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Originally Posted by guesswest
I'm only going to post once on this, I'm just not interested in having an extended debate on it because as far as I'm concerned there is nothing to debate.
No, I'm not 100% certain of anything, including the veracity of first-hand experiences, I just work on best inference. In the case of the moon landings the evidence is simply overwhelming - the tens of thousands of people who worked on the project, the Russians who observed and would have every interest in discrediting the US, the recent pictures we have of various landing modules on the surface etc.
the "evidence" you site is just about the same thing as citing the bible as "evidence" for christianity or the koran as "evidence" for islam. it simply is not real evidence and i cannot have an adult debate when my opponent is allowed to state things as fact that simply are not fact.
while thousands of people worked for NASA, it would only take a small group to conspire to fake the landings. the workers were unknowingly in on it.
the russians didn't have the capability to track the US from 1969-1972. the russians eventually developed this technology and coincidentally, the united states cancelled the last 3 apollo missions, citing "budget" as the reason. what was the most important thing in the nation instantly became an afterthought. practically overnight. riiiiiiiight.
also, the russians were the most advanced nation in the world re: space technology, and they beat the us in virtually every aspect of the space race...yet amazingly enough they, or any other nation, has never been able to duplicate the feat that the US "accomplished" in 1969 using 8 years of 1960s technology.
to repeat, the US started their moon aspirations in 1961, "created the technology from scratch in <8 years", and flew 7 missions to the moon (6 landed and returned) in just 3 years... in the late 60s early 70s.
today, in 2010, not the US or any other nation can plan to be on the moon before 2030... why? why why why?
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Originally Posted by plaaynde
hehe blessed w/ own thread. ah the good days!
i am at 90/10 or 95/5 that man has not landed on moon.
(in reality its like 99/1 but no one wants to hear that
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i will not discuss this with people who are certain either way, as certainty is a dangerous thing...
Last edited by donniccolo; 07-17-2010 at 02:45 PM.
Reason: post # 1969! ah the irony :-]