Hi, rdbob. Welcome to the board.
How would you know the results when it has never been tested? Without atmosphere there would be no friction to slow the craft.
That's what rocket engines are for. That's why the U.S. and the USSR were able to land quite a few unmanned probes on the Moon in the '60s and '70s (Surveyor, Luna). That's why the U.S. and Japan were able to soft-land unmanned spacecraft on asteroids (which have much less gravitational pull). Do you not believe this was done?
My belief is less gravity would require energy to force bodies in a downard motion. Its kinda hard to prove or disprove as we have not been there to test this theory.
Sorry, but this is fundamentally wrong. Two bodies always are gravitationally attracted to each other. Newton figured this out about four centuries ago.
Think about it this way: if lower gravity made such a difference, would Mars (smaller than Earth) have moons? (It does.) Would Pluto (smaller than Mars) have a moon? (It does.) Would asteroids (smaller than Pluto) have moons? (Some do.)
How amazing is it we can't or never landed a craft on the earth like the moon landing but 280,000 miles away with absolutely no proof of environment we can land on the moon
First, the Moon is not 280,000 miles away. Ever. You're almost 30,000 miles off.
Second, we have plenty of "proof of environment". The general environment of the Moon has been known from ground-based observations for decades. The specific environment was studied carefully by unmanned probes (Surveyor, Luna) before and during the Apollo landings.
but here where we can test land it we COULD NOT and NEVER was able to land a craft on earth like the ones used to the Moon. That in itself is a feat of mental ability never seen before. You can do something where you have never been but can't where you live? Huh
I'm pretty sure, as others have mentioned, that you're referring to the LLRV/LLTV flying testbed - see attached image - which was only intended to simulate the experience of flying in a 1/6 G field, and was not in any way some kind of Lunar Module prototype.
Is that what you mean? If so, are you aware these were flown successfully over two hundred times? (You may note the attached image shows a group photo celebrating the first 100 flights.)
rdbob, please understand I'm not picking on you for not being familiar with the subject. I'm not trying to "mock, boast, harass, and make a person [you]that is trying to find answers look stupid."
What I do want to do is to help you find answers - some of which I can supply pretty readily, and almost all of which somebody here can help with.
But before we start talking about "proof" (lunar samples, imagery, telemetry, science results, etc.) we need to clear up some misconceptions you have. I've addressed a couple in this post. What do you think?
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