Showing posts with label C07 (TechAnomalies). Show all posts
Showing posts with label C07 (TechAnomalies). Show all posts

7.18 Why don’t the boot prints on the Moon match the spacesuit shoes?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because the astronauts wore overshoes when they walked outside on the Moon. THE DETAILS: Doubters and conspiracy theoris...

7.17 How could a Lunar Module made of tinfoil withstand temperature extremes so well?

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IN A NUTSHELL: That “tinfoil” was just its thermal blanket: there was titanium underneath. The LM could stand on the Moon with one side exp...

7.16 Why is there no engine noise in the Moon landing audio?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because the astronauts’ microphones were very close to their mouths, so as to cut out background noise, and were designed to...

7.15 How come all the technical problems suddenly vanished?

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IN A NUTSHELL: They didn’t. Problems occurred throughout all the missions and the first uncrewed flights were designed, as usual, to shake ...

7.14 How come the LM simulator was so unstable that Neil Armstrong crashed it?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because it was completely different from the Lunar Module. Anyway, Neil Armstrong’s crash was caused by a rare malfunction ...

7.13 How come the astronauts didn’t unbalance the tiny LM?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because they were close to the center of the spacecraft and so their movements had a very small effect, which was compensate...

7.12 How could the Lunar Module be so stable?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because appearances are misleading. The irregular shape of the LM, with its odd bulges and single central rocket motor, seem...

7.11 How could the tiny LM climb back from the Moon?

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IN A NUTSHELL: It didn’t have to fight against air resistance, it only had to cope with one sixth of Earth’s gravity, and it only had to re...

7.10 Do Russian calculations show that the Saturn V wasn’t powerful enough?

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IN A NUTSHELL: No. The mathematical analysis of the Saturn V liftoff footage published by Stanislav Pokrovsky estimates the power of the fi...

7.9 How could Apollo get to the Moon, if it didn’t reach escape velocity?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because it didn’t need to. Getting to the Moon doesn’t require escape velocity: a spacecraft only has to achieve a speed tha...

7.8 How could the large Moon buggy fit inside the small Lunar Module?

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IN A NUTSHELL: It was folded up inside the Lunar Module’s descent stage. THE DETAILS: Many people compare the sizes of the Lunar Roving...

7.7 How come nobody sends probes to take pictures of the landing sites?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Actually, several countries have done just that. India, China, Japan and the United States, have sent science probes to the...

7.6 Why don’t we just point a telescope at the landing sites?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Because even the most powerful telescopes currently available on Earth can’t see such small features so far away. Telescopes...

7.5 Why do a rendezvous in lunar orbit, which makes no sense?

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IN A NUTSHELL: Actually, it does. Lunar rendezvous was chosen despite its dangers because it reduced drastically the fuel and payload requi...

7.4 How is it possible that everything went so smoothly?

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IN A NUTSHELL: It didn’t. NASA went out of its way to give this impression, but the truth was quite different. Three astronauts died on the...