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- From: andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew Haveland-Robinson)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!osea.demon.co.uk!andy
- Subject: NASA Coverup
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- References: <4600@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:34:51 +0000
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- In article <4600@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
-
- > "At a point 43,495 from the moon, lunar gravity exerted a force [on the
- > spacecraft] equal to the gravity of the Earth , then some 200,000 miles
- > distant."
- >
- > I would conclude from the inclusion of the distance remaining to go to
- > the moon (200,000 miles) that the author knew exactly which units he was
- > talking about .
- >
- > I did a search for other sources which would help us analyse just what is
- > meant by " neutral point" , and where it might be located along the
- > flight path of the Apollo .
- >
- > In "Project Apollo: Man to the Moon" by Thomas J. Alexander (Harper and
- > Row , 1964 ) ,the author states:
- >
- > "At a point some 40,000 miles from the Moon ,when the craft is poking
- > along at about 2000 mph, it crosses THE LINE where the moon's gravity
- > exceeds that of the earth . That's the second part of the trjectory."
- > (caps mine).
- >
- > In Buzz Aldrin's book, "Men From Earth" (1989) , the author states on
- > page 231:
- >
- > "After two full days into the mission we were 150,000 miles from earth
- > and our speed was less than 3000 miles an hour. The moon was
- > approximately 30 hours and 90,000 miles distant."
- >
- > Here we have a "horse's mouth" space jockey's description of his ship's
- > situation well before reaching either of two postulated neutral points.
- >
- > If we rule out the possibility that Apollo 11 was undergoing some kind
- > of continuous thrusting which would keep this 3000 mph velocity
- > constant,we are then left with the conclusion that the neutral point was
- > approximately 1/2 way between his position at that time and the moon
- > which was 90,000 miles away. Here again we arrive at a Neutral point
- > figure close to the 43,595 miles AS SPECIFIED BY TIME , VON BRAUN , and
- > ALEXANDER.
- >
- > I repeat again this is data from direct experimental evidence (the
- > actual moon flights) that the moon's gravity cannot be 1/6 if one
- > calculates the relative pulls of the earth and moon based on the proven
- > accurate inverse square law . In pre - Apollo Astronomy , it is admitted
- > that the exact determination of the moon's mass , therefore the position
- > of the neutral point could not be determined unless one was able to
- > observe the actual trajectories of lunar spacecraft.
- >
-
- As one working in the media as a typesetter typos are a statistical fact,
- following the same lines as bugs in code - they are never eradicated, just
- get less significant.
-
- It is therefore reasonable to expect that out of the 1000s of articles on
- the subject and the complexity of editorial processes errors will occur.
- Some information will be inaccurate or completely wrong.
-
- You cannot base a radical cover-up accusation based on a small anomaly, all
- you can do is re-check the facts with other sources to corroborate.
-
- Write to the authors concerned - we'd be very interested in their replies.
-
- I appreciate your desire to question authority - that is healthy, and it
- forces other netters to rethink their universes...
-
- You've shown that you've listened to the postings, but have you accepted
- them, and reconsidered your hypothesis?
-
- Cheers
- Andy.
-
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