Comments on: Apollo 11: Gooooooooooal!

By: Throwbacks

Throwbacks — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:56:16 +0000

I’m an avid football fan so I found this post to be really interesting. I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to post ! I’ll be adding your site to my newsreader and letting my users know about your site as well.
thank!
John

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:56:48 +0000

Ohh no… I can see it now. This map will be used as *proof* that the moon landings were faked on a soccer field in the Mojave desert.

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:45:59 +0000

Obviously the Bad Astronomer was referring to Australian Rules Football playing field, which is essentially the same size as a cricket pitch.

By: Mr. LAME

Mr. LAME — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:43:35 +0000

fake
sooooo fake
actually i dont belive this ll happen today
nation of liars

By: alfaniner

alfaniner — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:18:03 +0000

Although the definition may be correct, I never really thought of the Moon as an “alien” world. In fact, from this perspective I sometimes find it quite familiar and comforting.

By: JB

JB — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:39:33 +0000

well, I really thing BA meant football stadium
but for the Sanadian side of the argument the Canadian football field is bigger then then American field..yes there is a difference
Field:
Canadian: 110 yards x 65 yards with 20 yards end zones
American: 100 yards x ~50 yards with 10 yards end zones

oh..and we Canadians can make 10 yards in 3 plays not 4… but lets not turn this into a sports debate…

By: IRONMANAustralia

IRONMANAustralia — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:03:49 +0000

@Gavin Flower

http://www.noob.us/humor/robot-chicken-its-the-law-asshole/

By: John -- www.moonposter.ie

John -- www.moonposter.ie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:30:16 +0000

Just can’t get my head around this comparison — using a soccer (football) pitch diagram to show the moon walks etc.

I understand lots of people would be fans of the above sports and that the story is kind of targeted towards them, however, one might just have applied the same perspective to a city walk e.g. in New York, in Paris, in Dublin [yes, I'm Irish )] or other comparisons that we would be familiar with in our lives today.

I prefer to think of the lunar walks as they were originally made — on the lunar surface.

John — http://www.moonposter.ie
Moon News — http://www.moonposter.ie/news.htm
Moon Missions — http://www.moonposter.ie/missions.htm

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By: Gavin Flower

Gavin Flower — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:54:34 +0000

JB, a ‘Soccer field’ _IS_ a ‘Football field’ – in the UK, the terms are inter-changeable!

-Nivag

By: Tim G

Tim G — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:05:24 +0000

FIFA standard fields are 70 to 80 yards by 110 to 120 yards. Wembley Stadium’s field is 75 yards by 115 yards as are NCAA fields.

According to the scale, this field is about 85 yards by 58 yards. That is strange; the internal markings seem about right.

By: James McCann

James McCann — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:07:32 +0000

Football fields are 120 yards x 53 1/3 yards according to http://www.sportsknowhow.com/football/field-dimensions/nfl-football-field-dimensions.html
and soccer fields vary from 50 yards x 100 yards to 100 yards x 130 yards according to http://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Field_Size.shtml.

By: IRONMANAustralia

IRONMANAustralia — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:59:46 +0000

@Michelle

Sorry I accessed the page before you posted. Good to see someone around here can think logically.

I think the obvious thing to do now is research the internet for any stadiums under “construction” during the 1960′s and overlay this map to see if they fit.

We should check and see how much money these projects received in government grants, and whether the people involved had government ties – prior service in the US Defence Force for example.

Also we should check and see if Wernher von Braun ever attended a baseball game, (to do convert recon and structural analysis obviously).

If it turns out some or all of this did happen it would be enough evidence to prove the whole thing as far as I’m concerned.

By: IRONMANAustralia

IRONMANAustralia — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:39:53 +0000

This map is yet more proof that the Moon landing was faked.

They obviously couldn’t travel very far from the so-called LM, because the evacuated sound studio in which it was filmed was restrictively small. And that area just ‘happens’ to be exactly the same as a sports field?

Coincidence?

I think not. They probably based the design on that of a sports stadium, or retrofitted an existing one for the purpose.

You people need to wake up and smell the conspiracy.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:53:34 +0000

Psh! Hollywood studio my rear end, they were on a soccer field all along! See? Undeniable proof!

By: RayCeeYa

RayCeeYa — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:55:08 +0000

Just a follow up on my argument why didn’t we send a robotic rover like Pathfinder to the moon before we sent one to Mars? The moon makes a perfect testing ground for the next generation of robotic explorers.

Say we wanted to send a probe to explore the surface of Europa or Ceres well we can use the moon to work all the bugs out first. And we can get tons of good science out of them in the process.

How about a robotic sample return mission to Mars? Why not do a few sample return missions to the moon first? We could even perfect robotic drilling apparatus for obtaining subterranean samples.

To me the Apollo missions can be summed up as such,

“Wow, we’re on the moon. Lets grab some rocks play a little golf and head home.”

By: tacitus

tacitus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:29:46 +0000

Well, you can’t blame BA too much for misjudging the size of a soccer pitch (field). Even with the marketing efforts of Posh and Becks, soccer in the States is still very much a mystery to most Americans over 20.

By: RayCeeYa

RayCeeYa — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:29:36 +0000

I still don’t see the point in pursuing human missions to the moon. Robotic missions are hundreds of times more cost effective. Just look at Spirit and Opportunity.

Now a radio telescope on the far side of the moon is something I can get behind.

By: JB of Brisbane

JB of Brisbane — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:57:30 +0000

I thought both football (soccer) and American football fields were both one hundred yards long. Maybe the next stage should be a Rugby League field, which is one hundred metres long. Then a racecourse (horses), then the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, then…?

By: bujin

bujin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:45:07 +0000

Hah! Well that just proves it was all faked! There are no football pitches on the moon!

And anyway, surely a football pitch on the moon would be much larger than on earth, cos the supposed lower gravity and lack of air resistance would mean you’d be able to kick the ball further. And Roberto Carlos would have trouble with those bendy free kicks into the top corner of the net too.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:10:23 +0000

If we Canadians were the first on the Moon, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. That map would be overlaid on a hockey rink.

By: billsmithaz

billsmithaz — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:05:30 +0000

Why does Armstrong’s path on the football/soccer field not correspond to his path on the baseball diamond?

When his route is overlaid on the baseball diamond, he has to take a more direct route to shag the pop fly.

*ducking

By: Berry

Berry — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:51:08 +0000

I like this version:

http://stephan-zielinski.com/images/tmp/A11vsMLB2_RGB_1024x767.jpg

which “explains” it all.

By: Ken B

Ken B — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:42:49 +0000

Why does Armstrong's path on the football/soccer field not correspond to his path on the baseball diamond?

By: Noah

Noah — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:40:58 +0000

I can get my head around this one easier [http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11vsMLB.gif]