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No one got up the story of NASA losing the last "moon" rock ... ROFL (Original Post) defendandprotect Dec 2011 OP
I know the tapes were lost, but what happened to the rocks? jakeXT Dec 2011 #1
Saw the story yesterday and didn't pick it up -- defendandprotect Dec 2011 #2
"And there are actually people who will believe this?" Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #3
20% of the public doesn't believe it -- and it's not like they're exposed defendandprotect Dec 2011 #5
Polls in America are around 6% of people who question whether it happened. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #7
You have your polls -- other polls say 20% which I think is low -- defendandprotect Dec 2011 #11
So what? zappaman Dec 2011 #24
Actually they're nowhere close to losing the "last" moon rock. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #4
First, there is no proof that any of the rocks were brought back from defendandprotect Dec 2011 #6
If your OP claim means anything, it's that what NASA claims to be moon rocks are all gone Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #8
My OP means nothing because I didn't pick up the article -- as I made clear -- defendandprotect Dec 2011 #9
517 samples out of 163,000 currently misplaced or lost. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #10
No one can prove those rocks came from the moon -- defendandprotect Dec 2011 #12
Well, yes, they can. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #13
What evidence? Anything that was documented has been lost or tossed. defendandprotect Dec 2011 #17
That's not true, defend. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #20
Of course it's true -- because the general public doesn't get defendandprotect Dec 2011 #21
Not all tapes of the original moon landing are missing, just the telemetry. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #22
Do these 5th graders count as the "general public"? hack89 Dec 2011 #27
Isn't this the same tact used to deny climate change? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2011 #33
I'd classify that post as "destructive speculation." nt greyl Dec 2011 #14
You mean NASA hasn't LOST or TOSSED their tapes? defendandprotect Dec 2011 #18
I can easily believe in a hoax that would fool the media (they're mostly dolts!)..... LongTomH Dec 2011 #30
This place will be as stupid as ever, I see. nt Codeine Dec 2011 #15
Certainly looks that way! N/t zappaman Dec 2011 #16
Are you also saying that NASA hasn't lost their tapes ??? defendandprotect Dec 2011 #19
see #22 n/t zappaman Dec 2011 #23
They have not. that's exactly what I'm saying. Codeine Dec 2011 #25
omg frogmarch Dec 2011 #26
Yup.. SidDithers Dec 2011 #28
All right!!! Our first moon-landing denial post... SidDithers Dec 2011 #29
The only bummer is zappaman Dec 2011 #31
Oh, wow. You're right... SidDithers Dec 2011 #32
You realize, you're giving "complete bs" a bad name, here Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #34
Do you have proof that photo isn't photoshopped? zappaman Dec 2011 #35
Maybe, probably not. greyl Dec 2011 #36
Whoa! n/t zappaman Dec 2011 #37
Thank You Jesus Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #38
Wow RZM Dec 2011 #39
*** Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #41
Done in by chemtrails - who would have thought. nt hack89 Dec 2011 #40

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
1. I know the tapes were lost, but what happened to the rocks?
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:21 AM
Dec 2011

Russia should have a couple grams from its Luna missions

There was theft, but not everything.

Sex on the Moon:
The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_on_the_Moon
 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
2. Saw the story yesterday and didn't pick it up --
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:25 AM
Dec 2011

but looks like the last of the moon rocks has been ... eh ...

misplaced - permanently?


True -- ALL the tapes are gone --


And there are actually people who will believe this?



PS: I'm wondering if they'll remove the LEM from the Smithsonian and take it on

tour and lose it as well?


Have you ever really looked at that thing?





Now THAT's a lotta tin foil -- !!!



ROFL



Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
3. "And there are actually people who will believe this?"
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:26 AM
Dec 2011

Why would you say this?

You must be aware that almost everyone believes that the moon missions happened.

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
5. 20% of the public doesn't believe it -- and it's not like they're exposed
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:39 AM
Dec 2011

to any regular challenge to the idea -- !!

Who discusses it -- CNN? PBS?

Remember when the CIA used to be admired --

and we had a government we thought we could trust?


"Moon Landing" took place at a time when there was a great deal of

trust in government -- but still, many had doubts about it.



One of the odd advantages of the JFK assassination is that there's a lot of

interest and a lot of information out there -- many challenges to the official myth.

Very public event which many felt deeply impacted them and they are still interested.

Same with 9/11 -- and the challengers got busy very quickly getting a lot of info out.



Why Do So Many People Think We Never Landed On The Moon
Many people find it hard to believe that up to 20% of the US population thinks that we never landed on the moon. Many people think it was a hoax ... moon landings had actually ...
www.moonphases.info/why-do-people-think-we-never-got-to... - Cached



Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
7. Polls in America are around 6% of people who question whether it happened.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:43 AM
Dec 2011

20% is a figure from a British survey.

ETA: And even so, since by your figures, 80% of the public doesn't question the moon landing, why would you say what you did?

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
11. You have your polls -- other polls say 20% which I think is low --
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:55 AM
Dec 2011

Why would you ask why I'm saying this when I've told you why --

there is very little challenge to the Moon Landing -- if there was

there would be a greater interest in it and more questioning --



zappaman

(20,617 posts)
24. So what?
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 02:08 PM
Dec 2011

55% of Americans believe they have a guardian angel.
And is it a coincidence that 20% suffer from mental illness???

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
4. Actually they're nowhere close to losing the "last" moon rock.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:30 AM
Dec 2011
http://www.space.com/13878-nasa-apollo-moon-rocks-misplaced-lost-report.html

NASA regularly loans moon rocks, meteorites and samples of comet dust to museums, researchers, educators and institutions around the world. The Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office maintains 140,000 lunar samples, 18,000 meteorite samples, and about 5,000 solar wind, comet and cosmic dust samples, the report said.

"As of March 2011, over 26,000 of these samples were on loan for scientific study, educational pursuits and public outreach purposes," Martin wrote.


Out of those 26,000 sample loaned out, 517 have been misplaced.
 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
6. First, there is no proof that any of the rocks were brought back from
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:42 AM
Dec 2011

any "Moon landing" --

NASA has done one hell of a lot of things over the decades -- many very

questionable and nonsensical.

And as you know there are many challenges to the moon rocks --

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
8. If your OP claim means anything, it's that what NASA claims to be moon rocks are all gone
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:45 AM
Dec 2011

That's very far from being the case. Are you willing to concede that?

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
9. My OP means nothing because I didn't pick up the article -- as I made clear --
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:51 AM
Dec 2011

but who cares, Bolo --

The point is that what they had on tape they've had to destroy --

kinda like the CIA destroying their evidence of torture --

and whatever they had of "rocks" they're losing --

in more ways than one -- !!




Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
10. 517 samples out of 163,000 currently misplaced or lost.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:55 AM
Dec 2011

That's 12 a year since 1969.

At this rate, the coverup will be complete around the year 15,553.

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
12. No one can prove those rocks came from the moon --
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 04:57 AM
Dec 2011

but keep ignoring that, Bolo -

That's why you've always been on IGNORE ... !!


ROFL

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
13. Well, yes, they can.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 05:06 AM
Dec 2011

Not to you, of course. I don't think there's any evidence you would accept on the subject. But the immense undertaking of travel to the moon was well documented and the vast majority of samples have alway had a chain of custody.

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
17. What evidence? Anything that was documented has been lost or tossed.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:15 PM
Dec 2011

Additionally, there is great controvesy about the rocks --

and, of course, you know that.

Meanwhile, the issue of losing and tossing tapes and rocks is the primary

issue --

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
20. That's not true, defend.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:20 PM
Dec 2011

There is only great controversy about the rocks in a small subset of people. And of course you know that.

The only tapes missing are the telemetry tapes for the first mission to land on the moon. The other Apollo missions tapes remain accounted for. And of course you know that.

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
21. Of course it's true -- because the general public doesn't get
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:34 PM
Dec 2011

to examine the rocks --

From the outset you're talking about a small number of

people who would be aware of the issues.


The ONLY tapes missing are for the original Moon Landing -- ROFL

Where the IGNORE -- ???

Bye --

Bolo Boffin

(23,872 posts)
22. Not all tapes of the original moon landing are missing, just the telemetry.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:38 PM
Dec 2011

And there are at least six sets of tapes there of the other five moon landings and the Apollo 13 mission besides. They go all the way to the moon and all the way back. If the tapes are your standard for acceptance, why do you dismiss them?

 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
18. You mean NASA hasn't LOST or TOSSED their tapes?
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:16 PM
Dec 2011

And they haven't LOST or TOSSED their moon rocks?

I think that's a rather "destructive" thing to say when you

know they've had to acknowledge it -- all of it!

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
30. I can easily believe in a hoax that would fool the media (they're mostly dolts!).....
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:47 PM
Dec 2011

....but not one that could fool the world scientific community! Try this site for information:

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html

That's from astronomer Phil Plait. You can also watch the Mythbusters take on the Moon Hoax Myth on YouTube:

Part 1:


Part 2:
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Part 3:
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Part 4:
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Part 5:
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That last part (part 5) has actual evidence that NASA astronauts actually went to the moon - contact with a laser retro-reflector left on the moon by Apollo 15 astronauts.

Or you can go to Phil Plait's more recent blog posts and see images of the Apollo landing sites in high definition imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/06/lro-spots-apollo-landing-sites-in-high-res/



 

defendandprotect

(65,605 posts)
19. Are you also saying that NASA hasn't lost their tapes ???
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:18 PM
Dec 2011

Or rocks?

When's the IGNORE coming back -- !!


ROFL

zappaman

(20,617 posts)
31. The only bummer is
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 02:40 AM
Dec 2011

IGNORE hasn't taken affect yet, so the OP gets to actually see a filled thread for once!

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