Comments by "MRA" (@yassassin6425) on "How Neil Armstrong Trained to Land on the Moon - Smarter Every Day 250" video.
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@TerranceBurney-z8j
"The Soviet space programs and rockets were much more advanced than in u.s. at that time and they never attempted a manned mission to the moon"
What on Earth are you talking about? The Soviet Union had its own manned moon landing programme between 1962 and 1974. It was doomed to failure due to a chronic lack of funding, the untimely death of Sergei Korolev and the repeated failure of the N1.
"And they never attempted a manned mission to the moon because of the great dangers involved in sending a module thru not two but three Van Allen belts, boiling with radioactive particles"
What? The charged particle radiation in the VABs does not "boil". Also, the third belt is transitory.
Let's face it, the only reason that you've actually heard of the belts in the first place is because some online con artist grifting junk conspiracy theory told you what to think about them. if you have a shred of integrity then I'd like you to honestly ask yourself the following questions:
1/ How much do I genuinely know about the Van Allen Belts? - their shape extent and distribution? Energies and intensity? Type of radiation?
2/ What do I actually understand by alpha and beta particle radiation and shielding against it?
3/ What have I understood about the actual structure of the Command Module and the materials that it was fashioned from?
4/ What have I learnt about the trajectories flown by each of the Apollo missions and their passage through the belts?
5/ What do I know about what James Van Allen himself, (and his soviet counterpart Sergei Vernov) had to say about the belts and the Apollo missions?
6/ What have I done to challenge my preconceptions and the claims made by online conspiracy theorists in relation to the VABs?
If the answer to these questions is nothing, then obtaining the answers will prevent you from humiliating yourself in the future and avoid making such a dumb and ignorant statement on on a public comments section with no actual prior knowledge about the subject whatsoever.
"Werner von Braun said we would need 9 feet of steel between an astronaut and space, to avoid death from radiation poisoning."
Original quote at source please. Good luck with that.
"Gus Grishom knew it was a b.s. too."
Incorrect. Gus Grissom was highly critical of the management culture and the repeated technical glitches and problems associated with the development of the CM. There were others far more vocal than him.
"They drove cars"
Three lunar rovers as part of the expanded J missions (Apollo 15, 16 and 17). What's your point?
"shot putts"
I can only infer that you are referring to Apollo 14's Commander Alan Shepherd who attempted to hit three golf balls using a nine iron affixed to the shaft of his sampling tool. He missed the first, scuffed the second and was successful with the third. It comprised about two minutes of the 9 hours, 22 minutes, 31 seconds total EVA time. Again, what's your point.
"danced and pranced on the moon"
And you think that's all they did?
"They went there so often it became a great getaway for the astronauts!"
No, there were a total of nine manned missions and six landings between 1969 and 1972. It would have been more had it not been for the aborted Apollo 13 landing (I presume you think that was faked too for some inexplicable reason?).
"For 60 or so yrs. nasa has talked about going back"
Absolute nonsense. For a start it has only been 52 years since man last set foot on the moon. The emphasis switched to low Earth orbit and the political motivation of the shuttle, the construction of the ISS, and deep space exploration became the preserve of cheaper unmanned landers. The return to the moon was not contemplated until the Constellation Programme which gave way to Project Artemis that was finally approved in 2018.
"but never will cause they didnt go in the first place."
Please, have some respect. This is a serious scientific website and your mindlessly consumed and regurgitated dumb online conspiracy theory will get short shrift here. Go away you ridiculous individual. All that you are accomplishing is your own humiliation and proving that you have an internet connection that you don't know how to use responsibly.
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