Comments on: Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, 1930-2012 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: SimonD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/#comment-34077 SimonD Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:28:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39507#comment-34077 Oooooooo! But who took the photo?! Michael Collins was orbiting. Oooooooo! But who took the photo?! Michael Collins was orbiting.

]]> By: Tony Mach http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/#comment-34076 Tony Mach Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:50:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39507#comment-34076 Sayed Ishtiyaq, these two people you see, in their mainly white and bulky space suits, needed a device called the "Apollo Lunar Module" (LM), a fairly interesting spacecraft, to reach the lunar surface – with lunar meaning "of the Moon", in case you didn't knew. The height of this LM device was about 17.9 ft (5.5 meter), and the camera that took this image was mounted in this LM spacecraft. In fact you can see one "Reaction Control Thruster" of the LM on the lower right side of the image. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module The shadow in the lower left side of the image is an shadow of said 5.5 meter high "LM" spacecraft, or of one of it landing "legs" to be precise. And in fact you can see even more of this shadow of the LM spacecraft in less cropped versions of this image: http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2012/usastronauts.jpg But I think my words will mean nothing to you, because you either made a joke about the shadow (and fully well know what caused it) – or you are dead set on thinking the moon landing was faked, and nothing anybody can say will convince you otherwise. Sayed Ishtiyaq, these two people you see, in their mainly white and bulky space suits, needed a device called the “Apollo Lunar Module” (LM), a fairly interesting spacecraft, to reach the lunar surface – with lunar meaning “of the Moon”, in case you didn’t knew.

The height of this LM device was about 17.9 ft (5.5 meter), and the camera that took this image was mounted in this LM spacecraft. In fact you can see one “Reaction Control Thruster” of the LM on the lower right side of the image.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module

The shadow in the lower left side of the image is an shadow of said 5.5 meter high “LM” spacecraft, or of one of it landing “legs” to be precise. And in fact you can see even more of this shadow of the LM spacecraft in less cropped versions of this image:
http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2012/usastronauts.jpg

But I think my words will mean nothing to you, because you either made a joke about the shadow (and fully well know what caused it) – or you are dead set on thinking the moon landing was faked, and nothing anybody can say will convince you otherwise.

]]> By: sayed ishtiyaq http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/#comment-34075 sayed ishtiyaq Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:15:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39507#comment-34075 what is that shadow on d left side bottom....? what is that shadow on d left side bottom….?

]]> By: floodmouse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/#comment-34074 floodmouse Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:45:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39507#comment-34074 I remember the moon landing. That was one of the capital "E" experiences of my childhood. Cheers to his memory - I remember the moon landing. That was one of the capital “E” experiences of my childhood. Cheers to his memory -

]]> By: Pippa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/neil-armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon-1930-2012/#comment-34073 Pippa Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:40:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39507#comment-34073 An incredible man. My condolences to his family, and to all who knew and admired him. I am sure that there are many like myself who remember the excitement of that landing, (even though I was a child - and we did not have a TV - I actually read all about it in newspapers,) and feel the loss despite never knowing him in person. An incredible man. My condolences to his family, and to all who knew and admired him. I am sure that there are many like myself who remember the excitement of that landing, (even though I was a child – and we did not have a TV – I actually read all about it in newspapers,) and feel the loss despite never knowing him in person.

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