tracknut Posted February 12, 2018 Share https://listverse.com/2012/12/28/10-reasons-the-moon-landings-could-be-a-hoax/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rata-tat-tat Posted February 12, 2018 Share https://listverse.com/2012/12/28/10-reasons-the-moon-landings-could-be-a-hoax/https://youtu.be/OROlF8zB9z0 Readsalot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzypzee Posted February 12, 2018 Share Love This..Buzz warned him several times and the guy eventually resorted to insults. Totally deserved that clanger on the chops. Readsalot, coppi and Bateleur1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted February 12, 2018 Share The Apollo program was basically at the beginning of NASA, and laid the foundation for all other programs after that. So it's going to be the most expensive. Everything that was learnt, and the technology that was developed during Apollo program would have helped the rest of the programs be comparatively cheaper.Not really correct. The name NASA was created in 1958, and was essentially just a name change from NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). NACA had been fiddling with some really cool toys since 1948, and NASA's brief was to conduct all non military space activities.    (X15 - a NACA project taken over by NASA) A ROCKET PLANE!!! 1959 http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nasa-rocket-launch-high-quality-25.jpg?w=800&h=615The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. Launch of Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 (USA's first satellite) And by stating that Apollo was "basically at the beginning of NASA" you're glossing over Mercury, Gemini and all the other rocket programs. Apollo was a d!ck waving contest. The US were 2-0 down to the Soviets, having lost out to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and just like any guy in the local cycling group who keeps getting dropped, they threw money at the problem. They essentially walked into a Specialzed Concept store, opened the catalogue, and ordered everything without even blinking at the price. The wanted the Strava KOM on the moon, and they were not going to lose out again! Patensie, Robrider, Readsalot and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 12, 2018 Share Not really correct. The name NASA was created in 1958, and was essentially just a name change from NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). NACA had been fiddling with some really cool toys since 1948, and NASA's brief was to conduct all non military space activities.   And by stating that Apollo was "basically at the beginning of NASA" you're glossing over Mercury, Gemini and all the other rocket programs. Apollo was a d!ck waving contest. The US were 2-0 down to the Soviets, having lost out to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and just like any guy in the local cycling group who keeps getting dropped, they threw money at the problem. They essentially walked into a Specialzed Concept store, opened the catalogue, and ordered everything without even blinking at the price. The wanted the Strava KOM on the moon, and they were not going to lose out again! a good LMAO Readsalot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted February 12, 2018 Share After the Challenger disaster, the following joke went around:What does USA stands for? Â Used seven AstronautsWhat does NASA stands for? Need Another Seven astronauts. BSG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston ZA Posted February 12, 2018 Share Not really correct. The name NASA was created in 1958, and was essentially just a name change from NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). NACA had been fiddling with some really cool toys since 1948, and NASA's brief was to conduct all non military space activities.       (X15 - a NACA project taken over by NASA) A ROCKET PLANE!!! 1959  The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950.  Launch of Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 (USA's first satellite) And by stating that Apollo was "basically at the beginning of NASA" you're glossing over Mercury, Gemini and all the other rocket programs. Apollo was a d!ck waving contest. The US were 2-0 down to the Soviets, having lost out to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and just like any guy in the local cycling group who keeps getting dropped, they threw money at the problem. They essentially walked into a Specialzed Concept store, opened the catalogue, and ordered everything without even blinking at the price. The wanted the Strava KOM on the moon, and they were not going to lose out again!Thanks for the additional information, and completely agree about the exorbitant costs of Apollo, and although extremely high, one cannot underestimate the scientific, technological and social benefits of the Apollo program. I'm also fully aware of the Mercury Program that preceded Apollo, but as far as I understand this basically became a support program to Apollo (although not initially so as it ran for 3 years before Apollo was announced), and particularly Gemini, which was established after Kennedy announced a mission to the moon. I think both Gemini and Apollo were established in '61, with Gemini established to develop the flight capabilities for Apollo.  Gemini and Mercury were the support acts, Apollo was the main concert. Edited February 12, 2018 by Piston ZA Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted February 12, 2018 Share Not really correct. The name NASA was created in 1958, and was essentially just a name change from NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). NACA had been fiddling with some really cool toys since 1948, and NASA's brief was to conduct all non military space activities.    (X15 - a NACA project taken over by NASA) A ROCKET PLANE!!! 1959 http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nasa-rocket-launch-high-quality-25.jpg?w=800&h=615The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. Launch of Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 (USA's first satellite) And by stating that Apollo was "basically at the beginning of NASA" you're glossing over Mercury, Gemini and all the other rocket programs. Apollo was a d!ck waving contest. The US were 2-0 down to the Soviets, having lost out to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and just like any guy in the local cycling group who keeps getting dropped, they threw money at the problem. They essentially walked into a Specialzed Concept store, opened the catalogue, and ordered everything without even blinking at the price. The wanted the Strava KOM on the moon, and they were not going to lose out again!and they also imported a few Germans to help out. #stravadopingspecialists DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracknut Posted February 12, 2018 Share and they also imported a few Germans to help out. #stravadopingspecialistsIt started in Europe :  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted February 12, 2018 Share and they also imported a few Germans to help out. #stravadopingspecialistsThe Americans weren't even ashamed of using that technology. They had over 200 V2s from the war that they fiddled and tinkered with. And it was Werner von Braun who essentially got the US satellite Explorer 1 into space with his whole Redstone project. While the US was taking horse steroids to improve performance, the Soviets already had a fully fledged mirco-dosing EPO program... Bateleur1, Wannabe and Slowbee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted February 12, 2018 Share And the Americans blame the Chinese for reverse engineering. DJR and Readsalot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted February 12, 2018 Share  one of my more favorite movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted February 12, 2018 Share Analogy A    And by stating that Apollo was "basically at the beginning of NASA" you're glossing over Mercury, Gemini and all the other rocket programs. Apollo was a d!ck waving contest. The US were 2-0 down to the Soviets, having lost out to Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and just like any guy in the local cycling group who keeps getting dropped, they threw money at the problem. They essentially walked into a Specialzed Concept store, opened the catalogue, and ordered everything without even blinking at the price. The wanted the Strava KOM on the moon, and they were not going to lose out again!  Analogy B Thanks for the additional information, and completely agree about the exorbitant costs of Apollo, and although extremely high, one cannot underestimate the scientific, technological and social benefits of the Apollo program. I'm also fully aware of the Mercury Program that preceded Apollo, but as far I as I understand this basically became a support program to Apollo (although not initially so as it ran for 3 years before Apollo was announced), and particularly Gemini, which was established after Kennedy announced a mission to the moon. I think both Gemini and Apollo were established in '61, with Gemini established to develop the flight capabilities for Apollo.  Gemini and Mercury were the support acts, Apollo was the main concert.  analogy A WINS! Velouria and Piston ZA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston ZA Posted February 12, 2018 Share Analogy A    Analogy B   analogy A WINS!Ha ha, it does. I should've brought bikes and/or d!cks into mine Velouria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracknut Posted February 12, 2018 Share Ha ha, it does. I should've brought bikes and/or d!cks into mine Still don't explain the flag waving in the "breeze" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted February 13, 2018 Share Long Wheel Base, Spoke101, Kalahari Vegmot and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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