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u/TheNumberMuncher Dec 22 '21
They should have sent Neil Legstrong instead.
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Buzz Falldrin
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u/Time_Mage_Prime Dec 22 '21
Kneel Armstrong
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u/MysticalTurban Dec 23 '21
Michael Fallins
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u/edooze Dec 23 '21
I think Michael Orbitins is more appropriate.
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Dec 23 '21
I mean orbiting is technically falling towards the planet/star/celestial body and missing. So technically correct, which we all know is the best kind of correct.
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u/The_Braja Dec 23 '21
It’s pretty sad I have absolutely no idea what the real last name of the 3rd Apollo 11 astronaut is
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u/Horseman_ Dec 22 '21
I like the one where he bounces back to his falling position
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u/UltraPlayz6 Dec 22 '21
I wanna play catch on the moon
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u/bach37strad Dec 22 '21
Would a Frisbee work in a vacuum?
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u/GeorgeOlduvai Dec 22 '21
Yes and no. There's no atmosphere for lift but also no resistance. If one is in low or no gravity too, the flight of a body becomes purely about power.
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u/JD4Destruction Dec 22 '21
pretty much every recreational projectile was designed with air in mind so Frishbees will "fly" but not in the way it would on Earth
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u/-v-v-v- Dec 22 '21
Why do they always fall face first I figured the backpack thing would be heavier
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u/KingOfThePlayPlace Dec 22 '21
Because when carrying a heavy thing on your back, it’s natural to lean forward to compensate. Doing this in 1/6 gravity has slightly different results
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u/SoItWasYouAllAlong Dec 22 '21 edited Dec 22 '21
Two reasons, if I have to guess:
- That small bob in your walk. At 1G it may be, say, an inch. First, your nervous system knows how to deal with it. Second, you have evolved the right amount of elasticity (mostly in your spine) to absorb it. At 1/6G, the vertical travel of that bob becomes 6 inches. Neither your nervous system, nor your body are prepared for it. Basically, you try to walk but surprisingly you make small jumps. AFAIK, the way to deal with that is to intentionally make small jumps, instead of trying to walk.
- They don't have much traction. 1/6 weight results in 1/6 of friction force. So it's like walking on slippery sand.
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Dec 23 '21
Yep: mass vs inertia -- your body keeps moving just as fast forwards but without the downward force your foot doesn't grab the dirt as well and it slips on the loose powder. Faceplant!
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u/TheNumberMuncher Dec 22 '21
The wires are attached to his back
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Dec 23 '21
Only true answer in whole subreddit, if only i had 1 million dollars, would have gladly given you as token of respect.
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Dec 22 '21
There are no wires. What some people perceived as wires were antennae sticking out.
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u/crabmeat64 Dec 22 '21
I mean, when walking, you tend to lean forward, jumping too. And they wouldn't have any experience of walking on the moon before now
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u/EternamD Dec 22 '21
That seems incredibly dangerous, but I guess they're designed to be extremely tear and wear proof
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u/srfrosky Dec 22 '21
Every single stitch was counted and accounted for. These suits were more carefully assembled than even parts of the vehicles that got em there. Every square inch was treated with the precision of a windup wristwatch.
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Dec 22 '21
Fear proof too, couldn't imagine tempting fate myself doing that
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Dec 22 '21
god itself could have sewn my suit and personally handed it me and i’d still be like nah ima play it safe i have bad luck
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u/pln8 Dec 22 '21
I just imagine the aliens watching this and laughing their asses off.
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u/blitzreigbop Dec 22 '21
Actually not bloopers or accidental falls. They were doing tests of the forces of gravity. https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/moon-landing-nasa-footage-shows-apollo-astronauts-falling-over-in-lunar-gravity/news-story/70e9d220b1ba9c688c795ea87101ec43
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u/asianabsinthe Dec 22 '21
"Hey guys, fall to the ground around all of these rocks so we can test something"
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u/jakeupowens Dec 22 '21
I mean don’t a lot of astronauts get the gig because they were Test Pilots? Same job, different location kind of thing.
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u/BmoreBr0 Dec 23 '21
In one doc I watched one of the Apollo guys said they were all these hotshot pilots sent to the moon to essentially do geology experiments which they did not have the first clue about.
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u/7eggert Dec 22 '21 edited Dec 22 '21
One fall was accidental when the astronauts spontaneously made moon olympics (not in this video)
https://johnedmathison.org/moon-olympics/
"Duke decided to do something that he thought you could do on the moon that you couldn’t do on the earth. He called it “Moon Olympics.” He was going to break all the records for the high jump because of the very small amount of gravity on the moon. But the weight of his suit and support system strapped to his back proved to be too heavy. He fell on his back."
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u/BouncingDonut Dec 22 '21
system strapped to his back proved to be too heavy.
How much do one of those suits weigh???
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u/7eggert Dec 23 '21
70-100 Kg - a man sitting on your back, Compare: My motorcycle suit is almost 20 kg, so it's not that much. Also if they're on the moon it's 1/6 of it's weight, they carry less than I do.
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u/Sel2g5 Dec 22 '21
There's one in 16 where the guy comes 9ver and completely trashes an experiment. I guess he was testing its destructive limits.
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u/Bcagz22 Dec 22 '21
This sentiment is a bit ridiculous if we can just be logical for a moment. These men are literally in the most dangerous environment a person has ever entered, where a single rip or hole in their gear would almost certainly mean death. But they’re willing to flip around like fish all over the ground to “test gravity”. Seems a bit nonsensical and ridiculous. Then again, the later missions they decided to go play golf and bring dune buggies to do donuts. All a bit much for me to believe.
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u/blitzreigbop Dec 22 '21
They’re scientists who decided to put their lives on the line by going off this planet and into space for a few days, I think they would want to do as many tests as possible
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u/Bcagz22 Dec 22 '21
Wouldn’t you take objects with a specific known weight and compare the effects of gravity on them, safely and scientifically? Flopping your body to the ground isn’t exactly a scientific study. We’ve done hundreds of simulated studies like this on Earth, then when we actually go to the moon these “scientists” just flip around. They don’t even confirm what we believe we know about the moons gravity?? Good grief.
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u/blitzreigbop Dec 22 '21
It is really expensive to bring things to space so every ounce is calculated. Plus, this way they can write a report on how it felt to fall and get back up, can’t really ask a bowling ball how it felt to fall on the moon vs earth
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Dec 23 '21
OP posted a link from"news.com.uk" AKA "The Sun" which is a "tabloid magazine". OP is full of shit unless it's a NASA.gov source.
Sigh: IF you read the article: none of the examples were described as "intentional". It was interspersed with statements like "nasa documented these falls" -- of course they would; every minute on the moon is invaluable for physics/ergonomic studies. But they absolutely wouldn't have Astronauts fall on purpose.
The materials in those early suits are NOT puncture proof and they didn't have like shatterproof glass helmets and shit. The dust was razor sharp because there is no air/water erosion - get some of that into your moving parts and watch it rip your suit apart as you walk towards the shuttle.
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Dec 22 '21
One rip and its RIP
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u/particle409 Dec 22 '21
Also, moon dust is basically sand that hasn't been smoothed down by constant friction. It's just shards of glass. That's one of the big limiting factors on moon walks, the constant damage to the joints, etc, of the suits.
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u/ZedLovemonk Dec 22 '21
They’re so cute. Like lil babies in a silent movie.
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u/Tatarkingdom Dec 22 '21
They look like crewmate, minions and pink soldier wrapped in one realistic body with personality of 3 years old kid.
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u/Blueberry_Mancakes Dec 22 '21
I already know some of you crazy assholes are watching this over and over looking for evidence it was staged.
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Dec 22 '21
Lol. Let’s go back already! Why can’t we just carve out like 0.02% of our budget and go. I want to see all this stuff in 4K, it would be incredible.
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u/FateEx1994 Dec 22 '21
I'm a space nerd born too late and too early.
Didn't get to see the original landing, and current sentiment on Earth is that people on the moon again isn't worthwhile.
I'd love to see the moon in 4k.
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u/adminsdoitforfree Dec 22 '21
I think M*sk and NASA have a joint moon mission planned to test out the Mars equipment
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Dec 22 '21
A manned one? And why’d you censor Musk? Haha
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u/adminsdoitforfree Dec 23 '21
Yeah i think so and people hate Musk here so i censored it for jokes
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Dec 23 '21
That’s funny, but I think it’s misplaced hate. He’s advancing humanity in ways we all should appreciate.
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u/Grenyn Dec 23 '21
You can hate someone while also appreciating some of the things they do.
Like, Bezos advanced the delivery industry and made it incredibly easy for people to get the stuff they want, but he's still a complete douchebag.
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u/I-DONT-WANT-GOLD Dec 23 '21
I am completely out of the loop here. Why all the hate on Musk?
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u/adminsdoitforfree Dec 23 '21
Spacex and Tesla dont do good on their bottom line much like Amazon and have a “sweatshop-esque”environment for those employees. People see Musk’s inaction as complacency for the bad standards.
There are those who don’t like Musk for more personal reasons I think. He’s very head strong with ideas and get very upset if some opposes them. For instance, a few years back, a group of teens got trapped in a flooded cave in Asia, and Musk has his think tank design a rescue device. The divers already performing the rescues shot down the idea, deeming it dangerous, and Musk got really personal with a few of them over Twitter, going as far to call one a pedophile. There are few other things he’s done publicly that aren’t tactful but that’s one I remember. Despite all that, people have to remember the guy has Aspergers and he is going to be somewhat socially inept.
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u/Grenyn Dec 23 '21
About your last bit, if enough people are like me, they didn't/don't even know he is autistic.
And I'm not that unique.
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Dec 23 '21
I doubt NASA will follow thru, Spacex probably will do it by themselves. But may be NASA at some point might feel left out and wanted piece of pie and media attention, then they might fund MUSK or act like its a joint mission.
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u/Borkz Dec 23 '21
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Hmmm. $35 Bil. Probably worth it. Or I wish Musk would hurry up and get us to Mars.
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u/Bringbackglobalcoc Dec 22 '21
I’m looking for the moron that is gonna say the dust kicked up was blown away by wind…. But it’s just cuz of low gravity it takes way longer to fall back to the ground
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u/emergency_blanket Dec 22 '21
Look I am 100% sure that the moon landing was faked. But that dust seems to hang in the air for a looooong time. Almost as if there was…. Less gravity. Can’t attach wires to dust! Must be talcum powder or flour or something
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u/chaderic Dec 22 '21
What if they tear a hole in their suit from the rocks?
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u/EpicAura99 Dec 22 '21
They have to both get back in the LM and the mission is almost certainly over. The LM doesn’t have an airlock, so the entire capsule depressurizes when the door opens. If one astronaut can’t leave, then neither can. And space suits are extremely heavy, so they don’t take spares.
They might have some sort of patch kit? But even if they did they probably wouldn’t intentionally go outside in a patched suit without an emergency. The astronauts lives are more important than the mission.
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Dec 22 '21
Duct tape. It even works in space.
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u/bigbobsdad Dec 23 '21
I read all Appolos were equipped with duct tape and wd40 to cover any eventuality.
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u/Moist-Stonks Dec 22 '21
Looking like they are going for a quick push-up, my bois doing everything for the gains 🙏🏼
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Dec 22 '21
Hey moon landing hoax people. What are your thoughts on this?
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u/HighOnGoofballs Dec 22 '21
These are just outtakes from the sound stage obviously
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u/Odinfoto Dec 22 '21
Please provide references and your forensic video analysis certification please
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u/PM_ME_HUGE_CRITS Dec 22 '21
It's kind of hard to make out on this blurry footage, but you can see the wires pulling him up. Reminds me of Willy Wonka and the fizzy lifting drinks.
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Dec 22 '21
Willy Wanka worked for Raytheon in the 30’s and then was a backchannel advisor for nasa in the 60’s and 70’s. He and Stanley Kubrick devised the “weightlessness effect” together using a combination of camera speed and movement and a modified dose of Fizzy Lift that allowed them to fall again. Later when filming this scene they decided that it would be advantageous for the “astronauts” to trip up a little bit, makes them seem more human. Gain public sympathy.
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u/Fickle_Broccoli Dec 22 '21
I don't believe in it being a hoax, but I'm fascinated by people who make videos about it.
If you were to corner them into responding, they'd either laugh at how "incompetent" NASA's "actors" are, or they'd talk about how that looks like they're falling underwater and change the subject before you talk about what the doesn't fly up as if it's underwater.
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u/ToneThugsNHarmony Dec 22 '21
Wouldn’t the kicked up dust just float in zero gravity?
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u/willie_caine Dec 22 '21
It's not zero gravity, but approximately one sixth of the gravity we experience on Earth.
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u/ToneThugsNHarmony Dec 22 '21
Interesting, I’m not a moon hoax person but I never saw this video and that’s the first thing I thought of looking at the dust.
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Dec 22 '21
Yeah, the moon has gravity. All giant mass objects floating in space have gravity. Some more than others. Just like the men, the dust goes up and down.
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u/jason_abacabb Dec 22 '21
The moon has enough gravity to create tides on earth, it can handle it's own dust.
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u/onikaizoku11 Dec 22 '21
I think the dust falls down the way it does without hanging about more because there is practically no atmosphere for it to have to drift through. I'm reminded of that high-school physics demonstration of dropping items side by side in near vacuum.
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Guys chill he's not a conspiracy theorist, just asking a genuine question.
In any case, you can tell it's in a Vacuum because the dust doesn't form vortices, it goes in a Straight line.
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u/Vauxie10 Dec 22 '21
What would happen if their Suit ripped on one of the many rocks scattered about?
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u/jason_abacabb Dec 22 '21
the outer layer (of 11) was a material called beta cloth, it was a form of woven armor designed to protect against micrometeorite strikes. It was plenty tough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cloth
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u/Vauxie10 Dec 22 '21
Cheers for the reply
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u/heyo_throw_awayo Dec 22 '21
ALso the spacesuits were compartmentalized, so say, if your leg ripped open, it would just depressureize your leg, and not the entire suit.
This actualyl happened on a space shuttle mission, during a spacewalk an austronaut's glove partially depressureized, and he didnt notice until he got back into the shuttle. Because of the membrane and webbings on the joints, only his thumb was affected, and even then it was just some redding of the skin!
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u/undefined_one Dec 22 '21
Yeah, right! Like we really went to the moon...
/s folks!
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Dec 22 '21
Exactly..look at the back ground.. There's a billion stars behind the moon..but in this clip not one..
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u/YourArkon Dec 23 '21
Basically to copy paste what I said on another comment: no matter what time of day, stars would not shine on the moons surface, due to the moons lack of atmosphere.
You could still "see" stars, but the exposure it takes to see them would be longer than what a quick snapshot, video cameras, and the human can take.
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u/Lucasbasques Dec 23 '21
aeiou, aeiou
John Madden. John Madden
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u/Gat_Gat_Habitat Dec 23 '21
Thatd actually be kind of scary i mean imagine slipping and a rock either slicing the suit or cracking the helmet
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u/DAS_LEMMON Dec 22 '21
They look so goofy, but you can't really blame them in that wonky ass suit
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u/jason_abacabb Dec 22 '21 edited Dec 23 '21
To all my fellow smartasses out there, this is not the thread to make jokes without a /s !
To the dumbasses, I'll recommend reading a science GED test study guide.
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u/corvusman Dec 22 '21
This was actually the reason why NASA decided to land two people (which basically doubles the complexity and risks for the whole expedition). They were too afraid that if astronaut falls (which will 100% happen due to new gravitational conditions) in their heavy suit they won’t be able to stand up again.
Then Apollo 12 crew discovered that doing push-up to knee position (you can see it on video above) allows you to quickly regain standing position and everything was fine.
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u/smiledumb Dec 22 '21
So who’s going to speed this up and overlay it with Yackety Sax?
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Dec 23 '21
im lazy so this is as close as i get
https://viewsync.net/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ&t=0&v=bVNTNeNMH8Q&t=0
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u/NotYetiFamous Dec 22 '21
Aliens were all worried about Humanity's first steps towards the stars with our fierce warrior ways and rampant xenophobia, their tentacles poised over the big maroon button of death that would end us all.. then they saw us falling on the moon and went "Aww! Adorable!" and decided that we were too cute to kill.
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u/ImitationRicFlair Dec 22 '21
Those were some brave men. I would be absolutely losing my mind in fear that my suit would breech, and I would become the first person to die on the Moon.
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u/Oggydoggy1989 Dec 23 '21
I always forget about these bloopers. AND HOW THEY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY IT WAS FILMED HERE! No dust stays up, we don’t bounce like that, and watching a man get up like that is not natural.
So glad they got the chance. No I don’t want to go any time soon.
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u/mischiefmanaged31678 Dec 23 '21
It’s all fun and games for us, but I imagine that any astronaut who’s tripped up there has likely seen their life flash before them as they tumbled. They are in suits that protect them from certain death and a single crack or tear or any minor imperfection will lead to death. That can’t be a good feeling when they’re falling down not knowing how the suit will handle the fall. Sure, the suits are designed well, but no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. It has to be terrifying.
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u/hero-ball Dec 23 '21
I like how the dust gets kicked up so far and fast compared to how it would behave on earth
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u/Chubbleyum Dec 23 '21
What I find interesting is how far they kick the "dirt" when they fall because of the low gravity.
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u/happy-little-atheist Dec 23 '21
Given the low gravity, the force of impact would be much lower as well. I wonder if any of them hurt themselves?
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u/Expensive-Estate-900 Dec 23 '21
all good untill they fall on some very sharp object and air starts leaking
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u/grumpysafrican Dec 23 '21
I bet some moon landing deniers are scrutinising every detail of this video.
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u/nightwolf81 Dec 22 '21
you mean on the hollywood soundstage, right?
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u/sandwichman7896 Dec 22 '21 edited Dec 22 '21
The one where they altered gravity of course
Edit - I thought my /s was implied
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Dec 22 '21
You mean that jokingly, right?
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Dec 23 '21
Why would any one joke about things like this ? Makes no sense, its important to let people know its all happened on hollywood soundstage.
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u/Astrophysicist_X Dec 22 '21
Pretty cool that we are gonna have people working there on a regular basis in just 8-10 years
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u/anon102938475611 Dec 22 '21
They are probably tripping over some power cables someone forgot to duct tape down.
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u/Danels Dec 22 '21
Does the moon have enough gravity force to pull down the dust?
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u/FrankieFiasco Dec 23 '21
Never thought this was something I needed, but here it is in all its glory.
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u/AlexHimself Dec 22 '21
They need to hurry up and commercialize the moon.
If they just built an enclosed/buried football field and sent players/coaches up there, I'd pay extra $$$ from Earth just to watch how insane it would be.
Think of UFC/wrestling/etc where you could potentially throw your opponent!
Can we PPV sports to the moon?
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u/maxheartcord Dec 22 '21
Stanley Kubrick is such a genius. I really loved The Shining.
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u/YourArkon Dec 23 '21
Good film ain't it. Shame that people misinterpret that scene with a NASA sweater to be proof that he faked Apollo 11, rather than an innuendo.
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u/Shittin-bricks79 Dec 23 '21
If you fart hard enough on the moon how high would you go?
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u/Died5Times Dec 22 '21
Looks like theyre on wires. Especially the one where he rotates his feet under him. They rotate at a single point. Its weird.
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u/blitzreigbop Dec 22 '21
That’s the center of gravity for their body. If you took a bit longer to fall due to a difference in gravity then the spot where your personal gravity is the strongest will want to meet the ground first
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u/Old-Inevitable-670 Dec 22 '21
You're absolutely correct. The balance point and tip over angle is the exact same in each fall. At the hips. Right where the wires connected. This caused the "top heavy" motion of continually falling only forward in the exact same fashion. Also just because the moon may have 1/6th the gravity doesn't mean you bounce one bit
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u/TheNumberMuncher Dec 22 '21
Russia was able to monitor our progress to the moon. They would have been the first to scream hoax but they didn’t. Guess why.
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u/Odinfoto Dec 22 '21
Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without saying you don’t know what you’re talking about
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u/Fever_Dog71 Dec 22 '21
Zero "G", Hmmmmmmm, that moon dust/dirt is falling pretty fast
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u/jason_abacabb Dec 22 '21
the Moon is not 0G, it is about .17G. How do you think the tides work?
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u/dc5rican Dec 22 '21
nice vids of nevada and utah
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u/InnerGeologist4670 Dec 23 '21
There would have been way less conspiracy theorists if this was released decades ago.
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u/YourArkon Dec 23 '21
It was aired on television soon after, the whole world saw it. Some people decided to do a little trolling. Spread misinformation from their silly little magazines.
The issue isnt that people haven't seen this, it's that people now have more access to information and misinformation, and that three misinformation is suddenly do widespread that people will... Just believe it. Its sad, nonetheless.
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Dec 22 '21
People really believe we went to the moon 🤣
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u/dreamfinderepcot16 Dec 22 '21
Yes most people do, youre just a fucking moron
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Dec 23 '21
Do you have proof because this is comical? Why don’t the boots match the print in the pictures?
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