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Do NASA Pics Prove Moon Landing Was Fake? [Pic+]

The proof keeps on adding up and good question: Why didn`t we do more on the moon? Where are the goddamn lunar colonies?

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Angilion Male, 40-49, Europe 9537 Posts	Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:15:02 PM Hummm, a really quick look at Wiki suggests 1600w at the top but around 200w at sea level. Not sure if that's the same as what we`re talking about though. No, it isn`t. That graph shows the different energy levels of different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation from the sun. The key word to look for is "insolation", but note what units you`re looking at. Some sources quote watts per hour per square meter (either peak, i.e. midday on midsummer`s day with a clear sky, or averaged over some period of time, usually a month), some sources quote watt-hours per square meter per day.

Cajun247 Male, 18-29, Southern US 9438 Posts	Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:22:01 AM Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR): Yes near Earth as in one that isn't located in the asteroid belt and would take tremendous thrust to redirect towards Earth. So that`s very significant asterisk you have there.

Cajun247 Male, 18-29, Southern US 9438 Posts	Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:50:34 AM Proffessor D.J. Scheers & Apollo 9 Astronaut R.L Schweickart Just found the paper, it's called "Mechanics of Moving Asteroids" one of the assumptions they made is that they would deflect a Near Earth Asteroid expected collide in 10 years.

MeGrendel Male, 40-49, Southern US 2325 Posts	Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:47:18 AM Cajun247-"On top of which you're suggesting hitting a penny (or dust spore more likely) instead of a bowling ball from miles away." Well, seeing as we`ve already landed craft on asteroids, getting to one has proven possible. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR): launched in 1996, landed on Asteroid 433 Eros 2/12/2001. Hayabusa: launched 2003, landed on asteroid Itokawa 2005, Moving one is just a matter of physics. There have been several theorys, including: -using a `tug` vehicle pulling the rock via a cable connected at the rotational pole, -de-spinning a rock, attaching a thrusting engine situated so that it thrusts through the center of mass and is gimbled to control the rock`s orientation. (both of these were researched by Proffessor D.J. Scheers & Apollo 9 Astronaut R.L Schweickart in 2004 and found viable).

5Cats Male, 40-49, Canada 16924 Posts	Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:19:09 AM By mistake or on purpose (I think it was a mistake) THIS thread was more fun that the origional would have been!

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