It was 40 years ago today...

Has anyone got any compelling conspiracy theories about the Moon landings?

I want to believe that it was all mocked up in a studio!!!!

I would love to think it's one great big con.

i think people need to face up to the fact that the human race is truely insignificant and will one day not exist any more.

+1. Especially those examples I saw at Silverstone. Christ what an inbred bunch they have up there.

Saw it Friday, I really enjoyed it! Several people left midway through but if you are into your sci-fi and don't mind there not being aliens or monsters, you should love it. Some cracking landscape shots, and a massive obvious reference to HAL from 2001, Sam Rockwell is also pretty good in it, I've hated him in every other film. I read that the storyline (Helium-3) interested NASA enough for them to request a special viewing for the scientists.

Cool - I heard that it was along the lines of 'proper' sci fi - like Silent Running etc. which is one of my fave films.

I might have to go alone though....not least because it will enhance my geek qoutient for onlookers, but also my gf will positively hate the film no doubt!

+1. Especially those examples I saw at Silverstone. Christ what an inbred bunch they have up there.

Northamptonshire? Oh aye...Northamptonshire born and bred....strong in the arm, thick in the head!

Cool - I heard that it was along the lines of 'proper' sci fi - like Silent Running etc. which is one of my fave films.

I might have to go alone though....not least because it will enhance my geek qoutient for onlookers, but also my gf will positively hate the film no doubt!

Great film. I always wanted one of the robots.

I loved that film, been ages since I saw it.

why don't we just train some of these high powered telescopes at the moon and look for footprints !
although the yanks probably flew a mission there to drop of the stuff that should have been there in '69 a few years later

Believe it or not we dont have telescopes that can see that much detail, things have to be 60 feet across to show up on the images - there was a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched that you can see some bits and pieces but nothing special

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/17/lro-images-apollo-landing-sites-w00t/

I find it rather sad that we would not be able to attempt a moon landing these days without a huge amount of time and effort.

It would seem that we are happy sinking back into the realms of the mediocre- where is the replacement for Concorde and so on?

Well, the Ruskis want to go to Mars - 2035

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Russian-Space-Simulator-Volunteers-Exit-Capsule-After-105-Days-In-Isolation-On-Test-Mission-To-Mars/Article/200907215337969?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15337969_Russian_Space_Simulator%3A_Volunteers_Exit_Capsule_After_105_Days_In_Isolation_On_Test_Mission_To_Mars

Also, Total Recall is an excellent film.

Silent Running, which is one of my fave films.

me too!

me too!

Hmmmm........

http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song

but not as much as a spoon

what?

I was just looking for that Hippy!

Andy

I shall have to bow to your greater knowledge.

dyb dyb dyb, dob dob dob.

Jungle Book FTW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Jungle_Book_characters

I find it rather sad that we would not be able to attempt a moon landing these days without a huge amount of time and effort.

It would seem that we are happy sinking back into the realms of the mediocre- where is the replacement for Concorde and so on?

Think of the H&S issues that a moon landing would involve.

I thought nasa were planning return to the moon to demo the mars stuff?

Cheese before sweet? How very French.

don't let them hear you say that

me too!

Best post of the day

NASA have been tasked with getting man back to the moon by 2020 but are currently re-evaluating that pledge. I don't think they are capable of doing it. Their only launch vehicle capable of delivering live payloads to orbit is being decommissioned next year. At best the ares/constellation project would arrive five years after that. But the project is running behind schedule and the public just doesn't care about space exploration any more so the political will and hence money required isn't forth coming. Therefore no stars and stripes on the moon/mars in the time frame they originally suggested.
The Russians must be laughing at the moment having both the americans and europeans in their pockets by having the only operational crew launch vehicle. Don't reckon they will be on the moon anytime soon.
The Chinese however will be there bang on schedule whenever they say they will be there, and this might be enough to scare the americans back into orbit.

Best recent space exploration feat:
cassini-huygens
or more specifically the descent video of huygens landing on titan.

I am fairly obsessed with space exploration/science and recently got through to the last 700 applicant s in the last round of ESA astronaut selection. Was so gutted when i had to go back to the day job!

I saw moon last night after the time out review kindly informed me as to a significant part of the plot. I was pretty solid! The silent running (which i love) comparisons are fair. If i ever learn how to build bikes i am going to start of frame building business under the name "valley forge"

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Waste of money??????

We got velcro out of the Apollo program, without that things could really have come unstuck.

And teflon I believe, just to offset the stickyness of velcro.

The only sure way to prove the moon landings really happened is to return to the Moon and see if the Apollo hardware is there.
Direct visual verification would certainly put an end to the issue, however there are at least three pieces of hardware on the Moon that are not in dispute. Apollos 11, 14 and 15 erected laser reflectors on the lunar surface. Laser beams are routinely fired at these reflectors through telescopes at McDonald Observatory in Texas and near Grasse in southern France. Timings of these reflected beams are used to measure the Earth-Moon distance to an accuracy of one inch. To explain the existence of these reflectors the hoax advocates have no choice but to claim they were placed on the Moon by robotic landers; a huge undertaking for which there is no supporting evidence. The simple answer: the Apollo astronauts placed them there. (More on robotic missions later.)

Taken from: http://www.braeunig.us/space/hoax.htm

Goes off to watch Capricorn One

I wore my Speedy pro today to celebrate the 40th year of it being called the Moon Watch.

Wd40.