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
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