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View Poll Results: Was there a Lunar Landing? | |||
yes | 37 | 80.43% | |
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insufficient evidence | 7 | 15.22% | |
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07-24-2009, 09:51 PM | #52 (permalink) | |
"Hermione-Lite"
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Don't try. What I said was said with ignorance. I hadn't done my homework. I hadn't researched what I was talking about. It was stupid. |
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07-24-2009, 09:59 PM | #53 (permalink) | |
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I didn't do my homework either before I started this thread, and I am finding out so many interesting facts as I read people's post here. I'm learning as I go along. |
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07-24-2009, 10:29 PM | #55 (permalink) |
carpe musicam
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The Moon's gravitational pull is only 17% of the Earth's, so the Module weighs less on the Moon and everything on it has to be scaled down too. I think the rocket have to exert less force and uses less fuel and has a weaker thrust to perform the same maneuvers on the Moon compared to a Module landing on the Earth. What would had happened if the Scientist got Gravitation pull of the Moon wrong? Or one buster rocket was off, would it make sense that the Module could flip upsidedown?
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07-24-2009, 10:38 PM | #57 (permalink) | |
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If you think it would be easier for that clunky thing to land on Earth, in the desert, with gravity.... then you're sadly mistaken. The blast power that would be needed to make a nice smooth landing on earth in that thing would be far more than the module was possibly capable of providing. The fact that it's low power works in an environment with very little gravity. Besides, since there is no (significant) atmosphere on the moon, there isn't any friction burn, wind, etc. You scientifically have more problems landing in our atmosphere than that of landing on the lunar surface. What's funny, is that people use that argument you just used and they don't even realize that they don't need it. If they think it's all wool pull, then they can just say "it was so easy for it to land, because they used wire and pulleys in the studio." And when you get around to proving that actually happened, you let me know.
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07-24-2009, 10:40 PM | #58 (permalink) | |
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07-24-2009, 10:42 PM | #59 (permalink) | |
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