Moon Landings
15 June 2013, 04:50 PM
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I did have a lot of experience on all the Canberra's as well as a very large number of other types and marks. I was very lucky in that respect.
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15 June 2013, 11:36 PM
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Double toured at Wyton, CSF, Hyd bay, Tyre Bay, Oxy Bay, Engine Bay, AF minor * team, Eng minor * team before being posted over the field to the OCU after I accidentally popped a canopy on a PR9 during a ground run 
On the plus side spent shed loads of time in Cyprus with the Tatty Ton and the OCU. Canberra was a lovely old bird, even got a few trips, T4, B2 and I think a PR7
On the plus side spent shed loads of time in Cyprus with the Tatty Ton and the OCU. Canberra was a lovely old bird, even got a few trips, T4, B2 and I think a PR7
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16 June 2013, 08:28 AM
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I'm pretty sure they went to the moon.
However what I can't understand is that all around the world are VLT's (very large telescopes) that are capable of seeing across the universe, or our solar system, and even the poles of Mars...
So why don't they just point one at the moons and take a photo of the landing site, flags, lunar buggies and orbital landers. Surely that would prove they did it.
My little scope at hone shows me the rings of Saturn but not good enought yo see the Apollo sites.
Paul
However what I can't understand is that all around the world are VLT's (very large telescopes) that are capable of seeing across the universe, or our solar system, and even the poles of Mars...
So why don't they just point one at the moons and take a photo of the landing site, flags, lunar buggies and orbital landers. Surely that would prove they did it.
My little scope at hone shows me the rings of Saturn but not good enought yo see the Apollo sites.
Paul
NASA did take some pics to prove the moon landings.
Heavens above: Here the Apollo 17 lunar surface experiments can clearly be seen littering the Moon
Step to it: The Apollo 14 astronaut footprints leave a distinct trail
The LRO produced stunning photographs of the lunar surface in 2009 from an altitude of 31 miles. Now it’s made another pass from just 13 miles high to produce a set with even more clarity.
Nasa research scientist Noah Petro describes them as quite simply the best ever.
He said: ‘We have some of the most stunning images of the lunar surface that I’ve ever seen.
Touch down: The Apollo 14 landing site can be seen at the top of this photograph, complete with astronaut footprints leading away from it
Wheel-y clear: The LRO captured the Apollo 17 lunar rover's tracks
Burning desire: The Apollo 12 descent stage left a huge scorch mark on the Moon
They give us the clearest view of where the astronauts went, where they sampled, where they conducted scientific experiments on the lunar surface.
When I first took a look at these images my jaw dropped to the ground. When you see something you’ve never seen before in a quality you’ve never seen before. It made me speechless.
At the Apollo 17 Lunar rover landing site we can see where the lunar rover is parked on the surface.
We can see where it drove around the lunar module, you can see the areas where the astronauts kicked up the dust when they walked around.’
Contrary to popular opinion, the first man-made object ever to reach the surface of the moon was actually a Soviet probe called the Luna 2 in 1959, the U.S. reached the surface on July 20 1969 with the manned Apollo 11 mission.
Since then, between 1969 and 1972, they sent men to the lunar surface on another five occasions, with a total of 12 astronauts touching down.
However, conspiracy theorists claim the landings were faked in a TV studio.
Among other things they point to the lack of stars in photographs from the Moon and the fact that the U.S. flag placed on the surface appears to flutter, despite being in a vacuum.
Nasa has painstakingly rebutted the doubters over the years, but in 2002 astronaut Buzz Aldrin resorted to physical violence to make his point, punching a documentary maker who claimed the Moon missions were faked.
India and Japan both plan to place astronauts on the lunar surface in 2020, with Japan proposing to build the first ever Moon base in 2030.
This week Nasa will begin to probe what lies beneath the Moon's surface with a mission called Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL.
Aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket are two identical satellites designed to reveal dips and swells in the moon's gravity field, which will give scientists insight into the moon's core.
Nasa research scientist Noah Petro describes them as quite simply the best ever.
He said: ‘We have some of the most stunning images of the lunar surface that I’ve ever seen.
Touch down: The Apollo 14 landing site can be seen at the top of this photograph, complete with astronaut footprints leading away from it
Wheel-y clear: The LRO captured the Apollo 17 lunar rover's tracks
Burning desire: The Apollo 12 descent stage left a huge scorch mark on the Moon
They give us the clearest view of where the astronauts went, where they sampled, where they conducted scientific experiments on the lunar surface.
When I first took a look at these images my jaw dropped to the ground. When you see something you’ve never seen before in a quality you’ve never seen before. It made me speechless.
At the Apollo 17 Lunar rover landing site we can see where the lunar rover is parked on the surface.
We can see where it drove around the lunar module, you can see the areas where the astronauts kicked up the dust when they walked around.’
Contrary to popular opinion, the first man-made object ever to reach the surface of the moon was actually a Soviet probe called the Luna 2 in 1959, the U.S. reached the surface on July 20 1969 with the manned Apollo 11 mission.
Since then, between 1969 and 1972, they sent men to the lunar surface on another five occasions, with a total of 12 astronauts touching down.
However, conspiracy theorists claim the landings were faked in a TV studio.
Among other things they point to the lack of stars in photographs from the Moon and the fact that the U.S. flag placed on the surface appears to flutter, despite being in a vacuum.
Nasa has painstakingly rebutted the doubters over the years, but in 2002 astronaut Buzz Aldrin resorted to physical violence to make his point, punching a documentary maker who claimed the Moon missions were faked.
India and Japan both plan to place astronauts on the lunar surface in 2020, with Japan proposing to build the first ever Moon base in 2030.
This week Nasa will begin to probe what lies beneath the Moon's surface with a mission called Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL.
Aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket are two identical satellites designed to reveal dips and swells in the moon's gravity field, which will give scientists insight into the moon's core.
16 June 2013, 09:16 AM
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My 7 year old twins were taken by their primary school to the the science museum, a few months ago, where they met Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon.
Are we saying that they where cynically lied to by everyone involved
Are we saying that they where cynically lied to by everyone involved
16 June 2013, 11:10 AM
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Conspiracy theorists seriously claim that no airliners hit the twin towers
Fake tv pics, fake photos, fake eyewitness account, fake, fake, fake - bollox
16 June 2013, 12:07 PM
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No, I think they believe in the death toll, although they do discount the deaths of the hijackers, they are all alive and well and living in Saudi Arabia !!!!!!
They obviously think it was missiles of some sort, not planes, fired presumably by the US government
The conspiracy theorists are suffering from a deep seated mistrust of the US government
You can't blame them in a way - 90% of Americans have been royally shafted by Uncle Sam in the last 30 years, that in a way is the true conspiracy
They obviously think it was missiles of some sort, not planes, fired presumably by the US government
The conspiracy theorists are suffering from a deep seated mistrust of the US government
You can't blame them in a way - 90% of Americans have been royally shafted by Uncle Sam in the last 30 years, that in a way is the true conspiracy
17 June 2013, 12:30 PM
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