what you're talking about.

The charged particles contained in the Van Allen are fairly safe. The belt also isn't a perfect sphere but is sort of a teardrop facing away from the Sun. The most intense area is the inner belt which the crews passed through in the shielded command module, although even the thin metallic skin of the lunar modules provided signficant protection from the charged particles involved. Once out side the inner belt the crew was in an area called the "safe zone" which is mostly free of radiation, it extends outward from the earth about 3 earth radii which is about 10% of the distance to the moon. After passing through the outer belt, much weaker than the inner, the only radiation source of any signifigance is the solar wind which is of no concern unless there is a major solar flare.

The inner belt is by far the most radioactive place anywhere near Earth and it starts at a paltry 100km above the surface. If we couldn't survivie there then all manned flights would have had to have been faked and satellites would not be reliable as their electronics are far more vulnerable to ionizing radiation than a person is.

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Have you guys seen this TED talk, Why People Believe Strange Things?

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The idea that there is something bigger going on........henceforth affording people a reason for being.

And, even more powerful, the idea that they have uncovered the mastermind plot.

There's also, I think, that people would rather believe cool ideas than simply the truth. It's a lot more fun.

Have you guys seen this TED talk, Why People Believe Strange Things? Especially the end, the Stairway to Heaven backwards messages--we think we see and hear for ourselves, but truth is, we see and hear readily what we're told to look for.

Heads up for marketing and politics.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

well if for no other reason those whom we hold in trust to operate as the officiators of government et al. would have lied to us hence breaking or in violation of that trust.

aside from that, this is not a subject I was ever really interested in but if what they say about the van allen belt is true and it does exist between here and the moon then it would have been impossible for them to do what they said unless specific measures were taken to eliminate the dangers of radiation which I expect would have been a major talking  point and as my recollection was never mentioned during the drama.

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

If we do not strive to the stars we will eventually be doomed to extinction...we can do both at the same time don't you think?

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There's also, I think, that people would rather believe cool ideas than simply the truth. It's a lot more fun.

Have you guys seen this TED talk, Why People Believe Strange Things? Especially the end, the Stairway to Heaven backwards messages--we think we see and hear for ourselves, but truth is, we see and hear readily what we're told to look for.

Heads up for marketing and politics.

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Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

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ORIGINAL: SL4V3M4YB3

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent
Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

It's the only advertising space left.

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I think the flag waving about was just caused by people jumping about on the moon surface, can't they walk like normal people? That and existing momentum when the flag was first placed. A body in motion will continue in the same direction until acted upon by an external force such as caused by the elasticity of the material. Some people have no imagination of the forces in the physical world around us, so used to gravity as reality they can’t imagine what effect the lessoning of such a predominant force will have on the motion of objects due to other less significant forces.

I pity da fool.

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

Just out of interest here......why does anyone care whether or not someone's been to the moon?

Surely there's enough going on on earth to keep people occupied?

well if for no other reason those whom we hold in trust to operate as the officiators of government et al. would have lied to us hence breaking or in violation of that trust.

aside from that, this is not a subject I was ever really interested in but if what they say about the van allen belt is true and it does exist between here and the moon then it would have been impossible for them to do what they said unless specific measures were taken to eliminate the dangers of radiation which I expect would have been a major talking  point and as my recollection was never mentioned during the drama.

Your call Real0ne......but I'd say life is too short to make a hobby out of contesting government lies.....I mean what's your aim here - to have the whole world tell the truth? Personally I think it's a better use of a life to build a family and a career.....life's too short mate.

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ORIGINAL: SL4V3M4YB3

Gravity is a weak force in some respects and takes little to overcome but when considering the motion of objects it is always considered as one of the biggest factors causing retardation of motion. The flag on earth falls flat when no wind is present so you can’t easily see how the strain energy is dissipated throughout the surface of the flag as the material finds equilibrium in terms of the free motion of the flag in one direction (due to an existing applied force) versus the horizontal resistance offered by the flag pole fixed in space (unable to move).

You have to imagine, some can’t easily do that because gravity is one of the first things a child gets to grips with in terms of understanding how objects move as the result of an applied force.