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Good follow-up questions. These queries only beg the question. They make no sense unless you assume that a conspiracy or cover-up of some kind took place.
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Why did so many astronauts end up as executives of large corporations? Was this their reward for the "trip" to the moon?
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Maybe because they were very smart people and good leaders, which is why they were chosen to be astronauts in the first place. Maybe the companies that hired them were banking on the idea that their fame as astronauts might bring a little fortune to the corporate coffers. What else would you have them do?
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Why did some astronauts die in accidents, others suffer brain damage and still others have nervous breakdowns?
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Why does anyone? What are the instances of these medical events for Apollo astronauts and how do they measure against rate of similar medical problems in the general public?
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Why did the astronauts families often refer to the unreality of events?
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I'd like a source for this too, but let's just assume they did say the Apollo events felt "unreal". So what? It must have been unreal to watch your loved ones strap into a giant rocket, hurtle their bodies into space, and walk about on an alien world. Is the idea that this all might seem a little unreal all that... ummmm... unreal? [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
I can sympathize. I had front row seats for the Pentagon events of 9/11 and still wake up somedays believing it was all a sureal dream.
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Why did the landing of all Apollo return capsules take place out of sight of the public and even of the pickup carrier crews?
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Would you want to be under the landing sight in the event of a 'chute deployment failure. Think it might be smart to park that multi-billion dollar aircraft carrier and thousands of Navy personnel and reporters at a safe distance? I do. But then, I'm a pragmatist.
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Why didn't the astronauts attempt to make some visible signal from the moon?
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And how would they do that exactly? If a means is discussed please provide the math to show that the suggested signal could actually be seen from Earth and the cost in 1969 U.S. dollars in getting the additional signalling payload to the moon.
That's it for me.
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Rich on 2002-11-12 17:09 ]</font>