The Eagle has landed.
Great quote:
"The same people who think the moon landing was a hoax are the ones who think Bush is a good president."
Just for those unscientific idiots and rednecks who still believe (for whatever reason) that the moon landings were a hoax, hop over to Moon Base Clavius and, if you can read, enjoy the scientific debunking of all your beliefs.
Possibly the best post ever, appeared on Fark today. Here it is in its entirety, from poster cannibolic. PS. His profile reads I had the highest SAT in my high school while being a starter on our champion football team. I then went to the top scientific college in the US.
This is truly priceless. I can't figure out if he's trolling, or truly believes what he's typing.
How can it NOT be a hoax?
1) Science: Let's start with physics There's no air in space, so obviously there's nothing for the rockets to push against. We can put satellites into orbit by "lobbing" them up, but not with the accuracy to land something on another object.
2) Physical facts: The moon, like Earth, is a few billion years old. Without an atmosphere, it has been freely accumulating dust onto the surface. By this time, the dust should have accumulated to a depth of many feet. But in the video, the "astronauts" only stepped into less than an inch of dust! Pictures from the moon show the horizon "fading" into the background... without an atmosphere? And no stars showing up in any of the pictures? Isn't this strange? Almost like they filmed during the day?
3) Politics: In 1969 the US was having major social problems at home, and was also engaged in a public pissing contest with the USSR. In the same vein as the Romans staging gladiator combat to pacify the citizens, the US government had a MAJOR incentive to look like it was succeeding. Claiming to have "landed on the moon" was an obvious step. Funny how we did it first, despite the fact that the USSR was the first in space, first with a person in space, etc. etc. They were FAR ahead of the US, but somehow we managed to put together a project of this type? Uh huh.
The amazing thing isn't the we supposedly "landed on the moon", it's that so many people believe it.
"The same people who think the moon landing was a hoax are the ones who think Bush is a good president."
Just for those unscientific idiots and rednecks who still believe (for whatever reason) that the moon landings were a hoax, hop over to Moon Base Clavius and, if you can read, enjoy the scientific debunking of all your beliefs.
Possibly the best post ever, appeared on Fark today. Here it is in its entirety, from poster cannibolic. PS. His profile reads I had the highest SAT in my high school while being a starter on our champion football team. I then went to the top scientific college in the US.
This is truly priceless. I can't figure out if he's trolling, or truly believes what he's typing.
How can it NOT be a hoax?
1) Science: Let's start with physics There's no air in space, so obviously there's nothing for the rockets to push against. We can put satellites into orbit by "lobbing" them up, but not with the accuracy to land something on another object.
2) Physical facts: The moon, like Earth, is a few billion years old. Without an atmosphere, it has been freely accumulating dust onto the surface. By this time, the dust should have accumulated to a depth of many feet. But in the video, the "astronauts" only stepped into less than an inch of dust! Pictures from the moon show the horizon "fading" into the background... without an atmosphere? And no stars showing up in any of the pictures? Isn't this strange? Almost like they filmed during the day?
3) Politics: In 1969 the US was having major social problems at home, and was also engaged in a public pissing contest with the USSR. In the same vein as the Romans staging gladiator combat to pacify the citizens, the US government had a MAJOR incentive to look like it was succeeding. Claiming to have "landed on the moon" was an obvious step. Funny how we did it first, despite the fact that the USSR was the first in space, first with a person in space, etc. etc. They were FAR ahead of the US, but somehow we managed to put together a project of this type? Uh huh.
The amazing thing isn't the we supposedly "landed on the moon", it's that so many people believe it.
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