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   > program. It reflects a pattern where personal belief and historical   
   > fantasy override physical evidence and scientific understanding.   
   >   
   > If evaluated in terms of epistemic reliability, the post scores extremely   
   > low—it relies on unverified assertions, misinterpretations of science,   
   > and discredited historical myths.   
   >   
      
      
   Actually I had tried to figure out the amount of fuel, which the 'Eagle'   
   would need to land on the surface of the Moon.   
      
   This fuel was necessary, because the Moon has (almost) no atmosphere and   
   therefore a craft landing there needed reverted thrust, to bring the   
   craft to a halt in respect to the Moon's surface.   
      
   This would require fuel and the amount could be calculated.   
      
      
   To do this I used the theory of Tsiolkowski.   
      
   It was a little tricky, because the usual case for a rocket launch   
   didn't fit here.   
      
   But finally I have found a result and found, that the 'Eagle' had enough   
   fuel on board to land. But it had only enough fuel to land and non for   
   restart and to accelerate the capsule back to the orbit.   
      
   The restart manouver itself was certainly difficult, because it could   
   not be assited by any kind of ground control or external navigation   
   system, because there were none.   
      
      
   Since the capsule had only one engine, it would also be extremely   
   difficult to keep that craft upright, since that would require to   
   maintain the center of mass exactly above the engine's nozzle.   
      
   That would be extremely difficult, bause the astronouts were living   
   beings and could eventually move.   
      
   They also brought stones with them, which also had mass and therefore   
   needed to be distributed with extreme care.   
      
   Any tiny error would make the capsule tip over to the side and that   
   would have been fatal.   
      
   The next collosal problem would have been to make the 'rendezvous' with   
   the command module in Moon's orbit.   
      
   That was so insanely difficult, that I cannot believe it would have been   
   possible at all (supposed they had enough fuel, what they hadn't).   
      
      
   So, in effect, I agreed with many sceptics and thought, the pictures   
   were fake and fabricated in a studio.   
      
   But I assumed, that only the pictures were a fake and that had to do   
   with secrecy of military developments (-> hidden military technology).   
      
   The Nasa guys had actually been to the Moon, but not with those cheep props.   
      
      
   TH   
      
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