50 Years Ago, Apollo 11 Launched to the Moon: A Look Back at the Epic Day

[TheOctopus]

https://www.space.com/apollo-11-moon...niversary.html

[UltraFast69]

Really an incredible time between what went into it and the outcome


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[Oly]

I was only 13 at the time but I still remember it well. My dad worked for the company that made the ground simulators used to train the Apollo astronauts.

[BlueFox]

I was in boot camp at the time. When they landed on the moon we were allowed to watch it on TV.

[joeinid]

Crazy how time flies.

[MRJAZZ]

It was a very special time in the U.S.of A.........it redefined MANS place in the Universe .....and his thirst for knowledge........

[TheOctopus]

The Moon itself presents many mysteries and puzzles. Scientists are still scratching their heads on many aspects of the Moon. I personally find it fascinating that while we know quite a bit about it, there is also much we still don't know... The deeper one starts looking into it, the more fascinating it becomes. https://youtu.be/-2kBRbdGx8I

[TheOctopus]

You'll never look at the Moon the same way again. Everything in this video is easily verified if you are a skeptic. https://youtu.be/DhTagWzkjHk

[Spock]

I'm not much of a believer in conspiracy theories.
There is a lot of information that says it was a fake in 1969.
I confess that I did not give much importance until the moment I saw the press conference of the date


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_ZehPOMwI


Did they come from the moon or from a funeral?
Something is not right ...

[TheOctopus]

I'm not much of a believer in conspiracy theories.
There is a lot of information that says it was a fake in 1969.
I confess that I did not give much importance until the moment I saw the press conference of the date


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_ZehPOMwI


Did they come from the moon or from a funeral?
Something is not right ...

Not to confuse the various conspiracy theories. Putting aside the theory they were never there, let's focus on the other one.

"If" they really saw what "some" claim they saw on the Moon, I believe it would be very difficult to appear any other way but as if one just returned from the funeral instead of the Moon. Imagine the moment one comes face to face with proof of intelligent extraterrestrial life and having to suppress that information.

Many astronauts are either hinting or are openly vocal about extra-terrestrial topic. Gordon Cooper for example, has openly discussed his encounter with a UFO at Edwards Airforce Base. https://youtu.be/4-KAts8vp4I

[TheOctopus]

Neil Armstrong 25th Anniversary speech at the White House. Very cryptic I'd say... "Remove one of truth's protective layers"? Indeed! https://youtu.be/PUx1SURbb3g

[Spock]

Putting aside the theory they were never there, let's focus on the other one.

Can we go step by step?
Something is not right about the behavior of the astronauts at the press conference.
It seems easier (to me) to think that the embarrassment was due to the fact that they were actors in a farce than to extrapolate and think that they found aliens ....

[TheOctopus]

Can we go step by step?
Something is not right about the behavior of the astronauts at the press conference.
It seems easier (to me) to think that the embarrassment was due to the fact that they were actors in a farce than to extrapolate and think that they found aliens ....

I saw historic footage of the interviews with Armstrong and Aldrin spouses on the day they were landing on the Moon. Both seemed off kilter and odd in their responses but that doesn’t prove anything one way or the other. I’ve researched the topic extensively. Let’s just say I don’t like discussing it publicly.

I’m waiting for 2024 with anticipation of the next Moon missions. So far they are way behind schedule and grossly over budget as well as facing quite a few “challenges”. Seems it was far easier in 1969... Then again, during the Cold War, the budget allocated to NASA proportionally speaking was much bigger.

[Spock]

Let’s just say I don’t like discussing it publicly.

You started the topic...

...grossly over budget as well as facing quite a few “challenges”. Seems it was far easier in 1969... Then again, during the Cold War,

Precisely, joining the tips "cold war" and the challenge of President Kennedy to be done "before the end of the decade"...


But on this subject I admit that you know more and understand that it is not an easy subject.
So congratulations to the trip to the moon and to the space search that may one day lead us to the answers we are looking for.

[TheOctopus]

You started the topic...



Precisely, joining the tips "cold war" and the challenge of President Kennedy to be done "before the end of the decade"...


But on this subject I admit that you know more and understand that it is not an easy subject.
So congratulations to the trip to the moon and to the space search that may one day lead us to the answers we are looking for.

Correction, I started the "mysteries of the moon itself" topic, not the Apollo conspiracy theories. The Moon remains a very mysterious object.

[TheOctopus]

At 1/4 the size of Earth and only 1.2% of Earth's mass, if the Moon was really made of "Cheese" it would have been much, much heavier....

[UltraFast69]

Don’t care. I just got back from a great day and talked to friends about how awesome this program was and still will be. I’m all in!


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[TheOctopus]

Don’t care. I just got back from a great day and talked to friends about how awesome this program was and still will be. I’m all in!


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We have the “near future” missions to look forward to now. Will be fascinating to watch the program develop and the eventual moon landing.

[Shadowfax]

I have been watching all the replayed programs on TV for this occasion as well as watching First Man last night. Can't really stand Ryan Gosling, it was more like staring at a Kevin Kostner borefest.

The movie made NA out to be as odd as what some have written above.

I also have 2 uncles who worked for NASA back then, one helped developed the suits worn up there, and the other developed a program that determined the heat shield requirements still being used for satellites and rockets.

Whether it was real or fake, in my opinion we spend WAY too much tax payer dollars on this stuff while people die of hunger in the streets. Just the cost of the Launch Pad itself would probably feed a starving country.

[wklie]

I have been watching all the replayed programs on TV for this occasion as well as watching First Man last night. Can't really stand Ryan Gosling, it was more like staring at a Kevin Kostner borefest.

I can understand it's not a movie for everyone. Try watching some modern Russian space movies, I believe your appreciation of the Hollywood space movies will grow. On the subject of movies, there's a recent 4K release of Moon (2009), a sci-fi movie.

As for the conspiracy theories, I've read a couple of web pages and Wikipedia, and choose to believe the landing did occur.

[MRJAZZ]

I can understand it's not a movie for everyone. Try watching some modern Russian space movies, I believe your appreciation of the Hollywood space movies will grow. On the subject of movies, there's a recent 4K release of Moon (2009), a sci-fi movie.

As for the conspiracy theories, I've read a couple of web pages and Wikipedia, and choose to believe the landing did occur.

Conspiracy theories are fun to talk about, etc., I also have no doubt the moon landings did indeed occur. There was something like three or four HUNDRED THOUSAND people associated, in some way, with NASA ( suppliers, employees, etc,) during the 10 year period of the Apollo project. Even if heavily compartmentalized, there would probably have to been at least several hundred, if not more, individuals involved to have pulled off the greatest hoax/deception in Human history. Do you know how difficult it is for just two people to maintain a secret....any secret, let alone one of this magnitude..... Somebody would have spilled the beans by now. Even the Russians, who would have every reason to cast doubt , have not

Anyway looking forward to further exploration of our immediate cosmos.....Return to the moon... Mars ?....

[Joe P]

[Al M.]

Some commenter on YouTube joked about conspiracy theories:
yes, the moon landing didn't occur -- the moon really didn't land...

[GSOphile]

One of my wife's grandfathers was a farmer and a devout 'flat Earther' who never left his home county until late in life, when he visited the beach with some relatives. Upon seeing the ocean for the first time, he reputedly said, "Hmm, not as big as I thought it'd be." (Which makes perfect sense if you thought the Earth was flat!)