On This Day in History

There are still those who believe the earth is flat, too. Honest.

Andrew, Are you telling me that The Flat Earth Society still exists.


As I recall, some one heckled Buzz Aldrin about this very thing, and old Buzz gave 'em a whack.

My grandmother took it as a Hollywood con. I've seen where some try to discredit the landing. I found a web site that answered the accusations point by point - long ago, don't have the link - Years before that I hitched a ride with a man who told me the following: "They will never land on the moon because it goes too fast. They could never catch it." Which shows how unsophisticated human minds can be.

Far as I know, Letty, the Flat Earth Society is alive and well. Prob'ly not too many members but membership, after all, is not the sole criterion here. These people have faith.

Hey, Edgar. Then where are them moon rocks?

Now wait just a minute, here. The only proof that the earth is oval shaped is because Columbus didn't fall off the edge when he came to 'merica. Look what happened to him. He died in debtor's prison.

http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/ConspiracyTheoryDidWeGototheMoon.htm

That's just one site. I'll find more in a sec.

http://www.bestofcolumbus.com/Braeunig/space/hoax.htm

http://homepage.mac.com/casewright/essays/moon_lowman.html

There are plenty of other sites, but these should keep you busy for a while.

Irrevocable proof, Andrew.

but..but...but, you mean there is no one on the entire planet of A2K who can make a case for the landing being a hoax.

This is just in fun now. A little way to commemorate Apollo 11.

Congratulations on this 34th anniversary of the moon landing. I remember watching it on TV and thinking how stupid "That's one small step for man..." was for a first thing to say on the Moon.

The hoax-supporters point out that there are no stars in the night sky in any of the photos on the moon. But this is a side-effect of photography- cameras normally assume that the average light intensity of what they look at is (I think) 40%. So since the bright white of the landscape is so intense, the faint light of the stars gets ignored/washed out by the camera lens.

They also point out that the lift-off of the lunar module makes no noise, when the astronauts radios were on. Shouldn't there have been a big roar? No- there is no atmosphere and therefore no sound outside where the exhaust was happening. The special fuel used for the moon liftoff had to contain its own oxygen for that very reason.

I remember hearing someone interviewed in the 1960's that said the space program was dangerous because we might poke a hole in the atmosphere and let all the air out.

www.howstrange.com/gallery/image67.html

Well, there are only three real basic truths in the world:

1. Men are always right.
2. Women's place is in the kitchen.
3. The earth is a disc.

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Honestly, it's really worth remembering this anniversary.

(As a German, however, I'm thinking at this date today at first of the 59th anniversary of the assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler.
I recommend this website for more info on that:
The German Conspiracy to Destroy Hitler

equus.

Walter, I do believe that I saw a movie on the attempted assassination of Hitler called "Night of the Generals." and that the reason behind that plot had to do with the fact that Hitler would never surrender thus leaving Germany open to total devastation.

Letty- There is a movie about the Hitler assassination. I can't think of the name of it either. But I think "Night of the Generals" was a suspense movie about a serial-killing german general (Peter O'Toole)

Walter- what do you think would have happened if the assassination had been successful? Would von Stauffenberg and Rommel and the rest have been considered heroes or criminals?

What if NEITHER the moon landing NOR the assassination attempt were real?

The film's title is correct.
[The reason for the assacination (very short) was that some high officers wanted to seize control of the government, and seek more favourable peace terms from the Allies.]

Equus

If they had succeeded, they certainly would have been heros - at least, during the time they could have been governing.
(They are 'kind of hero's now.)

Hmmmm. I thought that was the movie, and now I believe the twist to the plot involved a cover up of some kind. A google search didn't help much.

Well, conspiracy theories come and go; the answers we may never know.

Letty, here's my case for the landing being a hoax:

It obviously never happened because, since the moon is made of green cheese, how could it ever support the weight of the landing? Also, wouldn't the man on the moon have talked to the astronauts if in fact they had ever really landed?

No one ever addresses those two issues and I believe an Independent Counsel must be appointed right now!

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