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Originally Posted by csb
The Apollo rocket launches are not proof that the astronauts landed in the moon. Probably the conspiracy theorists even admit astronauts have been sent into space. But that is all that the mission launches prove.
I thought blindman was just being facetious.
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Ahh - can’t help myself....!
I guess it’s possible blindman was being facetious. The challenge with text on the Internet and no non-verbal cues is that someone being wryly amusing and satirical can appear to be exactly that which they are parodying.
As for the argument that just launching the Apollo hardware into orbit is not proof, I agree, but consider the following:
1 orbital mechanics of broadcasting from a point that appeared to be moving at exactly the same speed as the moon.
2 the hardest and most dangerous part of the mission was the first few minutes. Particularly for the later ones. Why take 99% of the risk and cost to perpetrate a fraud?
Anyway Aristotle managed to reason his way into a geocentric universe with some pretty laughable logic in retrospect, and I guarantee that he had more brainpower than the collective conspiracy crowd. That is why science has made so many great strides since we kicked these half-assed lawyers and their sophistry out, and replaced it with boring old observation and fact.