mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:47 AM |
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Can you remember the moon landings
We didnt have television in South Africa so we listened on the radio. I was six years old 
We got to see the footage later on the newsreels at the topstar drive in movie theater.
And I can see the first posts have put up the question did it really happen
[Edited on 20-7-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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2cv
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:48 AM |
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Yes I remember it but did it really happen or was it a huge con?
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 2cv
Yes I remember it but did it really happen or was it a huge con?
it happened.
Craig
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need4speed
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:53 AM |
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I'm sad to say that Yes I remember it also was 11 at the time.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:57 AM |
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I watched a program on Saturday about moon landing fake claimers. For the first time the producers actually went to the extent of recreating the moon
landing in the middle of a desert and one buy one smashed every idiotic drivel they had spouted.
Basically it showed just how thick and ignorant these people really are of even basic facts.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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designer
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 08:57 AM |
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I had just finished my GCE's and I watched every minute of it.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:03 AM |
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I was minus 17 at the time so i dont remember it too well 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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scottc
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:03 AM |
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nope I don't remember it 
http://www.sotoconnect.com
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mookaloid
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:19 AM |
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I was there - well not actually on the moon but I watched it on the telly - it was real and they definitely went there..
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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coozer
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:22 AM |
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I remember watching it wishing we had a colour telly, but the footage looks just as our b&w valve set did then
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I watched a program on Saturday about moon landing fake claimers. For the first time the producers actually went to the extent of recreating the moon
landing in the middle of a desert and one buy one smashed every idiotic drivel they had spouted.
Basically it showed just how thick and ignorant these people really are of even basic facts.
Easy enough to prove/disprove.
1) Check the figures for levels solar radiation at the time of the 'Moon Landings'. There were a lot of solar flares at the time of the
first mission, if memory serves.
2) Find out how much lead shielding is needed to protect humans at these levels.
3) Check how much protection a thin skin of alloy would give ie; a capsule wall.
4) Do the math.
Sorted once and for all.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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smart51
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
I had just finished my GCE's and I watched every minute of it.
GCEs? Everyone at my school called them O levels and A levels. I think only Del Trotter called them GCEs
The moon landings were before I was born. It's hard to imagine that anything technical could be achieved before the age of computers yet still
they managed to do it. Trains don't generally run faster than in the 60s. Boeing 747s go no faster. Racing cars are no more exciting to watch
now. The moon landings were quite a feat though.
The problem with conspiracy theories is that politicians are so untrustworthy and have such a reputation for lies and coverups that the public prefer
this opinion to the moon landings being true.
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Lightning
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:36 AM |
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Yep, watched it on tele on Holiday in Cornwall amongst people with 6 fingers and febbed feet or locals as they are known
Steve
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I watched a program on Saturday about moon landing fake claimers. For the first time the producers actually went to the extent of recreating the moon
landing in the middle of a desert and one buy one smashed every idiotic drivel they had spouted.
Basically it showed just how thick and ignorant these people really are of even basic facts.
Easy enough to prove/disprove.
1) Check the figures for levels solar radiation at the time of the 'Moon Landings'. There were a lot of solar flares at the time of the
first mission, if memory serves.
2) Find out how much lead shielding is needed to protect humans at these levels.
3) Check how much protection a thin skin of alloy would give ie; a capsule wall.
4) Do the math.
Sorted once and for all.
Yes that was also completely disproved too and had off course been thought of by NASA. As said on the program they were to turn the service module
towards the sun and the fuel in the tanks would absorb the particles. The state of the sun was being constantly monitored and as it takes days for
radiation from a flare to arrive at the moon they had plenty of warning.
They also passed through the van allen belts within an hour and even the discoverer of the belts said the idea of dieing from passing through them was
ludicrous as there not very radioactive.
I like the way that folk suggest the thousands of scientists and engineers working on the project would be so stupid to miss such simple things.
You say do the maths but can you?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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trogdor
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:44 AM |
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I must admit I was suckered in slightly by the fake moon landings conspiracy. I watched the fox documentary ages ago and thought there was something
in it.
However after watching that james may thing on it awhile ago I actually took the time to read the other side as well which the fox documentary funnily
enough left out...
After reading both sides to the argument I believe we went to the moon. There are some good sites on the web it makes good reading
Wasn't around for the landings, which is a shame
[Edited on 20/7/09 by trogdor]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:51 AM |
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The Beeb showed a photo taken by the latest moon orbiter last week...
Beeb Linky
It showed the base of the lander, and collection of scientific instruments, and a trail of footprints between the two.
Of course, that can be faked... (before anyone else says it!)
[Edited on 20/7/09 by David Jenkins]
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jeffw
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 09:55 AM |
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Watched on the telly (I was 7 at the time) and yes it happened....
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GeoffT
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 10:21 AM |
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I was the ripe old age of 20 when it landed - just fuzzy b&w pictures on our old valve telly, but without doubt the most riveting TV in my
lifetime.
I too find the conspiracy theories quite ludicrous - even putting aside the overwhelming scientific evidence of it happening, if it was staged, how
many hundreds of people would have to have been "in on it" to make that possible - and just one of them wouldn't have spilt the
beans by now?? I hardly think so.....
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Triton
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 10:48 AM |
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Hollywood at it's best....Yep I don't believe they ever went
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Triton
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 10:50 AM |
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Wallace and Gromit did though.......
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 11:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Triton
Hollywood at it's best....Yep I don't believe they ever went
true hollywood special effects were formidable at the time...
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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phoenix70
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 12:13 PM |
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Nope I don't, then again I hadn't been born yet so I would'nt (I was -1 btw)
Cheers
Scott
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Triton
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 12:33 PM |
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I was 4 and way too busy playing to worry about space blokes......but if you were to ask do I believe in spinny roundy things then the answer is YES
as I have seen one many years ago as a kid growing up in South Wales..
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Triton
.....but if you were to ask do I believe in spinny roundy things then the answer is YES as I have seen one many years ago as a kid growing up in South
Wales..
Hollywood faked that too, car hubcap on string
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Dingz
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| posted on 20/7/09 at 12:56 PM |
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Yes, watched it on TV in guest house near loch Lomond on holiday with gf. We drove up there in my red and white Triumph Herald!
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