Moon Landing

[kinkysleftfoot]

Given an equivalent budget I could land my Gran on the moon. There is absolutely nothing impressive about the moon landings as money was no object. Brute force isn't impressive, it's impressive if you achieve it with constraints in place.

Financial fair play?

 

[NPBlue]

Given an equivalent budget I could land my Gran on the moon. There is absolutely nothing impressive about the moon landings as money was no object. Brute force isn't impressive, it's impressive if you achieve it with constraints in place.

Given your sweeping statement, I can only assume you were not even born when the Nasa space programme had a moon landing as it's primary objective.

Throughout the 60's, every launch was a step into the unknown. Each and every mission, be they Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo, pushed the known limits of space travel to the edge of what was possible, and some of them suffered problems, especially the practice docking between the two Gemini capsules.

May I suggest you at least read something of the trials and tribulations of Nasa's efforts in those days.

To blithely state there was nothing impressive about the moon landings is ignorance of the highest order.

I lived through those days, and I am full of admiration for all those astronauts that put their lives on the line so man could walk on the moon.

It was an incredible achievement, and I'm pleased I watched it happen.

 

[Irwell]

Given your sweeping statement, I can only assume you were not even born when the Nasa space programme had a moon landing as it's primary objective.

Throughout the 60's, every launch was a step into the unknown. Each and every mission, be they Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo, pushed the known limits of space travel to the edge of what was possible, and some of them suffered problems, especially the practice docking between the two Gemini capsules.

I suggest you at least read something of the trials and tribulations of Nasa's efforts in those days.

To blithely state there was nothing impressive about the moon landings is ignorance of the highest order.

I lived through those days, and I am full of admiration for all those astronauts that put their lives on the line so man could walk on the moon.

It was an incredible achievement, and I'm pleased I watched it happen.

Obviously a number of people on here, yourself included, don't have the mental aptitude to comprehend the difference between 'sending my gran to the moon', 'sending my gran to the moon with no assistance' and 'sending my gran to the moon at the first attempt with no assistance'. Of course I would fail the first few times but the physics behind it is fairly simple, it is just the technology that was lacking. A few attempts, given their budget, and I would be at the point of risking my gran.

It wasn't a case of man overcoming nature against the odds, it was simply a case of applying the resources necessary to get the job done before the Russians. No major skill was involved at all and, had the Americans been unsuccessful, the Russians would just as easily have managed it. Lives lost? Of course there were, but those lives were considered expendable.

As I said previously, it was brute force rather than skill. Keep throwing peanuts at a concrete wall and you'll break through eventually.

 

[Damocles]

Given your sweeping statement, I can only assume you were not even born when the Nasa space programme had a moon landing as it's primary objective.

Throughout the 60's, every launch was a step into the unknown. Each and every mission, be they Mercury, Gemini, or Apollo, pushed the known limits of space travel to the edge of what was possible, and some of them suffered problems, especially the practice docking between the two Gemini capsules.

I suggest you at least read something of the trials and tribulations of Nasa's efforts in those days.

To blithely state there was nothing impressive about the moon landings is ignorance of the highest order.

I lived through those days, and I am full of admiration for all those astronauts that put their lives on the line so man could walk on the moon.

It was an incredible achievement, and I'm pleased I watched it happen.

Obviously a number of people on here, yourself included, don't have the mental aptitude to comprehend the difference between 'sending my gran to the moon', 'sending my gran to the moon with no assistance' and 'sending my gran to the moon at the first attempt with no assistance'. Of course I would fail the first few times but the physics behind it is fairly simple, it is just the technology that was lacking. A few attempts, given their budget, and I would be at the point of risking my gran.

It wasn't a case of man overcoming nature against the odds, it was simply a case of applying the resources necessary to get the job done before the Russians. No major skill was involved at all and, had the Americans been unsuccessful, the Russians would just as easily have managed it. Lives lost? Of course there were, but those lives were considered expendable.

As I said previously, it was brute force rather than skill. Keep throwing peanuts at a concrete wall and you'll break through eventually.

The physics behind it is absolutely not simple. Hell, even getting off the ground is somewhat mind-boggling, let alone going to the Moon, landing, escaping then coming back.

 

[dazdon]

I remember sitting there transfixed as a 7 year old and just being awestruck.

All those sci-fi movies I watched later on as a child were put into context.

 

[Metal Biker]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aXuQ9Dg2gE[/youtube]

 

[RobinHood]

Given an equivalent budget I could land my Gran on the moon. There is absolutely nothing impressive about the moon landings as money was no object. Brute force isn't impressive, it's impressive if you achieve it with constraints in place.

I don't agree with that, argument lots of things had to come together before they got to even take off, by your argument anything is possible if you have enough money

You could win the Prem.

 

[Bill Walker]

If it was faked I think those Russians would've said something

 

[m7mcfc]

If it was faked I think those Russians would've said something

That's why I have always believed it to be true the Russians had been there in 1959 all be it unmanned. They sent Yuri Gagarin around the globe in 61 as the first manned flight Al Shepard followed suit for the yanks. At the time it was called the space race and the cold war was in full effect. The Russian's would have disputed America's claims of landing on the moon whole heartedly.

 

[Skashion]