Comments by "Old Guy Gaming Network" (@CRAZYHORSE19682003) on "Что было на Луне до миссий Аполлонов?" video.

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  2. For a rocket to work in space, the chemicals used for rocket once mixed together create their own oxygen for combustion. As the rapid expansion and combustion of gasses is allowed to escape through the exhaust nozzle the pressure is actually the escaping fuel pushing against the rocket itself. The scientific principle is pretty much just like a inflated balloon. When you let go of it will fly around the room right. The air escaping from the balloon is not acting on the outside air to create the force that moves the balloon. It is the force of the escaping air that is greater than the pressure inside the balloon that is creating the force. It is the exact same thing for a rocket engine in space. The thrust exiting the rocket is interacting with the mass of the rocket itself creating acceleration. I am not that great at explaining it but I hope that clears up at least one thing for you. Back to the Russians. During the cold war and space race. We were in a propaganda war with the Soviet Union in a never ending game of one upmanship. During this time the Soviet Union had penetrated all levels of our Government with spies. We did the same with them. Trying to keep a secret of this magnitude from the Soviet Union seems a little implausible don't you think? I will also point out that the Apollo missions were tracked by radar by multiple nations from around the world all the way to the moon and back. That would be pretty difficult to fake. Also the Astronauts transmissions from the moon would be very difficult to fake. Using the simple principle of triangulation. If you are listening to a signal from multiple locations you can triangulate the signal and get a fairly precise position from where the signals originate. You better believe the Soviets were listening in and if the signals were coming from a low orbit satellite that deception would have been discovered in minutes. Steve, I am a amateur astronomer. I have spent hundreds of hours out at night with my local astronomy club viewing the universe. I can personally attest that the ISS is real. I have observed it at least 50 times. I remember years ago seeing the Space Shuttle docked with it through my Telescope. It was a amazing sight. Can I make a suggestion. Look up on the internet who the local astronomy clubs are in your area. Go visit them on a night they are holding a public star party. Ask one of them to show you the ISS when it passed overhead. They will gladly do it, if there is one universal fact about amateur astronomers it is they love showing off their gear. I have about 12k invested in my rig and that is on the low end in my astronomy club. Go look at the universe and see it's wonders, talk to the guys doing astrophotography and ask them to explain how it works. Maybe one of the guys will have a binocular adapter for his telescope tha allows you to view objects in three dimensions. You will see first hand how the moon is round. The other planets in the solar system are round. Heck maybe you will catch the astronomy bug. Get someone to show you M-81 and M-82, one of my personal favorite things to look at. Here is a picture http://astropixels.com/galaxies/images/M81M82-A01w.jpg Can you imagine being able to see TWO GALAXIES at once. It blows my mind away that I am looking at trillions of stars and I can not help wonder if someone in either galaxy is looking at our galazy and wondering if anyone is out there.
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