A brief excerpt from JayUtah replying to Saturn V.
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Saturn V
If the scientists and engineers as you say were confindent that the rocket would not blow up why were they hiding miles away from the launch site
JayUtah
A Saturn V rocket when operating properly is still a tremendous risk to onlookers.
No one ever said that rocketry was perfectly safe. But you must distinguish between necessary risk and foolish, unnecessary risk. The astronauts took the necessary risk of riding the Saturn V because they obviously could not do their jobs without doing so. The ground crew can perform effectively from a safe distance, so there is no need for them to place themselves in unncessary danger.
Think about your argument carefully. It's really quite silly. You're claiming the Apollo missions were falsified because the ground crew didn't act in a bravado fashion. Don't you think that's rather flimsy?
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Imagine this. The ground crew acts with foolish bravado, staying well within the radius of danger. What would the HBs say? "This proves the launches were faked because a real engineer would never be that close to any danger."
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Papermache Prince on 2002-11-08 11:18 ]</font>