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By: Atomic Glee » Blog Archive » That’s one small step…

Atomic Glee » Blog Archive » That’s one small step… — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:08:44 +0000

[…] Phil over at Bad Astronomy Blog writes When I look at the Moon, I donâ€™t want to think â€œAh, what could have beenâ€? anymore. I want to think â€œLetâ€™s take that next small step.â€? […]

By: MaDeR

MaDeR — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:32:07 +0000

HB simply will state that these photos was faked, too. Maybe by painting lunar rovers and landers on real photo of real terrain from real spacecraft. Paranoia always has answer.

By: CR

CR — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 04:05:31 +0000

That’s cool, Nigel!
I’ve also been reading clavius.org (as well as the forum at ApolloHoax.net), but for me as well, it all started here at BA.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:37:02 +0000

In a vaguely related kind of way, I have to thank the BA for me having a letter published in New Scientist. Because of the BA’s moon-hoax-debunking page, my interest in Apollo and lunar exploration was rekindled. I went and read (following a link from Bad Astronomy) clavius.org’s debunking of the moon hoax. Consequently, when a letter appeared in New Scientist querying the absence of dust on the footpads of the LEM in the context of dust obscuring the surface during landing and the photographed footprints in the lunar surface, I was able to write in straight away and answer all the points, including references to relevant web pages.

So, thanks very much for that, Phil!

By: Another Phobos

Another Phobos — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:30:11 +0000

“We came in peace for all mankind. ”

Ah, the irony. Mind you, I applaud the Apollo achievements, but it was a political/military-born program conducted at the same time there were ongoing military conflicts back on Earth. But I suppose “we” can apply to the astronauts themselves.

By: Irishman

Irishman — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:34:54 +0000

Beaming energy from the moon faces some serious impracticalities. The transmitted energy, even via laser, would not stay neatly columnated for easy collection on Earth by receivers. Lasers spread out to something like a half kilometer in area. So you are pointing high energy, say microwaves, directly at Earth, and hoping to get enough energy density out of them on the receiving end to make collecting them worthwhile - you should begin to be worried about microwaves cooking us poor humans caught innocently in the crosshairs. Plus the distance involved means energy dissipation, so a great deal of energy is wasted between collection point on the Moon and receipt upon Earth.

By: Ian B

Ian B — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:17:43 +0000