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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56776 Gender:	Re: Moon landing... why was it such a big deal? Reply #15 - Apr 12^th, 2025 at 9:43pm Yes, life was just black and white. No yellows invited.
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Reply #16 - Apr 12^th, 2025 at 10:01pm

ex-member DonaldTrump wrote on Feb 27^th, 2007 at 2:56pm:

Just out of curiousity, does anyone else think the moon landing has been blown out of proportion when it comes to 'landmark' events of the 20th century?

For example, the first human to be launched into space, a

Russian

, 'Yuri Gagarin,' has been long forgotten, whereas, the first man on the moon has been forever remembered.

To me, the first man in space is just as good, if not BIGGER, than the moon landing.

I think that the moon landing was merely 'prettier' on film and the Americans managed to 'advertise' it much better. Hence making it a bigger event in history.

Does anyone else share my views?

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'Yuri Gagarin,' has been long forgotten

Yuri is far from forgotten, This argument is based on this error.

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Reply #17 - Apr 12^th, 2025 at 10:02pm

Jasin wrote on Apr 12^th, 2025 at 8:35pm:

Well the moon was closer in the 60s so it was more economical at the time. Remember, they nearly ran out of fuel, so that extra metre counted. Wink

Hehe... you're just messing with us, aren't you?

I'm guessing you're referring to the descent stage of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module getting close to running out of fuel when they landed?

The distance from the Earth to the Moon wouldn't have made any difference. However, the height of the Command/Service/Lunar Module's orbit around the Moon would have made a difference prior to the Lunar Module separating and descending to the Moon's surface.

In fact, I believe the rest of the Apollo missions (12 to 17, excluding 13, of course) provided for a lower lunar orbit prior to the Lunar Module descending to provide less descent time and lessen the chances of the descent stage getting dangerously low on fuel.

Oh, and...

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Reply #18 - Apr 12^th, 2025 at 10:18pm

You nailed it Carl. Very clever of you. Wink

The moon moves a few centimetres away each year.

COINCIDENTLY
The time the moon passed the threshold of moving away in proportion to its size equal to that of the sun in an eclipse.
Intelligence arose in two lifeforms on this planet.
Man and Dolphin (Orca inc).
Life had just passed its halfway mark. Wink

Now how's that for a Twilight Zone moment?

...well that's my (you heard it first here on Ozpol) take on it.🤓

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Grappler Racist Filth Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90306 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Moon landing... why was it such a big deal? Reply #19 - Apr 13^th, 2025 at 1:21am You time it to arrive at the full moon so you don't get lost aiming for it and you can land in the light!!
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Reply #20 - Apr 13^th, 2025 at 1:27am

Jasin wrote on Apr 12^th, 2025 at 10:18pm:

You nailed it Carl. Very clever of you. Wink

The moon moves a few centimetres away each year.

COINCIDENTLY
The time the moon passed the threshold of moving away in proportion to its size equal to that of the sun in an eclipse.
Intelligence arose in two lifeforms on this planet.
Man and Dolphin (Orca inc).
Life had just passed its halfway mark. Wink

Now how's that for a Twilight Zone moment?

...well that's my (you heard it first here on Ozpol) take on it.🤓

First came Man - then the Dorks - and Man, rather than getting rid of the Dorks - interbred with them, thus creating Homo Sappiest!
Their offspring were called Sappy Kids.... and they abound these days.

A standing penis has no conscience and little in the way of discernment... and with unerring accuracy will go straight for the mother lode - ever notice how even when you cannot SEE the target, the penis has a sort of radar .... never misses on entry or re-entry... truly uncanny!!

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Reply #21 - Apr 13^th, 2025 at 4:48am

Jasin wrote on Apr 12^th, 2025 at 10:18pm:

The time the moon passed the threshold of moving away in proportion to its size equal to that of the sun in an eclipse.
Intelligence arose in two lifeforms on this planet.
Man and Dolphin (Orca inc).
🤓

Dolphins were 1000kms closer to the moon than today while homos were at 20km. The fuel saving alone would have prompted early human moon-landings but for higher tides in Florida.

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Reply #22 - Apr 13^th, 2025 at 8:46am

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Apr 13^th, 2025 at 1:21am:

You time it to arrive at the full moon so you don't get lost aiming for it and you can land in the light!!

Nah, the Moon landings were made not long after sunrise in the area of the landings.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4731

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The NASA Apollo missions landed at six sites on the Moon between 1969 and 1972. As seen in this visualization, all of the sites are near the equator on the near side (the side facing the Earth), and all of the landings took place fairly soon after local sunrise, when the lunar surface was cool and the shadows threw the terrain into high relief, making navigation easier.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15426 Armidale Gender:	Re: Moon landing... why was it such a big deal? Reply #23 - Apr 13^th, 2025 at 9:25am The moon has no atmosphere so dawn is full sunlight. Like the earth's poles, it's a choice between complete-day or complete-night. The poles have fuel shortage and don't welcome landings by any outsiders to refuel.
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