Cosmored wrote:From page 3

In each case of a flag waving an astronaut has recently touched either the pole or the flag itself. This is a simple case of momentum transfer.

In this case the astronaut does not touch the flag or the pole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymwE1sNm82Y

This video shows that the flag started moving before he got close enough to touch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFMpmjEv9o0

mraltair wrote:You'd think so but they just say "You can do anything with Photoshop these days". The arguments of Moon landing deniers is almost on par with creationists. Almost because they at least try to use science and evidence to back them up.

I've got so annoyed with my dad recently that I've started compiling a document full of evidence and arguments that we did land on the moon.

It's five pages and I've only (half-)covered retroreflectors and moon rock.

I also get an excuse to indulge myself with physics, Nasa and astronomy.

On 1 August between 10:15 and 12:50 Universal Time, with the Lick Observatory 120-inch (304-cm) telescope and a laser operating at 6943 angstroms, return signals from an optical retro-reflector array placed on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts were successfully detected. After the return signal was first detected it continued to appear with the expected time delay for the remainder of the night. The observed range is in excellent agreement with the predicted ephemeris. Transmitting between 7 and 8 joules per pulse, we found that each return signal averaged more than one photoelectron. This is in good agreement with calculations of the expected signal strength.

CdesignProponentsist wrote:I think the moon landing hoax is a testament to NASA's ability to get thousands of people across all political, social and national spectrums to cooperate in a mass conspiracy to lie the people of the world and keep it secret for over 40 years while at the same time recruiting more into the conspiracy each generation and not a single voice of descent.

The must have an AWESOME health care program.

mattwilson wrote:I would like to add to this... I've mentioned before that my missus is a moon landing conspiracy idiot...

Yesterday we viewed the planetarium at the think tank in Birmingham, UK.... one of the final lines in the show was about the moon landing, and it said something to the effect of... "this paved the way for 5 more moon landings"

As we walked out I said "I bet you hated that bit about the moon landing and apollo 11 didn't you"... she said "All I have to say is, Why haven't we been back"

That's the level of argument moon landing conspiracy idiots are running with

All I have to say is, Why haven't we been back"

CdesignProponentsist wrote:

mraltair wrote:

CdesignProponentsist wrote:I think the moon landing hoax is a testament to NASA's ability to get thousands of people across all political, social and national spectrums to cooperate in a mass conspiracy to lie the people of the world and keep it secret for over 40 years while at the same time recruiting more into the conspiracy each generation and not a single voice of descent.

The must have an AWESOME health care program.

I don't think it doesn't cover mental health though.

I think it covers double negatives though (says they guy who dropped the 'y' on 'They')

Onyx8 wrote:

mattwilson wrote:I would like to add to this... I've mentioned before that my missus is a moon landing conspiracy idiot...

Yesterday we viewed the planetarium at the think tank in Birmingham, UK.... one of the final lines in the show was about the moon landing, and it said something to the effect of... "this paved the way for 5 more moon landings"

As we walked out I said "I bet you hated that bit about the moon landing and apollo 11 didn't you"... she said "All I have to say is, Why haven't we been back"

That's the level of argument moon landing conspiracy idiots are running with

All I have to say is, Why haven't we been back"

Hmm, that must be the same reason that I have not been back to Greece in thirty years: I never went at all.