Comments by "Raptor White" (@raptorwhite6468) on "Why Did the Apollo Landers Look So Odd?" video.

That's an interesting point you just made. Could you provide evidence for it? Have you calculated the ∆v of the craft? Or the amount of fuel based on the volume of the tanks? Maybe you calculated that the thrust of its engines is insufficient? Or that the walls couldn't withstand the pressure difference? Or that the landing legs couldn't withstand the force of the impact? Or that the engine design was flawed and they couldn't be ignited? Or that micrometeorite strikes were likely enough to be a concern? Or that the radiation levels were too high to survive? Or that the temperature control systems couldn't be able to handle the harsh lunar environment? Or that the antennas were not sufficient to ensure stable communication with Earth? Or that the batteries couldn't keep the craft working for 70 hours? Or that the air or water supplies were too low? Or that there was something wrong with the radar? Or the docking port? Or that the center of mass wasn't lined up with the engine? If so, I'd like to see your calculations to hopefully be able to continue a civilized and respectful discussion on the topic.
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Yeah, sure... Except "A Space Odyssey", with all due respect, looked ridiculously unrealistic
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 @therealrobinc Just stating facts, recreating the Apollo footage on Earth would require a vacuum chamber with an area of at least 10 000 m²
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@abhroy Two tiny answers: 1) There is a slight crater. The engine was really weak, only capable of blowing away the thin top layer of dust. 2) A camera. No one needs to hold a camera for it to record. According to your logic, who recorded all the footage from nuclear tests? Who is sitting 5 meters away from a rocket recording its launch? Are there 700 million people just holding all the cameras in China? Ever seen a footage of a crime from security cameras? Why doesn't the guy who's recording stop it? Are there people in Mars rovers recording? Are there some kind of tiny gnomes hidden in every drone to hold the camera?
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@abhroy "A big bulky film or tv camera" Westinghouse Apollo Lunar Television camera dimensions were 269 mm × 165 mm × 86 mm "Survived the landing shock" The Landers impacted the surface at around 2.5 m/s. Around as fast as one does after a jump. "flag waving" the flag was only waving while held by astronauts. That's called inertia. How early did you stop learning physics in school that you don't even know that? "Multiple shadows of astronauts" there never were multiple shadows. I could make up some stuff as proof too, but I prefer just using facts. "crossing the van allen radiation belt" alpha and beta radiation can be blocked by thin aluminum. Not to mention that Gemini XI spent more time in the Van Allen belts than all the Apollo missions combined. But the astronauts were unharmed. "no stars in the sky" really? This might be the most embarrassing point you guys make. At this point I don't think I really need to explain that, you definitely had this explained many times, but just choose to ignore it and remain delusional.
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