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40 Years Ago Today We first Walked on the Moon - or did we?
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07-20-2009, 08:02 PM
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07-20-2009, 09:02 PM
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07-21-2009, 02:01 AM
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Thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) that was recently launched, we are now able to at least see major parts of the landing sites. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...ollosites.html Of course, the conspiracy theorists will simply say they're doctored, they're other robotic mission sites, or they're all black monoliths.
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07-21-2009, 06:10 AM
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It's a real disappointment to me that we could do that 40 years ago, but we couldn't do it again today.
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07-21-2009, 10:33 AM
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Oh we could do it again, but our current budget for it is about a tenth of what it initially cost us in adjusted dollars. As with everything, it all costs money and we're pissing it away on lots of other things right now. |
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07-21-2009, 11:09 AM
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That's my point. I know the TECHNOLOGY is there - I want to see the money there as well.
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07-21-2009, 12:49 PM
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Picture of the Day Guru
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Somebody borrowed it to use in Iraq and Afghanistan. And now for bailouts too. It is incredible how simple the equipment they used back then was. A cell phone has more computer power than the entire space craft did back then. I have had the chance to see a couple of capsules on display (can't remember exactly where though- not at the Smithsonian since I have never been there).
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