OT. Where they really on the moon?

[minipol]

Originally posted by growltigger:
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

Hehehehehe, now this is a good one. The "Van Halen" belt:

"Houston, we have a problem. An undertermined abstract whining noise is pounding our eardrums. NOOOO, the pain.. NOOOOO....." ... and then silence...
Van Halen did it again . Hehe. Nice one Tiger!

Edit: hhmmm one should read the whole thread before responding. there are already a zillion jokes in here going "Houston we have a problem". If i weren't so darn lazy i would delete mine. If you read this far: sorry for waisting your time
But why are you still reading this?

[ March 05, 2003, 22:43: Message edited by: minipol ]

[minipol]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.

Where's the proof? In one of your books?

* minipol just couldn't resist and now hides in the closet with one of Fyron's physics books as his only weapon *

Oh by the way, as i said before i think they did go to the moon but that the movie was fake. Big difference off course. The camera they had with them, seen in a few of those shots in the movie was incapable of making the shots at that kind of temperature or better differences in temperature.

[ March 05, 2003, 22:50: Message edited by: minipol ]

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by minipol:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.

Where's the proof? In one of your books?

* minipol just couldn't resist and now hides in the closet with one of Fyron's physics books as his only weapon *

Oh by the way, as i said before i think they did go to the moon but that the movie was fake. Big difference off course. The camera they had with them, seen in a few of those shots in the movie was incapable of making the shots at that kind of temperature or better differences in temperature.

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At the time, much of the news coverage was specifically labelled as "Simulation". The actual live pictures I remember were of rather poor quality, to say the least.

[Wanderer]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
I wonder. Did the makers of Capricorn One know something, or is this an example of art imitating life?

I thought the guy (not that I know who that was, I'm just stabbing in the dark) who was behind Capricorn One was someone who believed the moon landings were a hoax and wanted to make a film on a similar issue to 'show how it could be done'.

Not that I've heard any convincing arguments that the landings were actually faked - on Amazon.co.uk (not .com) try searching for the book Dark Moon and its reviews for a good example of pseudo-science being used to sell books (and being viciously debunked by those who know better).

Try here
(second review on this page really has a go at the book)

[QuarianRex]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.

I personally think that we did get to the moon. I was just responding to the notion that the perpetration of such a hoax would be impossible.

Nothing is really impossible. Probable? Well now, there's the kicker.

[Andrés]

FX weren't that good back then, a fake wouldn't have been believable.
But it's quite plausible it wasn't live, and the astronauts were secretly safe back home before they dared to make it public.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.[/QB]

Of course, the best proof is that the astronauts left reflectors on the moon that had signals bounced off of them quite regularly.