You know what's awesome? Space (nerd thread).

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

RE: You know what's awesome? Space (nerd thread).

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

If you want your brain to hurt, do a search for "moon hoax" on Facebook, and read some of the mind-numbingly stupid things written in the dozens of groups dedicated to the idea that the moon landings never happened.

Jason · Only in cartoons

THE MOON LANDING IS A HOAX. LIKE, HELLO, DID THEY THINK WE WOULDN'T NOTICE THERE AREN'T STARS IN SPACE? TOO LAZY TO PAINT STARS ON THE BLACK STUDIO BACKDROP, HMM?

MATHSEX · MASTER BATOR

z0mg the flag is still waving after beeing jammed into the ground li3k its totally windy on teh m00n

but guess wut?! theres no wind on teh m00n bcuz it dusnt hav an atmospheer!1

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

In the comments on one of Bad Astronomy's posts about the moon landing, a hoax believer simultaneously made the "waving flag" argument (THERE'S NO ATMOSPHERE ON THE MOON!!! IT MUST BE FROM TEH A/C ON THE SOUNDSTAGE!!1), and another argument, which I've never heard before: the lunar lander would have burned up in the moon's atmosphere, which he was just arguing didn't exist.

That was some stupidity for the ages, right there.

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

Just read that tomorrow, pictures of the landing sites taken by LRO are going to be released.

Sweet.

MATHSEX · MASTER BATOR

john31584 wrote:

In the comments on one of Bad Astronomy's posts about the moon landing, a hoax believer simultaneously made the "waving flag" argument (THERE'S NO ATMOSPHERE ON THE MOON!!! IT MUST BE FROM TEH A/C ON THE SOUNDSTAGE!!1), and another argument, which I've never heard before: the lunar lander would have burned up in the moon's atmosphere, which he was just arguing didn't exist.

That was some stupidity for the ages, right there.

they don't know what inertia is.

plus, my favorite misconception EVER is that there is no gravity in space. so how could the golf balls possibly fall back to the "moon" after the astronauts hit them?!?!

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

The astronauts wore heavy boots!

-- Edited by john31584 on Friday 17th of July 2009 03:07:26 AM

MorisUkunRasik · World's Strongest Millionaire

BWahaha

Jason · Only in cartoons

I am ashamed to have been a philosophy major.

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

Being a liberal arts major is no excuse for that level of ignorance. I mean, we're talking some of the most basic principles which govern the workings of the natural world, here.

Hell, I majored in political science, and while I obviously don't consider myself an authority on these things, I try to educate myself about science at least a little bit.

john31584 · Zinc Saucier

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html

Here are the images. You can't see the landers in great detail, but they're definitely there.

You can also make out a long path of footprints. Pretty cool.

Apparently, once the LRO enters its final 50km mapping orbit, it will be able to image the sites with 2-3 times the resolution of these pictures.

-- Edited by john31584 on Friday 17th of July 2009 05:12:17 PM

MATHSEX · MASTER BATOR

john31584 wrote:

The astronauts wore heavy boots!

-- Edited by john31584 on Friday 17th of July 2009 03:07:26 AM

too bad the pen accelerates to the surface of the moon at the same rate as the astronaut and his heavy boots. oh wait... mass repels other mass, so it should float away, right?!

edit: basic physics should be a mandatory requirement for schooling at all levels.

it's surprising that this TA could: graduate from high school, graduate from college, and score sufficiently well on the GRE to get into grad school at madison. since these are implausible, i claim that this story is a lie

-- Edited by MATHSEX on Saturday 18th of July 2009 12:39:12 AM