Relive the Apollo 11 Mission in Real Time!

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OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, July 20, 2009 11:21 PM

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But Hollywood has, which sort of makes the whole idea of the moon landing being fake more credible with each passing decade.

No, it doesn't. Just because they might be able to do it now doesn't mean they could (or did) forty years ago.
It was a great accomplishment, one that hasn't been replicated because it was also a very expensive accomplishment. If people were willing to dump the same kind of money on space travel that gets dumped into wars, odds are a man would have walked on Mars by now. But, it seems, people just aren't that smart, and more people are interested in conflict than exploration, and that's a shame. But there was a moment when that exploration captured everyone's attention, imagination, and heart. That shouldn't be devalued.

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That's the smartest-ever post from you , P-R , that I can recall...Good on you !

I believe that the United States could have had a manned Moonbase AND a manned mission to Mars , for a fraction of the cost of the Iraq war alone...

OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, July 20, 2009 11:45 PM

In other Space News , astronauts aboard the Space Station fixed the crapper :

'...Space station astronauts repaired a broken toilet in the U.S Destiny laboratory today, replacing components that were contaminated during a malfunction Sunday. After tests to make sure the complex system was operating properly, flight controllers cleared the combined 13-member shuttle-station crew to resume normal use.

The toilet broke down Sunday when chemically treated water flooded a pump and contaminated other downstream equipment. The astronauts removed access panels and replaced a half-dozen components during work Sunday and Monday.

While that was going on, the shuttle's seven-member crew was restricted to using Endeavour's on-board toilet and the six-man station crew was told to use the potty in the Russian Zvezda command module.

Going into Endeavour's mission, NASA planned for several shuttle crew members to use the toilet in the Destiny module to avoid filling up the shuttle's waste water tank. Normally, the tank is vented overboard when it nears a full load, but that was not an option for Endeavour's crew. Docked to the front of the station near the Japanese Kibo module, the shuttle's waste water nozzle could have contaminated experiment attachment fittings on the newly installed Japanese Exposed Facility.

But given the quick repair of Destiny's waste and hygiene compartment - and assuming no other problems develop - engineers said the shuttle waste water tank was in no danger of filling up before Endeavour undocks at the end of the mission.'

http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:12 PM

My posts are always smart, you just don't always agree with them.

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PIZMOBEACH

Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:50 PM

Well, somebody was there...

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