OT. Where they really on the moon?

[Aloofi]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

1-Because the incentive to lie in this case is not nearly as great as the embarasment if they lie and are found out.

2-Because the effort required to pull off a conspiracy of this magnitude would be easier and less expensive then actually going to the moon.

3-Because Nasa is run by scientists and engineers. Scientists and engineers can cetainly be wrong and like all humans they will frequently lie to themselves rather than face an unpleasant truth, but they don't make it a habit of lying to others.[/quote]

1-They are never going to be found out. For the herd, as long as the pack leaders doesn't say is true is not true.

2-You got to be kidding. Going to the Moon is the expesiest thing you can think of. And its not that a big conspiracy, just a 100 people or so, counting the movie crew and everything. Read the link i posted below for more info.

3-Nope, NASA is run by Politicians that were once engineers. You know that.

[ March 05, 2003, 15:58: Message edited by: Aloofi ]

[Me Loonn]

Oh, yes !

Good thing me is not only who dont take their medication ...

[dogscoff]

Hey, let's all be thankful that it wasnt the "Van Halen" belt those poor astronauts had to go through, otherwise, having shaggy perms, playing loud guitar and wearing spandex troUsers may have seriously cramped NASA's style

Or even worse, The Van der Valk belt: The 70s Ducth detective in the bad shirts and flares would have played merry hell with the telemetry.

This is a thread-jack. Hand over the topic and no-one will get hurt...

[ March 05, 2003, 16:33: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Growltigger]

or possibly even the "Van Rental" belt?

"Houston, we have a problem, a large fat balding oik driving a white ford transit has just cut us up and is hogging our orbit, he is also reading the News of the World whilst sticking his fingers up at us",

"Atlantis, are you reporting an Unidentified Fat Object?"

[Alpha Kodiak]

I certainly wouldn't put it past our government to try to fool us, but there is no way that they could cover up such a hoax. At the least, there would be Congressmen and Senators that were privy to that information, and that is a guarantee that it would be leaked.

Think of how much harder it would have been to cover up a fake moon landing than to cover up Watergate, and they were unable to do that.

[geoschmo]

Or the Van Dyke belt?

"That's one small step for man, one giant lea....Ahhhhh!"

Uh Houston, this is Buzz. I think Neal tripped over something. Looks like a large footstool shaped rock.

[Growltigger]

or the "Van Nuys" belt

"Houston, we have a problem, there is some hippy out here trying to sell Buzz some weed, two mexican gardeners are putting window boxes on the Eagle lander and two kids have stolen the moonbuggy and are joy-riding"

"Eagle? stone-groove man"