Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images

wrxflame · 11th of August 2009 (Tue)

Seems NASA's new moon orbitor may put the debate as to America landing on the moon finally to rest....or just stir things up more maybe.

I often wondered why NASA didn't point Hubble at the moon at take a picture and put the whole thing to rest ages ago.

Oh well....

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...ollosites.html

jgrussell · 11th of August 2009 (Tue)

And if you think that's going to shut up the doubters, I have a Kenyan Obama birth certificate to sell you...

gas1120 · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

i wonder... is the flag still up there?

FlyingPhotog · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by jgrussell

And if you think that's going to shut up the doubters, I have a Kenyan Obama birth certificate to sell you...

... or a healthcare plan

neilwood32 · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by gas1120

i wonder... is the flag still up there?

Nope - i think someone stole it!

S.Horton · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by FlyingPhotog

... or a healthcare plan

....for someone else.

I wonder if Hubble can focus on something that close. It must have a min focusing distance like, say, infinity!?!

breal101 · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by S.Horton

....for someone else.

I wonder if Hubble can focus on something that close. It must have a min focusing distance like, say, infinity!?!

You may have hit the nail on the head, I used military aerial cameras back in the day that were useless on the ground. The doubters of the moon landings must not have been around for the cold war, the Russians surely would have debunked a fake moon landing. They may not have been able to see anything on the moon but they could tell if a radio signal was coming from a moving target like the orbiter or a fixed target like the lander.

adsayer · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

isn't there some sort of object up on the moon that sciency people use to reflect lazer pulses back to earth...?

or have I had a touch too much cough medicine today?

Jon · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrxflame

Seems NASA's new moon orbitor may put the debate as to America landing on the moon finally to rest....or just stir things up more maybe.

I often wondered why NASA didn't point Hubble at the moon at take a picture and put the whole thing to rest ages ago.

Oh well....

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...ollosites.html

Because it doesn't have a Macro mode . . .

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Originally Posted by adsayer

isn't there some sort of object up on the moon that sciency people use to reflect lazer pulses back to earth...?

or have I had a touch too much cough medicine today?

Yep. Apollo 11 left a laser target that was used to precisely measure earth-moon distance. But since NASA never landed there they're just faking the results, right? I mean, when I aim my laser pointer at the moon, I don't get a return from it, so it must not be there, right?? [/sarcasm]

S.Horton · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

The universe is centered on the Earth, and the Earth is flat (with rounded corners).

hawkeye60 · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

Common sense and proof are always ignored by the conspiracy theorists.

S.Horton · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by hawkeye60

Common sense and proof are always ignored by the conspiracy theorists.

They think there's a conspiracy to suppress their facts.

It works.

mbellot · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by wrxflame

Seems NASA's new moon orbitor may put the debate as to America landing on the moon finally to rest....or just stir things up more maybe.

Or the guys at NASA finally figured out how to add realistic looking shadows to images using PhotoShop.

Nighthound · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

The Hubble Space Telescope is incapable of resolving in detail an object roughly the size of a Volkswagon van at +/- 240,000 miles. The greatest advantage Hubble offers is being able to see and image without the obstruction/distortion of Earth's atmosphere. The Hubble is an amazing instrument designed to look deep into space at objects incredibly distant. Many of the objects we've seen in amazing detail span much wider than the distance they are from the telescope itself.

Check out the image at the top of this grouping. It shows the Hubble's focal length capability at the Moon's distance. A Lunar lander would not be visible at this magnification.
http://www1.nasa.gov/vision/universe...bble_moon.html

RDKirk · 12th of August 2009 (Wed)

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Originally Posted by hawkeye60

Common sense and proof are always ignored by the conspiracy theorists.

Someone else has already said, "You can't reason a person out of a position that reason did not get him into."

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wrxflame Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Adelaide - Outer Harbour Posts: 330 IMAGE EDITING OK	Moon Landing Conspiracy - New NASA Orbitor Images Seems NASA's new moon orbitor may put the debate as to America landing on the moon finally to rest....or just stir things up more maybe. I often wondered why NASA didn't point Hubble at the moon at take a picture and put the whole thing to rest ages ago. Oh well.... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...ollosites.html __________________ Andrew 50D, Sigma 18-128, EF 50 1.4, Sigma 10-20, 430EX, 70-200 2.8L & 100-400L POTN Aussie Club Last edited by wrxflame : 11th of August 2009 (Tue) at 22:41.

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jgrussell Looking around nervously Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ USA Posts: 18,786 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images And if you think that's going to shut up the doubters, I have a Kenyan Obama birth certificate to sell you... __________________ -- jgr blog \| gear \| my birds

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adsayer Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Yorkshire/Surrey, UK Posts: 636	Re: Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images isn't there some sort of object up on the moon that sciency people use to reflect lazer pulses back to earth...? or have I had a touch too much cough medicine today? __________________ Takin' pictures n s**t, yo.

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S.Horton dǝǝɥs ɐ ʎq pǝʞuɐds Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 17,347 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images The universe is centered on the Earth, and the Earth is flat (with rounded corners). __________________ *Sam* http://midnightblue.smugmug.com Want your title changed? Dream On!

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hawkeye60 Goldmember Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 2,079 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images Common sense and proof are always ignored by the conspiracy theorists. __________________ It's a lens not a lense! The truest test of character is what you do when you think no one is looking.

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Nighthound Cream of the Crop Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 9,478	Re: Moon Landing Conspiracy - NASA Images The Hubble Space Telescope is incapable of resolving in detail an object roughly the size of a Volkswagon van at +/- 240,000 miles. The greatest advantage Hubble offers is being able to see and image without the obstruction/distortion of Earth's atmosphere. The Hubble is an amazing instrument designed to look deep into space at objects incredibly distant. Many of the objects we've seen in amazing detail span much wider than the distance they are from the telescope itself. Check out the image at the top of this grouping. It shows the Hubble's focal length capability at the Moon's distance. A Lunar lander would not be visible at this magnification. http://www1.nasa.gov/vision/universe...bble_moon.html __________________ Steve Canon Gear: 1D Mark IV \| 1D Mark II \| 5D \| 20D \| 500L IS (f/4) \| 100-400L My Astro Gallery http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y67...OTN%20Gallery/

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