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December 30, 2019, 12:58:10 AM
Well, if we didn't go to the moon, what did we do with those big fucking rockets?

Dah, had to upgrade the plasma lights into LED, on the firmament/steel dome - Batty would claim.
Hallelujah.
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December 29, 2019, 12:25:51 PM
legendary
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December 29, 2019, 11:02:56 AM
Ok, don't throw me into the same basket for the believers of conspiracy theories.

I believe Earth is NOT flat. I don't believe there are aliens in Area 51.

But this question is factually not very convincing and it is, did we actually land on moon in 1969.

There are many compelling evidences, facts etc that proves that indeed we landed on moon.

But even in 21st century where there an accident with Kalpana Chawla who merely went to space and came back, it sounds too good to be true that in 1969, we landed on the moon which is around 300000 kms or 186000 miles from the Earth with those time of technologies and successfully came back. Remember, the first apple computer was launched in 1976.

I'm not saying we didn't, I'm just saying that it's not really a question that can be debunked like other theories which says Earth is flat.

we did land on moon, but if we really talk about the first landing by apollo 11 I have my own doubts. there are videos and documentaries which try to prove the landing wrong and consider them as hoax. it was in time when USSR and USA were going through a cold war which was basically fought at technological front and USA was desperate to go an extra mile after USSR's successful launch of Sputnik. For more, watch such videos on youtube and you would kind of believe it as hoax too.

Well, if we didn't go to the moon, what did we do with those big fucking rockets?
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December 29, 2019, 01:12:49 AM
Ok, don't throw me into the same basket for the believers of conspiracy theories.

I believe Earth is NOT flat. I don't believe there are aliens in Area 51.

But this question is factually not very convincing and it is, did we actually land on moon in 1969.

There are many compelling evidences, facts etc that proves that indeed we landed on moon.

But even in 21st century where there an accident with Kalpana Chawla who merely went to space and came back, it sounds too good to be true that in 1969, we landed on the moon which is around 300000 kms or 186000 miles from the Earth with those time of technologies and successfully came back. Remember, the first apple computer was launched in 1976.

I'm not saying we didn't, I'm just saying that it's not really a question that can be debunked like other theories which says Earth is flat.

we did land on moon, but if we really talk about the first landing by apollo 11 I have my own doubts. there are videos and documentaries which try to prove the landing wrong and consider them as hoax. it was in time when USSR and USA were going through a cold war which was basically fought at technological front and USA was desperate to go an extra mile after USSR's successful launch of Sputnik. For more, watch such videos on youtube and you would kind of believe it as hoax too.
legendary
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December 28, 2019, 03:19:12 PM
.... claims based on the Copernican model or heliocentrism is straight up fraud. No man has, can or will land a foot on any light in the sky.

I have not seen any claims anywhere based on the Copernican models or heliocentrism. Those are completely outdated concepts. Certainly none from NASA.



"...Would a medal engineering company not be a better choice to provide steel mesh tires as Goodyear, a Rubber Company?..."
IIRC tires have steel belts.
...

Steel belted radials were just coming to reality in the years of the various Apollo missions.


No, the 1970 model Lincoln Continental Mark III was the first American-made vehicle with radial tires as standard equipment.
The Citroën 2CV came from factory with radial tires fitted in 1948 as standard.....
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These statements are pretty consistent, moon landing in 1969, first American car with steel belted radials in 1970.

Although the Citroen in 1948, that's quite interesting.
legendary
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December 28, 2019, 11:54:10 AM
^^^ I didn't realize steel belting wasn't a thing until so late in the game.

A tire company is still a good choice for making moon tires all-be-it wire mesh ones IMO. NASA's propaganda agents involved as many people and companies as possible to make parts, it was a PR stunt. For Goodyear it was an obvious advertising bonanza.

Anything involving money from your pocket and claims based on the Copernican model or heliocentrism is straight up fraud. No man has, can or will land a foot on any light in the sky.
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December 28, 2019, 04:08:49 AM
"...Would a medal engineering company not be a better choice to provide steel mesh tires as Goodyear, a Rubber Company?..."
IIRC tires have steel belts.
...

Steel belted radials were just coming to reality in the years of the various Apollo missions.


No, the 1970 model Lincoln Continental Mark III was the first American-made vehicle with radial tires as standard equipment.
The Citroën 2CV came from factory with radial tires fitted in 1948 as standard.
A steel belted radial tire is nothing like a steel mesh tire where the mesh compresses to the inner-frame under load.
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Four major components comprised the LRV tire's design: mesh,  tread,  inner-frame and  hub.


Is like equipping the billy cart with power steering (60lb/27kg)
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The approach worked because each tire was only required to support about 60 pounds of weight (on the Moon, the equivalent of 360 pounds on Earth) and be used for a maximum of 75 miles.



Prior to the LRV the MET (Modularized Equipment Transporter) Apollo 14 did have inflated tires.
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The MET was a two-wheeled vehicle with a tubular structure 86 inches long, 39 inches wide and 32 inches high when deployed ready to use on the lunar surface. The MET had a single handle for towing and has two legs to provide four-point stability at rest.

The MET was stowed during flight in the Modularized Equipment Storage Assembly (MESA) in the LM descent stage, and was used during both EVAs. Equipment was mounted on the MET for the geology traverse included the lunar hand tool carrier and the geology tools it carried, the closeup stereo camera, two 70 mm Hasselblad cameras, a 16 mm data acquisition camera, film magazines, a dispenser for sample bags, a trenching tool, work table, sample weigh bags and the Lunar Portable Magnetometer.

The MET tires were 4 inches wide and 16 inches in diameter, and were inflated with 1.5 psi nitrogen preflight. The tires were baked at 250 degrees F for 24 hours preflight to remove most of the antioxidants in the rubber. Operating limits for the MET tires are -70 deg. F to +250 deg. F.

Empty weight of the MET was 26 pounds, and the vehicle had a useful payload of about 140 pounds (Earth weight) including the lunar soil samples to be brought back to the LM from the geology traverse.

Estimated travel rate of a crewman towing the MET, as determined by tests with the 1/6-g centrifuge rig at MSC, was about 3.5 feet per second, with a one pound of pull required on level sand.

From Press Kit, Release No: 71-3K, Project: Apollo 14.


Judging by the footprints the cart is still at base and not attached to power source.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 07:43:25 PM
^^^ The Moon is evenly lit like an illumined disc would be, you believe in fairy tale balls. You're Cinderella on an animated cartoon amusement park ride to hell.

You are the amusement park ride. Sending people to hell with your false info is only amusement to others who know your deceptiveness.

Cool
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 06:55:51 PM
"...Would a medal engineering company not be a better choice to provide steel mesh tires as Goodyear, a Rubber Company?..."
IIRC tires have steel belts.
...

Steel belted radials were just coming to reality in the years of the various Apollo missions.

^^^ The Moon is evenly lit ....
No it's not. Only at a full moon does this appear to be true.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 06:11:11 PM
^^^ The Moon is evenly lit like an illumined disc would be, you believe in fairy tale balls. You're Cinderella on an animated cartoon amusement park ride to hell.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 05:32:06 PM
^^^ Such symbolism of outer space and the globular planets and stars that God created.

Cool
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 05:15:50 PM
"...Would a medal engineering company not be a better choice to provide steel mesh tires as Goodyear, a Rubber Company?..."
IIRC tires have steel belts.



Interesting symbology the lizard 'n chief wears on their head, NASA is a heretical propaganda agency that can't get past God's firmament.

Our Sun and Moon are engineered electrical lights, they're holographically projected discs of sonoluminescent electrical plasma. The firmament is a gold colour nickel-iron steel concave mirror with a glass-like reflective oxide layer. The plasma image of the Moon in a liquid crystal upper atmospheric layer is reflected off of the firmament creating a projected hologram.

The Moon is then loomed or hung in the sky by suspended water droplets, it was created to rule the night.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 03:39:18 PM
Thats the whole point 4 wheel steering is expensive, complex and higher chance of failure as a straight rear axel. Budget is key word.

Budget is definitely not a keyword when you're talking about the government...

Honestly I'm glad they run free for some years, that got them to the Moon...

For things like this the budget would be a weight budget, not a dollar budget. Weight had to be minimized everywhere possible.

This results in some odd realities.

For example, custom fabricated item from titanium (fantastically expensive) turns out to be cheaper than off the shelf similar item from aluminum or steel. Reason is launch costs, which may be $50,000 USD per pound.
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December 27, 2019, 03:25:23 PM
Thats the whole point 4 wheel steering is expensive, complex and higher chance of failure as a straight rear axel. Budget is key word.

Budget is definitely not a keyword when you're talking about the government. The US military pays $1432 pero clutch disc when it's worth $32. Why do you think budget was cut at all? Budget is not an issue for these people and they run free until they are stopped.

Honestly I'm glad they run free for some years, that got them to the Moon, but don't try to fake it and pretend as though the US military is a financially responsible organization. Hell, when they run out of money they import cocaine from Colombia or heroin from Afghanistan and sell it in the US. And here you're saying "budget is key word".
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December 27, 2019, 02:47:46 PM
Why NASA provided it is unknown, whats interesting is the illustration of the Buggy unloading. It seems it was attached to the outside and then lowered like a Drawbridge.
The LRV sure has some bizarre design features like 4 wheel steering which is very handy in thigh cornering, but on the lunar surface?
Another is the added complexity to have electric power steering. Power steering is very handy on heavy vehicles but the LRV only weight 210 kg/ 463 pounds and additionally is only a sixth of gravity. On a single use battery using 4 motors just for steering 100 pound heavy vehicle?, odd.

It wasn't a Sunday trip to the mountains, there were many unknown unknowns. In the end many of those design constraints were moot, but what would you expect from the first trip to the Moon? It was mostly guesswork and the other part is that it was funded by the government, do you know what that means? When the Space Shuttle was designed there were also many other ridiculous constraints because the military wanted to be able go to space and steal a satellite and go back home in less than a day. It was never used but it impacted the Space Shuttle design.

People doubting going to the Moon in '69 should stop with the fake conspiracies and should put things into context. It wasn't that there were aliens, it wasn't that it was all fake. It was that the funding came from the military and you add government red tape bureaucracy and politicians bs and you get something ridiculously expensive and with some doubtful design decisions. It wasn't perfect, it was human but it worked alright.

And then funding was cut so we've had to wait more than 50 years till someone gets to do it in an economically sensible way.

Thats the whole point 4 wheel steering is expensive, complex and higher chance of failure as a straight rear axel. Budget is key word.
Power steering on a mission critical mission on something weighting 100 - 166 lb is strange. Much cheaper more relay-able options available.
Another strange engineering choice is the use of high rpm low torque motor driving low speed on uneven terrain.

6 Motors totaling almost 1KW (932.12 Watts)
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Each wheel had its own electric drive, a DC series wound 0.25 hp motor capable of 10,000 rpm, attached to the wheel via an 80:1 harmonic drive, and a mechanical brake unit. Maneuvering capability was provided through the use of front and rear steering motors. Each series wound DC steering motor was capable of 0.1 hp

There was already some knowledge as LRV was used on Apollo 15,16,17
Apollo 11, Launched 16 July 1969, Landed on Moon 20 July 1969, Sea of Tranquility, Returned to Earth 24 July 1969
Apollo 12, Launched 14 November 1969, Landed on Moon 19 November 1969, Ocean of Storms, Returned to Earth 24 November 1969
Apollo 13, Launched 11 April 1970, Lunar Flyby and Return, Malfunction forced cancellation of lunar landing, Returned to Earth 17 April 1970
Apollo 14, Launched 31 January 1971, Landed on Moon 5 February 1971, Fra Mauro, Returned to Earth 9 February 1971
Apollo 15, Launched 26 July 1971, Landed on Moon 30 July 1971, Hadley Rille, Returned to Earth 7 August 1971
Apollo 16, Launched 16 April 1972, Landed on Moon 20 April 1972, Descartes, Returned to Earth 27 April 1972
Apollo 17, Launched 07 December 1972, Landed on Moon 11 December 1972, Taurus-Littrow, Returned to Earth 19 December 1972

Would a medal engineering company not be a better choice to provide steel mesh tires as Goodyear, a Rubber Company?
(81.8 cm diameter, 23 cm wide tire)


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December 27, 2019, 11:45:12 AM
Why NASA provided it is unknown, whats interesting is the illustration of the Buggy unloading. It seems it was attached to the outside and then lowered like a Drawbridge.
The LRV sure has some bizarre design features like 4 wheel steering which is very handy in thigh cornering, but on the lunar surface?
Another is the added complexity to have electric power steering. Power steering is very handy on heavy vehicles but the LRV only weight 210 kg/ 463 pounds and additionally is only a sixth of gravity. On a single use battery using 4 motors just for steering 100 pound heavy vehicle?, odd.

It wasn't a Sunday trip to the mountains, there were many unknown unknowns. In the end many of those design constraints were moot, but what would you expect from the first trip to the Moon? It was mostly guesswork and the other part is that it was funded by the government, do you know what that means? When the Space Shuttle was designed there were also many other ridiculous constraints because the military wanted to be able go to space and steal a satellite and go back home in less than a day. It was never used but it impacted the Space Shuttle design.

People doubting going to the Moon in '69 should stop with the fake conspiracies and should put things into context. It wasn't that there were aliens, it wasn't that it was all fake. It was that the funding came from the military and you add government red tape bureaucracy and politicians bs and you get something ridiculously expensive and with some doubtful design decisions. It wasn't perfect, it was human but it worked alright.

And then funding was cut so we've had to wait more than 50 years till someone gets to do it in an economically sensible way.

Not only was funding cut, but at the time the public got "bored" of the trips to the moon. People get bored even with such major achievement, the novelty wore off, and money is not going to be spent on something the public is bored of.
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December 27, 2019, 10:49:27 AM
Why NASA provided it is unknown, whats interesting is the illustration of the Buggy unloading. It seems it was attached to the outside and then lowered like a Drawbridge.
The LRV sure has some bizarre design features like 4 wheel steering which is very handy in thigh cornering, but on the lunar surface?
Another is the added complexity to have electric power steering. Power steering is very handy on heavy vehicles but the LRV only weight 210 kg/ 463 pounds and additionally is only a sixth of gravity. On a single use battery using 4 motors just for steering 100 pound heavy vehicle?, odd.

It wasn't a Sunday trip to the mountains, there were many unknown unknowns. In the end many of those design constraints were moot, but what would you expect from the first trip to the Moon? It was mostly guesswork and the other part is that it was funded by the government, do you know what that means? When the Space Shuttle was designed there were also many other ridiculous constraints because the military wanted to be able go to space and steal a satellite and go back home in less than a day. It was never used but it impacted the Space Shuttle design.

People doubting going to the Moon in '69 should stop with the fake conspiracies and should put things into context. It wasn't that there were aliens, it wasn't that it was all fake. It was that the funding came from the military and you add government red tape bureaucracy and politicians bs and you get something ridiculously expensive and with some doubtful design decisions. It wasn't perfect, it was human but it worked alright.

And then funding was cut so we've had to wait more than 50 years till someone gets to do it in an economically sensible way.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 10:40:40 AM
Is it schilly in here, or is it just me?
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Just you.
legendary
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December 27, 2019, 10:38:28 AM
....Because most people know that it is impossible to land on the moon.

Six American manned craft landed on the moon, a total of twelve men.


and three electric vehicle waiting patiently for the next guy doings some wheel spins

Those ran on two 32aHr batteries each. It's rather amusing how small that battery pack would be today. So yeah, bring your battery, hook it up, and that moon buggy should go!

Not sure where you get the info from the 32 aph batteries, this NASA site says 121 Ah
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html
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Power was provided by two 36-volt silver-zinc potassium hydroxide non-rechargeable batteries with a capacity of 121 amp-hr. (242 Ah)


Unloading one of them


Is this^^ an actual photograph?     Cool
Why NASA provided it is unknown, whats interesting is the illustration of the Buggy unloading. It seems it was attached to the outside and then lowered like a Drawbridge.
The LRV sure has some bizarre design features like 4 wheel steering which is very handy in thigh cornering, but on the lunar surface?
Another is the added complexity to have electric power steering. Power steering is very handy on heavy vehicles but the LRV only weight 210 kg/ 463 pounds and additionally is only a sixth of gravity. On a single use battery using 4 motors just for steering 100 pound heavy vehicle?, odd.


IIRC including payload it could go up to about a 1000 lb, or 166 lb under lunar gravity.

Yes attached to outside and collapsed, it took up only 4 cubic feet.

I thought the 4 wheel power steering was overkill, but then once you have an electric motor on each of the four axles...
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December 27, 2019, 09:20:21 AM
....Because most people know that it is impossible to land on the moon.

Six American manned craft landed on the moon, a total of twelve men.


and three electric vehicle waiting patiently for the next guy doings some wheel spins

Those ran on two 32aHr batteries each. It's rather amusing how small that battery pack would be today. So yeah, bring your battery, hook it up, and that moon buggy should go!

Not sure where you get the info from the 32 aph batteries, this NASA site says 121 Ah
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html
Quote
Power was provided by two 36-volt silver-zinc potassium hydroxide non-rechargeable batteries with a capacity of 121 amp-hr. (242 Ah)


Unloading one of them


Is this^^ an actual photograph?     Cool
Why NASA provided it is unknown, whats interesting is the illustration of the Buggy unloading. It seems it was attached to the outside and then lowered like a Drawbridge.
The LRV sure has some bizarre design features like 4 wheel steering which is very handy in thigh cornering, but on the lunar surface?
Another is the added complexity to have electric power steering. Power steering is very handy on heavy vehicles but the LRV only weight 210 kg/ 463 pounds and additionally is only a sixth of gravity. On a single use battery using 4 motors just for steering 100 pound heavy vehicle?, odd.

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