The 1969 Moon Landings

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  • joefish wrote: »
    grey key wrote: »
    Yes, but I have earned the right to be a total Dumb-ass by now, people get too precious about how others see them, it matters not what others say, I have the right to aspire to be a Fool, in fact it is an ambition of mine.
    You say that like you think it's imparting some great life-long wisdom to the rest of us, when in fact it's doing the exact opposite. 'Uninformed' is not a point of view nor anything to base an opinion on.
    grey key wrote: »
    My main point was, we should be asking more questions about everything
    Yes, so the thing to do is to read up from some reputable source that's regularly reviewed and assessed then ask reasoned and intelligent questions based on that; not parrot some dumb nonsense copied off a blatantly unhinged conspiracy website. Those sort of questions are impossible to answer by reason as they're written by people who don't even grasp the concept.

    I do not belong to any conspiracy websites and any opinions I may or may not have, are not exactly what could be called uninformed, well you did, but that is also uninformed, as you know little of me. Also you don't understand the " Fool " reference and clearly you don't, as it does not mean what you assume it to.
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • Van Allen?

    I quite like that rock band. Jump is a classic, and You Really Got Me is my fave song!
















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  • A Van allen belt is for keeping your trousers up, I don't think Eddies trousers were ever up for long :))
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • Yeah he kept having to go to the doctors to have the STD's he got from Valerie Bertinelli treated...
    Every night is curry night!
  • Does anyone know if the nasa plans to send lots of miniprobes to the boundaries between tectonic plates? Probes could be placed inside diamonds and sent to hell through volcanos. What for? Imagine a net of smart diamonds trying to predict quakes. How these probes would send info to the nasa? Dunno.. maybe generating some kind of morse by generating their own sismic waves
  • Yeah he kept having to go to the doctors to have the STD's he got from Valerie Bertinelli treated...

    Who gave them to her in the first place ?
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • Probably her dad...







    Did I go too far? :))
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited August 2016
    Probably her dad...







    Did I go too far? :))

    Dirty boy! Wash your mouth out with carbolic soap this instance! :D
    Post edited by moggy on
  • im ashamed to say ive read valerie bertinelli's autobiography, and iirc she does admit to having an affair with some guy in an unheard of aussie rock band while she was married to Eddie.

    should point out that I read it cause all the chapters were named after van halen songs so I assumed there would be a fair bit of van halen stories, but there werent really. it was mostly about how fat she thinks she is.
  • Probably her dad...







    Did I go too far? :))

    As always Boozy, you should use a Van Allen Belt, it would save you having to look for your trousers !

    :))
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • edited August 2016
    Not trying to get the thread back on subject again after Boozy derailed it as usual, but I thought I would ask another quick question.

    When each flight " Returned " from the " Moon " they came back in a lovely LITTLE landing capsule just big enough to hold three seats. So did they have all of the machines to circulate the air, the tons of Moon rock, the equipment, cameras, film, miles of wire, etc, sent on afterwards by a friendly Moon delivery service, or did they just lie about it all ? Not to mention the three huge parachutes ! When you see them in the NASA museum they look too small to even fit ONE man in.

    Just asking like ?
    Post edited by grey key on
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • Crikey. The command module is not all that small.

    This module was the only 'section' of the space-craft to return to Earth.
    It was 3.2 m tall and 3.9 m wide at its base. Inside, the astronauts had about 210 cubic feet to move around in which is quite a lot of room.

    Storing 22KG of rocks was not really a problem.

    There really is no mystery here.
  • edited August 2016
    Crikey. The command module is not all that small.

    This module was the only 'section' of the space-craft to return to Earth.
    It was 3.2 m tall and 3.9 m wide at its base. Inside, the astronauts had about 210 cubic feet to move around in which is quite a lot of room.

    Storing 22KG of rocks was not really a problem.

    There really is no mystery here.

    I was fortunate to able to look inside one of the service modules when it was toured around the UK around 1970-71 (Apollo 11 I think) and whilst I don't' doubt your measurements, to be honest there wasn't room to swing a cat due mainly to the equipment layout which took up most of the space you write about. :)

    EDIT.
    1970 apparently.


    https://www.flickr.com/photos/micrashed/8433806630
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  • And parachutes fold up really really small. That's the whole point. It doesn't much life support to just drop from orbit to the ground anyway, but with a CO2 scrubber you only need a small oxygen tank to keep the air breathable.

    One of the astronauts apparently claims he had time to disconnect the joystick from the lander and smuggle it back home with him - there was a bit of a hoo-hah when he recently auctioned it for half a million.
    Joefish
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  • edited August 2016
    joefish wrote: »
    And parachutes fold up really really small. That's the whole point. It doesn't much life support to just drop from orbit to the ground anyway, but with a CO2 scrubber you only need a small oxygen tank to keep the air breathable.

    One of the astronauts apparently claims he had time to disconnect the joystick from the lander and smuggle it back home with him - there was a bit of a hoo-hah when he recently auctioned it for half a million.

    That's right and most of the life support kit was held in the service module anyway which was jettisoned above the earth and the command command then relying on its own small supply to bring them home safely.

    As for the joystick how did he hope to get away with that, doesn't it remain the property of NASA?
    Post edited by moggy on
  • Yes you are right, they bought the rock home in their pockets, they had to resist the urge to swing the ships cat, and they just had to hold their breaths for 12 1/2 mins. Simple as !
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • grey key wrote: »
    Yes you are right, they bought the rock home in their pockets, they had to resist the urge to swing the ships cat, and they just had to hold their breaths for 12 1/2 mins. Simple as !

    And just what do you have against cats asked MOGGY?
  • It's like a caravan inside, not a mini metro. It's a ten-foot-tall module. Some families don't have that much room to live in. Six of us used to go on holiday in a smaller 'capsule'. Not only that but it contains a load of pressurised fuel and attitude control rockets to bring it down from orbit in the first place, or didn't you think to ask about how they guided it down?
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • moggy wrote: »
    Crikey. The command module is not all that small.

    This module was the only 'section' of the space-craft to return to Earth.
    It was 3.2 m tall and 3.9 m wide at its base. Inside, the astronauts had about 210 cubic feet to move around in which is quite a lot of room.

    Storing 22KG of rocks was not really a problem.

    There really is no mystery here.

    I was fortunate to able to look inside one of the service modules when it was toured around the UK around 1970-71 (Apollo 11 I think) and whilst I don't' doubt your measurements, to be honest there wasn't room to swing a cat due mainly to the equipment layout which took up most of the space you write about. :)

    EDIT.
    1970 apparently.


    https://www.flickr.com/photos/micrashed/8433806630

    Actually no room to move, let alone swing the poor cat, but just enough space so that they didn't get to uncomfortable waiting for the helicopter to drop them into the sea for splashdown !

    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • edited August 2016
    Still looks more roomy than our old caravan... :-/

    And I hate to break it to you, but there was no moon-cat. Sorry.
    Post edited by joefish on
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • He belonged to the cameraman who was filming it :))

    There was one on Alien
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • I can't tell if Grey Key is a hoax-fan or is just 'avin a laugh
  • joefish wrote: »
    Still looks more roomy than our old caravan... :-/

    And I hate to break it to you, but there was no moon-cat. Sorry.

    Yes there was I sawed it on the telly!

  • edited August 2016
    Right so I have built a full size replica out of lego and it is still to small to swing a cat in

    I would have taken a picture of it but my Mum made me put it away before my teatime
    Post edited by grey key on
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • grey key wrote: »
    Right so I have built a full size replica out of lego and it is still to small to swing a cat in

    Can't say I'm too happy with your choice of animal to mistreat said the MOGGY. :-w
  • edited August 2016
    I can't tell if Grey Key is a hoax-fan or is just 'avin a laugh

    Damm................ I have been busted, I mean I used to be in Busted, or was it Mc Busted, quickly hides behind the curtain


    :))

    You should Blame Mel, Boozy and all the other Wossers who listen to Mel the Bells Sunday show on Rockin Devil Radio at 2pm, they were talking about a flame war that started about the Mars rover conspiracy, so I accidently posted a couple of things on here instead, I did tell Joefish that he needed some salt ( a pinch or two ) someone else who shall remain nameless, called me out about it ages ago and they knew it was tongue in cheek !

    SORRY ! :)
    Post edited by grey key on
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • moggy wrote: »
    grey key wrote: »
    Yes you are right, they bought the rock home in their pockets, they had to resist the urge to swing the ships cat, and they just had to hold their breaths for 12 1/2 mins. Simple as !

    And just what do you have against cats asked MOGGY?
    I have Cats of my own and would never swing them !
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • grey key wrote: »
    moggy wrote: »
    grey key wrote: »
    Yes you are right, they bought the rock home in their pockets, they had to resist the urge to swing the ships cat, and they just had to hold their breaths for 12 1/2 mins. Simple as !

    And just what do you have against cats asked MOGGY?
    I have Cats of my own and would never swing them !

    However, the cat may swing you.... I know mine would lol
    So far, so meh :)
  • Whether you play the fool, or are the fool, all anyone else sees is a fool.

    Anyway, enjoy it while it lasts, as the cats caught you knocking one out to an episode of Thundercats and have just applied for a restraining order.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
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