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Originally Posted by unclejim
OK, the money question......My effort isn't saying we didn't go to the moon, I'm saying that a "possibility" exist the first few landings were staged to meet Kennedy's deadline and push the Soviets into technological submission. The money went to the Space Program, hence, all of the successes NASA has been blessed with. The astronauts are not liars, they are fulfilling their commitment to this country in a matter of National Security.
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This is a similar position to Karamoon's. The response is this: Apollo 11 was as simple a lunar landing mission as was possible. Apollos 12 and 14 were more ambitious. Apollo 15 upped the ante again. If you wish to suggest that Apollos 11 to 13 were faked, you have to claim that the first successful landing was Apollo 14.
The problems you run into are: a fairly difficult place to land; the first landing used the MET (the golf cart); the first landing involved two moon walks; the first landing involved the deployment of a complex series of experiments (the ALSEP); and the second A14 EVA involved a climb up a fairly rough mountain.
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The broken camera issue. Certainly things go wrong. But you have to listen to your gut instincts. Look at the facts, a miracle come back by the USA, an amazing flawless Lunar mission on 11, then, no live pictures for a year and a half. Circumstantial yes, but evidence nonetheless. A small part of a much larger puzzle maybe. It cannot be disregarded, it shall not be disregarded.
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There were live pictures on A12, just not for long. There were also live pictures on A13, but only until the explosion.
Your gut instinct has to explain either: fooling all the people in Houston and the receiving stations around the world (watch "The Dish"), or including all of them and having none of them spill the beans, even though many of them weren't Americans.
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OK, why was it we left working cameras on the moon, but never filmed a LEM lifting off until 15, that footage would have been far too valuable to NASA. Tell me, show me where to go to see otherwise, I'm willing to learn. The more wells you lead me to, the more I can dig, and I live to dig when time permits.
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The TV cameras on A11 to A14 were powered by the LM. The process of lift-off meant there was no power source for the cameras. Only once a camera had its own power source could it film the lift-off. Why no separate power beforehand? Weight restrictions.