We put a man on the moon?

KeithAFC · 19-03-2012 12:03AM

Bear Grylls knows what he is doing too, his shows are just designed to be entertaining.

galwayrush · 19-03-2012 12:08AM

joshrogan wrote: »

It's a shame we don't spend more on space exploration considering it's necessary for the survival of the human race after all.

Space residental tax anyone?

Wibbs · 19-03-2012 12:14AM

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Is it true that the computer they used to go to the moon was something like a 64 GB type thing? If that's true, that's pretty nuts.

Nope. More like 74 kilobytes of ram on the LEM. Waking your smart phone from sleep likely takes more. Just goes to show it's not the capacity, it's all about what you do with it. Doesn't work for engines or willes so much. Generally with them a big un is better than a small un.

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Ah now Ray is the real deal to be fair, it's Bear "anyone seen my bottle of urine" Grylls that's the darling of B&Bs around the world. The world would be a better place with a bit more Ray Mears in it.

+10000000

delw · 19-03-2012 12:17AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The moon doesn't even exist. It's just a big light shining up in the sky, done to comfort us.. like a nightlight for humans.

:eek: maybe we are all part of "The Truman Show"

Overheal · 19-03-2012 12:23AM

Not a whole lot of economic benefit to going to the moon right now, frankly. They keep sending probes up and such to search for water and all, but until they have a reasonable, long term strategy for how to economize it, nobody is going back up there. Nevermind that back when they did it the math involved had to be absolutely boggling and there was no room for errors. But just developing the capsule and the procedures takes years and would cost billions.

Ignore the majority of the science and just think about this: you had to detach from your orbiting ship, land, then ascend later in such a way that you rendezvous with your still orbiting ship before flying back to earth. I mean seriously, what happens if you, or the orbiter, drift apart by a couple miles when all this is going on? you'd be fcuked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit_rendezvous

4zn76tysfajdxp · 19-03-2012 12:26AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Answer. A TV studio.

cassel16 wrote: »

That never happened....

KeithAFC wrote: »

It never happened. Forget about it.

lol wut

Superbus · 19-03-2012 12:30AM

delw wrote: »

starbelgrade wrote: »

The moon doesn't even exist. It's just a big light shining up in the sky, done to comfort us.. like a nightlight for humans.

:eek: maybe we are all part of "The Truman Show"

You didn't know?

Well this is awkward...

Casillas · 19-03-2012 12:30AM

chin_grin wrote: »

And why hasn't it been done again eh? They just keep sending all these "unmanned" satellites up there to spy on us. The mind boggles.

The Americans beat the Russians there and didn't care much after that. Now though the Chinese want to send man to the moon so I guess round 2 is under way.

Mightn't be a person though;

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2108652,00.html

Wereghost · 19-03-2012 12:32AM

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Is it true that the computer they used to go to the moon was something like a 64 GB type thing? If that's true, that's pretty nuts.

Read-only storage on the Apollo Guidance Computer was 32K. 2 million or so of those gets you 64GB. Linky here.

Pottler · 19-03-2012 12:33AM

I brought the kids to an "Apollo" touring museum thingy in London where they had a full sized replica of the lunar module. As a fairly competent type when it comes to building stuff, I left thinking "feck off lads, ye did in yer shyte". 1.it was tiny - where'd ya keep the lunar rover lads, on the roof-rack? 2. It costs an arm and a leg to send 1kg into space - that "lunar rover" looked like a two post lift would struggle to lift it. 3.The "capsule" looked like somthing my kids would build in the kitchen to act the bollix in, re-entry me hole, ye'd a fried lads, come on, pull the other one. It's a bit like your small, scrawny mate with the dodgy moustache telling you he pulled Maria Sharapova last night at the local flea-pit,... you just kinda take a look and go "ye did yeah...."

Mr.Crinklewood · 19-03-2012 12:34AM

cassel16 wrote: »

That never happened....

FFS "That never happened".

How do you explain this then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu0o6u1VmGE

Some people on here just piss me off.

Chuck Stone · 19-03-2012 12:46AM

Robotic exploration comes at a fraction of the price and no risk to humans. You could probably land robotic vehicles on every solid planet in the solar system for the cost of a manned mission to Mars (complete guess).

Sending men to Mars would be a prestige thing.

Wereghost · 19-03-2012 12:50AM

More than forty years since humans first went to the moon and yet no human being - not a single one in all of our history! - has ever left the vicinity of the Earth-moon system. We need to sort our stuff out; time and Earth-wrecking supernovae wait for no man. Time we were thinking about another Giant Leap, perhaps.

The Onion apparently had some succinct thoughts on the original moon landing.

Link here, not for the prudish.

NIMAN · 19-03-2012 12:52AM

We put a man on the moon ....... yet 40 yrs later can't produce a packet of biscuits in a supermarket that when you get home haven't got 20% of them broken to bits.

Sindri · 19-03-2012 01:05AM

Pottler wrote: »

I brought the kids to an "Apollo" touring museum thingy in London where they had a full sized replica of the lunar module. As a fairly competent type when it comes to building stuff, I left thinking "feck off lads, ye did in yer shyte". 1.it was tiny - where'd ya keep the lunar rover lads, on the roof-rack? 2. It costs an arm and a leg to send 1kg into space - that "lunar rover" looked like a two post lift would struggle to lift it. 3.The "capsule" looked like somthing my kids would build in the kitchen to act the bollix in, re-entry me hole, ye'd a fried lads, come on, pull the other one. It's a bit like your small, scrawny mate with the dodgy moustache telling you he pulled Maria Sharapova last night at the local flea-pit,... you just kinda take a look and go "ye did yeah...."

Yeah, I heard Buzz Aldrin say once that a light jab from a pencil could of punctured the wall of the lunar module.

im invisible · 19-03-2012 01:08AM

4zn76tysfajdxp · 19-03-2012 02:27AM

Pottler wrote: »

I brought the kids to an "Apollo" touring museum thingy in London where they had a full sized replica of the lunar module. As a fairly competent type when it comes to building stuff, I left thinking "feck off lads, ye did in yer shyte". 1.it was tiny - where'd ya keep the lunar rover lads, on the roof-rack? 2. It costs an arm and a leg to send 1kg into space - that "lunar rover" looked like a two post lift would struggle to lift it. 3.The "capsule" looked like somthing my kids would build in the kitchen to act the bollix in, re-entry me hole, ye'd a fried lads, come on, pull the other one. It's a bit like your small, scrawny mate with the dodgy moustache telling you he pulled Maria Sharapova last night at the local flea-pit,... you just kinda take a look and go "ye did yeah...."

You're more of an expert than NASA on space exploration because you're fairly competent when it comes to building stuff, yeah?

Overheal · 19-03-2012 02:30AM

Strictly speaking, the LM was constructed by [Northrop] Grumman

WoollyRedHat · 19-03-2012 02:39AM

RichieC · 19-03-2012 02:40AM

Ruskies sent two lunar rovers up. one lasted 9 months driving around. Tech was years ahead of its time.

RealExpert · 19-03-2012 02:44AM

I dunno about the moon but I can tell you Ireland must be the only country that have their Government on CLOUD 9.Its a pity we cant give all of them a oneway ticket to Iraq

Conor108 · 19-03-2012 11:37AM

It was a soundstage on Mars!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MOnehCOUw

Also this is Charlie Duke's photo of his family that he left on the moon during Apollo 16, faded by now but still pretty cool!

johnayo · 19-03-2012 11:45AM

We put a man on the moon................... When did we do that Ted:D:D:D

Auvers · 19-03-2012 11:54AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Answer. A TV studio.

say that to Buzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU

I dare you, I double dare you

Wibbs · 19-03-2012 01:25PM

Pottler wrote: »

I brought the kids to an "Apollo" touring museum thingy in London where they had a full sized replica of the lunar module. As a fairly competent type when it comes to building stuff, I left thinking "feck off lads, ye did in yer shyte".

:pac: Oh god. I so hope this is in jest.

1. it was tiny - where'd ya keep the lunar rover lads, on the roof-rack?

Nope folded up in one of the compartments in the base of the LEM. For your delectation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNhpYxgGjKA

2. It costs an arm and a leg to send 1kg into space - that "lunar rover" looked like a two post lift would struggle to lift it.

The Saturn V rocket was the most powerful and biggest launch vehicle brought to operational use. The most powerful manmade transport system in history. Even then what ended up on the moon was tiny.

3.The "capsule" looked like somthing my kids would build in the kitchen to act the bollix in, re-entry me hole, ye'd a fried lads, come on,

The LEM didn't return to earth. The command module did. The LEM was the only true spacecraft we've yet flown as a species, hence it looks odd and didn't need the extras of a craft that flew in atmosphere.

Headshot · 19-03-2012 01:27PM

If you believe they put a man on the moon....man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve
Then nothing is cool

Capt'n Midnight · 19-03-2012 11:20PM

Back in 1966 NASA were spending 4.41% of US Fed. Budget.

up to $5,933 Billion a year

Back when gas cost 32c a gallon

It's simple physics, 3039 tonnes of Saturn V takes off, and less than 0.2% of it makes it back

It was simply a case of throwing enough money at a well understood engineering problem

Sky King · 19-03-2012 11:24PM

The main problems were keeping the men alive.

The moon missions were pointless projects with very little scientific merit, done mainly to piss off the Russians. The money could have been spent so much better.

Overheal · 19-03-2012 11:26PM

Yeah, at best it was an exercise to see if it was even possible. Now, they have to find actual reasons to go up there, that aren't just for collecting moon dust, having moon picnics, or playing moon golf on national television.

fryup · 19-03-2012 11:29PM

the irish are making plans to send a man to the sun

begob

We put a man on the moon?

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