New Posts For Thread: ok i have a question about neil armstrong planting the american flag on the moonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moonBrassnecks question=I know his name was Armstrong but how did he stick the pole of the flag through the solid rock of the moon.Nasa said the lunar module landed on a place of solid rock with a little covering of moon dust.as the guys stick the polethought their suits had thirty layers of protection including lead. and the crafts too have some sort of shielding? sprayed on?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550474713#550474713thought their suits had thirty layers of protection including lead. and the crafts too have some sort of shielding? sprayed on?Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:09:44 -0600The Americans knew about the van Allen belt and did experiments in the 1950s to allow them to travel through this on a certain course, the space shuttle spent much longer periods of time in this radiation, not so dangerous because it is proton partichttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550471877#550471877The Americans knew about the van Allen belt and did experiments in the 1950s to allow them to travel through this on a certain course, the space shuttle spent much longer periods of time in this radiation, not so dangerous because it is proton particSun, 20 Nov 2016 08:33:39 -0600ah well akabula I was just waiting for somebody to ask lol.anyway for staters back in 69 they didn't know about the magnetic field somewhere between here and the moon, so dangerous is it,the poor brave men would have been v v sick or indeed died duehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550471607#550471607ah well akabula I was just waiting for somebody to ask lol.anyway for staters back in 69 they didn't know about the magnetic field somewhere between here and the moon, so dangerous is it,the poor brave men would have been v v sick or indeed died dueSun, 20 Nov 2016 07:53:15 -0600I think it's fair to say that no other country in the world could have done it except America, who would disagree with that?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470531#550470531I think it's fair to say that no other country in the world could have done it except America, who would disagree with that?Sun, 20 Nov 2016 03:34:35 -0600Ram - that's a good video. Thanks.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470425#550470425Ram - that's a good video. Thanks.Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:35:33 -0600akabula - point taken. Would it be incredibly expensive to copy the technology they used in 1970 though?Presumably NASA still have much of it.The ISS is 200 odd miles away and a trip there is staggering. Blows my mind how they get there, dock etc.Thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470413#550470413akabula - point taken. Would it be incredibly expensive to copy the technology they used in 1970 though?Presumably NASA still have much of it.The ISS is 200 odd miles away and a trip there is staggering. Blows my mind how they get there, dock etc.TheSun, 20 Nov 2016 02:27:45 -0600This video should be compulsory viewing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXTF6bs1IUThe conspiracy theorists have it backwards -- they say it was impossible to go the moon in 1969 -- the video explains we did not have the technology to *fake* going tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470381#550470381This video should be compulsory viewing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXTF6bs1IUThe conspiracy theorists have it backwards -- they say it was impossible to go the moon in 1969 -- the video explains we did not have the technology to *fake* going toSun, 20 Nov 2016 02:03:03 -0600Injera I come back to my original point about explorers venturing further than before. Not returning to where we went in 1970 is like going to the South Pole and not returning for 46 years. Makes no sense.A couple of issues with that Injera.Firstly thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470359#550470359Injera I come back to my original point about explorers venturing further than before. Not returning to where we went in 1970 is like going to the South Pole and not returning for 46 years. Makes no sense.A couple of issues with that Injera.Firstly tSun, 20 Nov 2016 01:54:06 -0600terry mccann anybody who thinks they landing on the moon are nuts,it was back in 69 impossible! Hard to disagree with such a compelling argument.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550470347#550470347terry mccann anybody who thinks they landing on the moon are nuts,it was back in 69 impossible! Hard to disagree with such a compelling argument.Sun, 20 Nov 2016 01:49:30 -0600So who is going to stump up 100 Billion dollars to fund a return ? The Soviets gave up in 1976. The US was committed to funding the Shuttle and the ISS. In actual fact, the US is now developing the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule which mahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752795/ok-i-have-a-question-about-neil-armstrong-planting-the-american-flag-on-the-moon?post_id=550468569#550468569So who is going to stump up 100 Billion dollars to fund a return ? The Soviets gave up in 1976. The US was committed to funding the Shuttle and the ISS. In actual fact, the US is now developing the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule which maSat, 19 Nov 2016 16:24:58 -0600