July 20, 1969 - The First Manned Moon Landing

[Hagar]

And the implications of 40 years of Lies being told as truth?

That wouldn't be unique by any stretch of the imagination. Politicians tell lies all the time. That's what they do.

At least there were valid reasons for going to the Moon in the 60s. Can someone please give me one good reason for going back there now.

[H]

At least there were valid reasons for going to the Moon in the 60s. Can someone please give me one good reason for going back there now.

Departure: Terra Loony Base, 1st Quarter
Destination: Mooned Lunar Base
Seat: Baggage Hold (upgradable)
2nd Phase Layover: Terran Orbit (degradable or w/vacuum-packed launch)
3rd Phase Layover: Lunar Orbit (degradable or w/vacuum-packed dinner, which should come up shortly before final descent)
Disembark ETA: Once, with a Full Moon.

Considering current events? Give me a ticket.
8-)

8-)

[masmith]

I'm surprised that this hasn't been posted yet

What happened last time, 34 Pages and a locked thread

[WebbPA]

Tranquility Base here.

[Northwest 102]

I believe it happened but the only part that has me wondering is something I didn't know about before. About 500 miles out to space out to about 50,000 miles is some extremely high radiation.  I'm just curious know how we were able to shield ourselves from it?

Mike

[Webb]

NASA knew about Van Allen Belt radiation.

It is not a fatal radiation zone.

NASA shielded spacecraft and avoided the Van Allen Belt.

More here but I'm not going to swear by it.

[quote]The Van Allen belts are full of deadly radiation, and anyone passing through them would be fried.

Needless to say this is a very simplistic statement. Yes, there is deadly radiation in the Van Allen belts, but the nature of that radiation was known to the Apollo engineers and they were able to make suitable preparations. The principle danger of the Van Allen belts is high-energy protons, which are not that difficult to shield against. And the Apollo navigators plotted a course through the thinnest parts of the belts and arranged for the spacecraft to pass through them quickly, limiting the exposure.

The Van Allen belts span only about forty degrees of earth's latitude -- twenty degrees above and below the magnetic equator. The diagrams of Apollo's translunar trajectory printed in various press releases are not entirely accurate. They tend to show only a two-dimensional version of the actual trajectory. The actual trajectory was three-dimensional. The highly technical reports of Apollo, accessible to but not generally understood by the public, give the three-dimensional details of the translunar trajectory.

Each mission flew a slightly different trajectory in order to access its landing site, but the orbital inclination of the translunar coast trajectory was always in the neighborhood of 30

[Northwest 102]

Thanks Webb.  That helped me understand a lot more!

Mike

[EVVFCX]

well I'm glad somebody else has posted recently on this, I've always believed they went.
The Life magazine mentioned in this thread? I have that copy.
NASA helped me when at college and i've always belived in them.

Photos taken in space of the landing sites show the bottom half of the lander and the equipment and rovers they left behind, and the tracks made.