non-believers at what point on the Apollo time-line did you shake your head and say No it's not true?

Question

We all agree ;
That there was a lineal progression in manned space flight
That those who flew the missions were superb pilots and engineers
That 7 UNMANNED vehicles had landed on the moon prior to 7/20/69
That on 12/24/68 Apollo 8 was in lunar orbit and took pictures of Earth
That on Apollo 10 Gene Cernan cursed into an open mike while spinning above the lunar surface- and NASA got letters complaining about it.
That 9 Saturn V rockets left earth and made it to the moon-hard to fake a 365' rocket launch
That 9 Apollo Command Modules returned and show the charring commensurate with a 25000 mph re-entry.
That in all the movies and science fiction prior to July 1969 nobody had ever envisioned that something that looked like the LM would be the spacecraft that would actually land on the moon
The classic scenario was always the large rocket leaves Earth , lands on the moon ,returns to Earth as a large rocket
When does it become impossible ?

RIP Griisom White & Chaffee

Answer 1

Thank you for this excellent summation. You are obviously a clear and critical thinker...a rarity in these parts...and I'm grateful.

Answer 2

I was born in 1957 so I remember watching the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launches. They were generally very early in the morning around 7 AM eastern time. It was a fascinating time that happened in the time of my life when I was filled with imagination and curiosity. I thought the network coverages were very good.

Oh.....this wasn't impossible! I was just so disappointed when NASA scaled back space exploration and stopped the Apollo program. Perhaps we could have already landed men on Mars if the scale back never happened.

We'll see what the future brings!





RIP Griisom White & Chaffee

Answer 3

“It is as useless to argue with those who have abandoned the use of reason as it is to administer medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense.



To those who are in love with conspiracies and bizarre theories, no proof is sufficient; if you were to take them to the moon personally, they would fall own and close their eyes, exclaiming that it must be some sort of trick. We can be very proud of our nation, and especially the men and woman of NASA, who worked so hard to make the moon landings a reality.



Our prayers go out to the families of Grissom, White and Chaffee. May they remember us with compassion as well, from the celestial realms in which their spirits are now free to soar.



27 JAN 07, 2316 hrs, GMT.

Answer 4

Can we also all agree that the "evidence" the conspiracy nuts put forward is ridiculous on its face? :)



Good post. And good for you for remembering that today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that cost three men their lives in pursuit of the moon.

Did you know there are stars named after each of them, the only stars named after modern humans? :)

Answer 5

Dang, that's a good post. I may steal it....

Answer 6

as a student of scientology i think you should pray to god.