ExiledInIllinois Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? Who cares what losers like that think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. The flag from Apollo 11 was most likely blown down when the LM launched from the moon. By the way, it looks the way id did because of its design. Take a square of aluminum foil. f\Fold it up. Then unfold it an see what it looks like. Knowing this, they intentionally placed flags from subsequent landings further from the LM. To your question, I'm not aware of pics from high powered scopes on earth, but subsequent lunar orbit vehicles have taken pics of the stuff left behind on the surface. One interesting thing I learned ;last year. One of the missions was near an older probe of some sort, and NASA had an astronaut take a smear and bag it. When it was examined back on earth it had living biologic material on it. The "stuff" had survived the wicked moon environment and was alive. Ever cautious, the US always ensures its stuff is vaporized of otherwise destroyed to prevent placing living stuff on other celestial bodies. Other countries do not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Gugny said: How does a flag wave when there is no air? Where are the stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) The "no star" issue explained. https://curiosity.com/topics/why-arent-there-stars-in-the-moon-landing-photos-curiosity/ By the way, ever notice the pictures of earth from space don't have visible stars either? Same reason. Edited July 19, 2019 by sherpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Fun fact... I was born at the same time that the moon capsule splashed down. July 24th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Augie said: Well, now THAT is just INSANE!!! Makes you realize exactly how bold this was! It was the equivalent of the Vikings crossing the North Atlantic without the compass and astrolabe, just using the stars and maybe a lodestone. Edited July 19, 2019 by SoTier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 10 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said: Lots of Starch! ‘That’s What She Said...’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 20 hours ago, Gugny said: Where are the stars? Kubrick borrowed them for the Monolith scene in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? I have heard you can IF you know where to look. (At least from the nerds on Big Bang Theory) 4 hours ago, row_33 said: Who cares what losers like that think LOL The following is a paid advertisement from @ExiledInIllinois How to See All Six Apollo Moon Landing Sites https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: How to See All Six Apollo Moon Landing Sites https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/ Pretty suspicious that they conveniently ‘left out’ Apollo 18...? * (don’t even bother...) Edited July 19, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 And Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong never went back into space. I guess how does one top that. Armstrong was a professor at Univ of Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Pretty suspicious that they conveniently ‘left out’ Apollo 18...? * (don’t even bother...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 21 hours ago, Gugny said: How does a flag wave when there is no air? Where are the stars? ....where the hell is Walmart??........... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....where the hell is Walmart??........... Well, Apollo 17 did park their RV’s ATV there, didn’t they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....where the hell is Walmart??........... The flag was starched that way, like Trump’s hairdo Edited July 19, 2019 by row_33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I was 12 when it happened. They landed on the moon at about 3 PM our time. They stepped on the moon at about 11PM. I remember going outside at about 10 and looking up at the moon (it was a perfectly clear night) and was blown away by realizing that there were people on it at that very time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, SoTier said: It was the equivalent of the Vikings crossing the North Atlantic without the compass and astrolabe, just using the stars and maybe a lodestone. Or the ancient Polynesians sailing all around the South Pacific knowing where the islands were. Those islands proverbial needles in a haystack, sailing to get there by just the feel of the waves pressing on the rudder of their boat which in turn was subtly pressing on the their ***** (that filter word is scrot...)... IE: In other layman terms, the ancient Polynesian sailed the whole freak ass S.Pacific via their nutsacks!!!! LoL... Speaking of nutsacks... I learned this from @BringBackFergy & @Cripple Creek ...Those two know all about subtle pressure on a ***** and busting balls! They'd have know problem sailing from Tahiti to Fiji and back on a cloudy night or finding Pearl Harbor in the dark so they can drop their bombs!!! The cognitive ability that mankind had lost through the millennia is still firmly harnessed in the noggins of those two! There is hope for humanity that this ability will someday be passed on to future generations. @Gugny is already camped out waiting by that doorbuster of information and maybe one or two or three FREE beers! Edited July 19, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am thinking of going to see "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon" tonight. National Air and Space Museum is showing a recreation of launch of Apollo 11 of Saturn V rocket projected on the east face of the Washington Monument. https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon?fbclid=IwAR3Z9p6u72-I2Efm8_B2tWs1vMV9c-dITXCJrvvxa8cbowRQjo2-9CdOcVc https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article232873077.html I am old enough (was 7 at time and argued with my mother about watching Star Trek which was moved to 10pm that season with so I was into space ;10 pm was past my bedtime and summer was time for me to catch up on episodes I missed) to remember launch on TV vaguely. I wonder if the presentation will be as good as advertised. I need to work a 12 however tomorrow on a shifted schedule which I hate. I go to work at 9 AM when I normally go to work at 5 pm and this messes my sleep schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 For those of you who have ROKU, they have several documentaries on Apollo 11 to stream for free in honor of the 50th anniversary. I got email on it today, so it's probably for today and tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Little known fact is the real Buzz Aldrin is still stranded there.... https://www.theonion.com/real-buzz-aldrin-spends-50th-straight-year-on-moon-tryi-1836538506 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) On 7/18/2019 at 8:31 AM, SoTier said: Saturday, July 20, 2019, is the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Weather Channel has been showing lots of info snippets since Tuesday, the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo launch. One of them I found interesting, having worked in IT for 30 years, is that the chips in today's musical/talking greeting cards have more power than the guidance system that took Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and back! PBS had an American Experience episode on it, and I'm sure that there will be more programs on Saturday. Great day in our history. I remember as a kid looking out my window at night thinking that I would get a glimpse of it! Edited July 19, 2019 by Rocket94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 3:29 PM, RochesterRob said: It wouldn't be a matter of Von Braun faking it. There could have been a hangup in an area where he had little expertise such as deep space life support. The rub is when the government decides to fake a landing for a political agenda. Does he stay silent or speak out. He probably would have known he had a very short leash in terms of speaking out without being a target of the CIA for elimination. I read an article a year ago about renewed Russian efforts to reach the moon and their suggestion that perhaps America did not really land there. They said that they may be joking, but any successful landing on their part would prove if it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 10 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....where the hell is Walmart??........... No golden arches either! 7 hours ago, Limeaid said: I am thinking of going to see "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon" tonight. National Air and Space Museum is showing a recreation of launch of Apollo 11 of Saturn V rocket projected on the east face of the Washington Monument. https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon?fbclid=IwAR3Z9p6u72-I2Efm8_B2tWs1vMV9c-dITXCJrvvxa8cbowRQjo2-9CdOcVc https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article232873077.html I am old enough (was 7 at time and argued with my mother about watching Star Trek which was moved to 10pm that season with so I was into space ;10 pm was past my bedtime and summer was time for me to catch up on episodes I missed) to remember launch on TV vaguely. I wonder if the presentation will be as good as advertised. I need to work a 12 however tomorrow on a shifted schedule which I hate. I go to work at 9 AM when I normally go to work at 5 pm and this messes my sleep schedule. My job sometimes requires a similar schedule...not good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Rocket94 said: My job sometimes requires a similar schedule...not good! The reason for my schedule is logical even if I do not like it. The developers did not want to support 24x7 so customer offered contract to cover swings, nights (5pm-9am) and weekends. Night workers have the hardest schedules so it is set up so they get off at same time every night at 9am which means they come in three hours early on weekends. I on other hand work 9am-9pm rather than 5pm-~3am but because we are double covered and I do (by his own statement) a lot of other work others do not do he gives me flexibility as l in turn cover other hours when people need off the best I can. And no I did not go to watch film on mall. The weather tonight is very hot (the British considered DC sub-tropical) and tonight it feels like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Limeaid said: The reason for my schedule is logical even if I do not like it. The developers did not want to support 24x7 so customer offered contract to cover swings, nights (5pm-9am) and weekends. Night workers have the hardest schedules so it is set up so they get off at same time every night at 9am which means they come in three hours early on weekends. I on other hand work 9am-9pm rather than 5pm-~3am but because we are double covered and I do (by his own statement) a lot of other work others do not do he gives me flexibility as l in turn cover other hours when people need off the best I can. In my case, I was trying to be supportive of another department and now I find myself involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rocket94 said: In my case, I was trying to be supportive of another department and now I find myself involved! Yea my wife says it is my fault I get in these situations until I need that flexibility to help her out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Limeaid said: Yea my wife says it is my fault I get in these situations until I need that flexibility to help her out. Sounds familiar! I don't believe there is a cure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Okay, I’m special documentaried out for the rest of my life, was 3 and sat out at the cottage with the TV on the picnic table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I own a small piece of kapton foil the was stripped off of the Columbia command module after it landed. It's amazing to think that 50 years ago today it was circling the moon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, sodbuster said: I own a small piece of kapton foil the was stripped off of the Columbia command module after it landed. It's amazing to think that 50 years ago today it was circling the moon. It is an amazing achievement considering how long ago it was. Computers and other technology that we take for granted today we're in their infancy or unheard of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Rocket94 said: It is an amazing achievement considering how long ago it was. Computers and other technology that we take for granted today we're in their infancy or unheard of. In addition to taking the technology for granted, I think we take the sheer human brilliance for granted even more. Thousands of mathematicians, physicists, etc., using slide rules to calculate with great precision the orbital mechanics involved. It took them a little longer to compute vs. the fraction of a second it takes a powerful computer of today, but they were just as accurate. Amazing display of human capability. To think we have to suffer the flat earth and other science denying idiots 50 years later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, K-9 said: In addition to taking the technology for granted, I think we take the sheer human brilliance for granted even more. Thousands of mathematicians, physicists, etc., using slide rules to calculate with great precision the orbital mechanics involved. It took them a little longer to compute vs. the fraction of a second it takes a powerful computer of today, but they were just as accurate. Amazing display of human capability. To think we have to suffer the flat earth and other science denying idiots 50 years later. Exactly. People today have so many advantages. Back then you had to have incredible patience and work ethic. My late father once worked for the Pentagon and helped design rockets and later in civilian life he designed buildings and bridges. I was house cleaning years ago and came upon a closet full of his blueprints...just amazing and concise. Nothing computer enhanced...I was in awe. No way that I could do tha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rocket94 said: Exactly. People today have so many advantages. Back then you had to have incredible patience and work ethic. My late father once worked for the Pentagon and helped design rockets and later in civilian life he designed buildings and bridges. I was house cleaning years ago and came upon a closet full of his blueprints...just amazing and concise. Nothing computer enhanced...I was in awe. No way that I could do tha! That is awesome that you have those blueprints, etc. They are testaments to your dad’s work and a treasure to have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just now, K-9 said: That is awesome that you have those blueprints, etc. They are testaments to your dad’s work and a treasure to have. Oh yeah. He lived an interesting life...thing is, he had an interior sense about him...I asked myself years later how well did I actually know him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeginnersMind Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Maybe the most unifying moment in the history of the world. Not sure I can think of anything that rivals it, with so many people invested in a successful outcome. Hats off to you humans, and cheers especially to my fellow Americans. Edited July 20, 2019 by BeginnersMind 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 NASA's website will replay the Moon Landing broadcast starting at 10:38PM EST tonight https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Watching NASA's replay of the Moon Landing and although it's 50 year old history, watching Armstrong step off and proclaim "One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind" is still a beautiful thing 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhg Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Watched the CNN broadcast of it tonight. Amazing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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