Re: Why the moon landing was a hoax - no jumps!
bertietaylor @novabbs.com.invalid (bertietaylor)
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Daniel70 wrote: > Jim Wilkins wrote on 28/5/24 8:06 am: >> >> >> "Richard Harnden" wrote in message news:[email protected]... >> >> On 27/05/2024 11:22, bertietaylor wrote: >>> Daniel70 wrote: >>> >>>> If the video had been well done, would you have believed then?? >>> >>> Then, yes. If they jumped up ten feet and came down slowly. In those >>> days CGI was not there. >> >> If you fall and smash your visor - then it's instant death. >> That is the reason why they didn't jump around like idiots. >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> During Apollo 16 Charlie Duke and John Young did jump, and Duke fell >> onto his life support backpack. Had he broken it he would have quickly >> died. Even if Young could drag him back to the LM and up the ladder >> instantly, the LM didn't have a separate airlock, the whole cabin had >> to >> >> be sealed and repressurized, which took longer than (estimated) vacuum >> survival time. In the second half Duke admits the deadly chance he had >> taken. >> "Lunar Olympics" >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16D0hmLt-S0 >> >> They clearly couldn't jump well flat-footed in the restrictive suits, >> and came down visibly slower than on Earth. At 380 (mass) Lbs man + >> suit 60 lb on Moon, they should be jumping out of their skins. >> >> they could hardly jump at all on Earth. On the Moon they could. On Earth clumsily with wires. >> > ..... and the Dune Buggy they were driving around on the Moon on > whichever mission .... that would have required some top-notch Special > Effects if it were actually on Earth!! Slow speed camera work with good video manipulation. Bertietaylor