People75
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The Flat Earth Society
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Yes Lord Bane!
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You reckon we've never been out of the atmosphere? Like, positively believe that?
How do you get internet access from your padded cell?
By "do your own thinking" does that mean believing every nut-case conspiracy theory on the net?
Along with NASA there is the European Space Agency, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the China National Space Administration and the Indian Space Research Organisation.
5 separate bodies from vastly different countries with very different relations and politics. Between them, over the years, they have employed thousands of scientists, engineers and researchers and sent thousands of craft into space, some of which, like the European Space Station can be seen from earth.
There would be an absolute torrent of people shouting out about this, not just a few people on youtube.
This moonlight thread is amazing:
When viewing the Moon, or expecting to face exposure to the Moon, please try to follow these procedures:
When viewing the Moon, or expecting to face exposure to the Moon, please try to follow these procedures:
- Wear sunglasses - Dark glasses may protect your eyes, which are particularly sensitive, from Moon rays which can damage your eyes.
- Cover any exposed skin - Cases of Moonlight exposure to bare skin can be particularly severe. Always wear long sleeves, gloves and a hat. A balaclava or thick scarf can protect your nose, mouth, cheeks and ears from the Moon.
- Protect your home - Moonlight can seep in through uncovered windows, doors and skylights. Make sure that you have thick curtains, or, better still, shutters on major windows which are likely to face the Moon. You may find it useful to tape reflective material, such as aluminium foil (shiny side out) on gaps in your home, or even on the windows themselves, in order to improve Moon-protection further.
- Make sure your pets are safe - The Moon can hurt animals just as much as humans. Consider bringing your pets indoors during the evening, or if you intend to let them roam the night, you may want to wrap them up in protective clothing just as you did with yourself!
- Watch out for plants - Moonlight can putrefy many varieties of unsuspecting garden plant. Most flowers close their petals at night in order to protect them from Moon rays, but during the Super-harvest Moon this may not be enough. You may want to cover even self-defending flowers and other plants with aluminium foil or another protective material.
I use a similar procedure every time I see Jamie Carragher on the telly
Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
In order to get through the Van Allen radiation belt the astronauts simply covered themselves in tin foil.
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BlueLlama
10/11/17 TWAIN CRUSH DAY
Honest question mate: did the moon landing happen or not? I heard that space shuttle fuel can't melt steel so I'm confused.
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Do you know what's out of this world mate?
Negging.
Have another live -10 from Cybertron
People75
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I never heard that one before, but i do not see why space shuttle fuel should melt steel, in the first place. But no it did not, happen. Stanley Kubrick orctastrated the shooting of the film, in the area 51.
And for the final comment on this, let's see what Prof. James van Allen (the guy who discovered the van allen belt) has to say on the subject;
Ø The radiation belts of the Earth do, indeed, pose important constraints on the safety of human space flight.
Ø The very energetic (tens to hundreds of MeV) protons in the inner radiation belt are the most dangerous and most difficult to shield against. Specifically, prolonged flights (i.e., ones of many months' duration) of humans or other animals in orbits about the Earth must be conducted at altitudes less than about 250 miles in order to avoid significant radiation exposure.
Ø A person in the cabin of a space shuttle in a circular equatorial orbit in the most intense region of the inner radiation belt, at an altitude of about 1000 miles, would be subjected to a fatal dosage of radiation in about one week.
Ø However, the outbound and inbound trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft cut through the outer portions of the inner belt and because of their high speed spent only about 15 minutes in traversing the region and less than 2 hours in traversing the much less penetrating radiation in the outer radiation belt. The resulting radiation exposure for the round trip was less than 1% of a fatal dosage - a very minor risk among the far greater other risks of such flights. I made such estimates in the early 1960s and so informed NASA engineers who were planning the Apollo flights. These estimates are still reliable.
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Ø The radiation belts of the Earth do, indeed, pose important constraints on the safety of human space flight.
Ø The very energetic (tens to hundreds of MeV) protons in the inner radiation belt are the most dangerous and most difficult to shield against. Specifically, prolonged flights (i.e., ones of many months' duration) of humans or other animals in orbits about the Earth must be conducted at altitudes less than about 250 miles in order to avoid significant radiation exposure.
Ø A person in the cabin of a space shuttle in a circular equatorial orbit in the most intense region of the inner radiation belt, at an altitude of about 1000 miles, would be subjected to a fatal dosage of radiation in about one week.
Ø However, the outbound and inbound trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft cut through the outer portions of the inner belt and because of their high speed spent only about 15 minutes in traversing the region and less than 2 hours in traversing the much less penetrating radiation in the outer radiation belt. The resulting radiation exposure for the round trip was less than 1% of a fatal dosage - a very minor risk among the far greater other risks of such flights. I made such estimates in the early 1960s and so informed NASA engineers who were planning the Apollo flights. These estimates are still reliable.
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