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Old 17-September-2002, 10:44 PM
AstroMike AstroMike is offline
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I noticed this new comment:

The next logical step to landing on the moon would have been its colonisation, which after 30 years has not taken place. This proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the landing on the moon was an elaborate hoax. America has amply shown its inability to retain a space station in orbit - the Skylab is a well recorded fact - whereas the Russians set their sights much lower and kept the space station Mir in space for 15 years. The technology required to travel to the moon and settle there is complex and has yet to be developed.

Okay, whatever. That doesn't prove anything (as usual) since colonization on the Moon and Skylab are two different issues. An Apollo mission usually lasts about 2 weeks, good chances of avoiding extreme solar flares, but colonization would require a different method than duration, which has not been developed yet.