Title: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: JillSwift on July 16, 2009, 06:27:37 PM
Post by: JillSwift on July 16, 2009, 06:27:37 PM
Science flies you to the moon!
[youtube:scocl6xg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_mTgkGSZk[/youtube:scocl6xg]
[youtube:scocl6xg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_mTgkGSZk[/youtube:scocl6xg]
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: joeactor on July 16, 2009, 07:52:52 PM
Post by: joeactor on July 16, 2009, 07:52:52 PM
Thanks for the post, Jill - awesome stuff!
I was in gradeschool at the time.
We got to watch a couple of the landings in class.
Un-freaking-believable!
JoeActor
I was in gradeschool at the time.
We got to watch a couple of the landings in class.
Un-freaking-believable!
JoeActor
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: Tom62 on July 16, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Post by: Tom62 on July 16, 2009, 08:07:50 PM
Truly awesome stuff. It is amazing how they managed to pull that off, considering the fact they got all the way to the moon and back controlled by a computer that was less powerful than my iPod (for some interesting info about the computer used on board of Apollo 11 see http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/computer.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/computer.htm)).
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 04:09:13 AM
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 04:09:13 AM
FAKE!!!
It was all done on a movie set. :)
Also, this photo stinks, cuz it was taken with a camera phone!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FMcQ14%2Fphoto.jpg&hash=66609d01bb25a14c0e7965ad4ca8db00f4c1c322)
It was all done on a movie set. :)
Also, this photo stinks, cuz it was taken with a camera phone!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi11.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa184%2FMcQ14%2Fphoto.jpg&hash=66609d01bb25a14c0e7965ad4ca8db00f4c1c322)
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: joeactor on July 17, 2009, 02:36:43 PM
Post by: joeactor on July 17, 2009, 02:36:43 PM
Nice model - I had the Lunar Lander one (long since gone...)
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: JillSwift on July 17, 2009, 06:25:06 PM
Post by: JillSwift on July 17, 2009, 06:25:06 PM
Quote from: "McQ"FAKE!!!
It was all done on a movie set. :P
Here are some recent images (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html) of the landing sites taken by the LRO.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: curiosityandthecat on July 17, 2009, 06:28:16 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on July 17, 2009, 06:28:16 PM
Wow, this is all very phallic. 
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 09:45:26 PM
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 09:45:26 PM
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Wow, this is all very phallic. roflol
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 09:50:52 PM
Post by: McQ on July 17, 2009, 09:50:52 PM
Quote from: "JillSwift"Quote from: "McQ"FAKE!!!
It was all done on a movie set. :P
Here are some recent images (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html) of the landing sites taken by the LRO.
Those are sweet pics. Finally, we can see details in the landing sites! Thanks for sharing these, Jill.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: SSY on July 20, 2009, 09:40:07 PM
Post by: SSY on July 20, 2009, 09:40:07 PM
I really hope there aren't people who beleive in god but think the Moon landings were fake, that would be insane.Nice LRO pictures.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: karadan on July 21, 2009, 09:51:52 AM
Post by: karadan on July 21, 2009, 09:51:52 AM
Quote from: "SSY"I really hope there aren't people who beleive in god but think the Moon landings were fake, that would be insane.Nice LRO pictures.
There are, unfortunately...
I've been giddy with excitement for the last seven days
British TV has been celebrating the Moon landings with a string of superb TV programmes. I've been so nostalgic - even though i wasn't alive when they landed. I guess my dads enthusiasm for the Apollo programme rubbed off on me when i was little. He watched the launch of Apollo 13 from Cape Kennedy and ever since then, has been nuts for space.I just hope the space programme does something like that again within my lifetime. Will be amazing to see them go to Mars.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: Fallen Jedii on July 22, 2009, 08:08:31 PM
Post by: Fallen Jedii on July 22, 2009, 08:08:31 PM
I really hope they go to the moon again in 2020. I'm only sixteen and I obviously wasn't around to see any of the moon landings. Space is just so amazing to me. I mean, can you imagine what the future will be like? I would give anything to live on the moon, or Mars. I just love the idea of living on other planets and making use of the galaxy. The possibilities are endless.
I really hope that space exploration becomes more and more frequent in the next decade. I think that people should pay more attention to it. The future of our race depends on everything in space. So we better start getting used to travel and landings now, in my opinion.
I really hope that space exploration becomes more and more frequent in the next decade. I think that people should pay more attention to it. The future of our race depends on everything in space. So we better start getting used to travel and landings now, in my opinion.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: PipeBox on July 31, 2009, 02:33:08 AM
Post by: PipeBox on July 31, 2009, 02:33:08 AM
I'm posting in here far too late, but I didn't even visit this forum on "Apollo Week". My father really, really loved the moon landings, and some of his nostalgia and wonder rubbed off on me. I wish I could have been there to feel the ground shake. It must have been incredible. It is incredible, in many ways it was mankind at his best, despite it coming out of a space race between the US and Russia. There's a sort of majesty to the Saturn V, and man landing on the moon, and an astonishing ingenuity seen in the details. For anyone who hasn't watched the high speed cams from Apollo 11, I highly recommend the following. On the other hand, if you have seen them, you can always be amazed again.
[youtube:2wd94xhs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXtG3vfAlA[/youtube:2wd94xhs]
If you'll permit me some poetic license, man's desire is in the stars, so this was like going home, even if we couldn't stay very long.
Space exploration and expansion need to become a priority, not again, but for the first time. The space agencies do so much with far too little.
[youtube:2wd94xhs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXtG3vfAlA[/youtube:2wd94xhs]
If you'll permit me some poetic license, man's desire is in the stars, so this was like going home, even if we couldn't stay very long.
Space exploration and expansion need to become a priority, not again, but for the first time. The space agencies do so much with far too little.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: karadan on July 31, 2009, 09:46:47 AM
Post by: karadan on July 31, 2009, 09:46:47 AM
Quote from: "PipeBox"If you'll permit me some poetic license, man's desire is in the stars, so this was like going home, even if we couldn't stay very long.
Space exploration and expansion need to become a priority, not again, but for the first time. The space agencies do so much with far too little.
I couldn't have put it better myself.
Title: Re: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Post by: Big Mac on August 14, 2009, 10:04:45 AM
Post by: Big Mac on August 14, 2009, 10:04:45 AM
Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel, try that at 72! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFO8AGMwic)
Neil handles it a little more smoothly, though I'd punch him in the face for his disrespect to national heroes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzoVcjS2IA)
Ed Mitchell knees this loser in the ass. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTUaZl6Nyho)
Neil handles it a little more smoothly, though I'd punch him in the face for his disrespect to national heroes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzoVcjS2IA)
Ed Mitchell knees this loser in the ass. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTUaZl6Nyho)