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I understood what he said. I'm simply asking for evidence. What proved it for you?

by EarthIsReal 10y ago

coldtea 10y ago
>I understood what he said. Well, maybe, but the question was not corresponding to that understanding. >I'm simply asking for evidence. What proved it for you? It wasn't something that needed much proving in the first place, perhaps the contrary would have needed more proving. There was a space race, and both players had developed incrementally improved technology that was getting closer to achieving that. Besides there's the enormity of a cover up operation involving thousands of people of all walks of life and for decades on end (e.g. scientists who to this day do tests on minerals etc brought from the moon). Plus, we have (and had) all kinds of other related stuff, from airplanes that can get to the stratosphere, to satellites, a space station, etc. Not much of a stretch to also be able to go to the moon.
- EarthIsReal 10y ago
  > *It wasn't something that needed much proving in the first place Why don't you question what you read? Humans flying to the moon seems pretty extraordinary, no?
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Why don't you question what you read? Who says I don't? For example I question all the "we've never landed on the moon" posts I've read. >Humans flying to the moon seems pretty extraordinary, no? Only if one's knowledge/information about technology and about what's possible is at pre-world war II levels, if not 19th century level. In other words, not much more extraordinary than believing in a "network that instantly allows us to send image/sound everywhere in the world from the palm of our hand", or in "satellites that tell us our precise location", or in "pictures of the Earth from space", or "storing all the world's books in a 2" device", or "going around the Earth on a plane with a Jacuzzi in less than 2 days".

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I understood what he said. I'm simply asking for evidence. What proved it for you?

by EarthIsReal 10y ago

I understood what he said. I'm simply asking for evidence. What proved it for you?

coldtea 10y ago
>I understood what he said. Well, maybe, but the question was not corresponding to that understanding. >I'm simply asking for evidence. What proved it for you? It wasn't something that needed much proving in the first place, perhaps the contrary would have needed more proving. There was a space race, and both players had developed incrementally improved technology that was getting closer to achieving that. Besides there's the enormity of a cover up operation involving thousands of people of all walks of life and for decades on end (e.g. scientists who to this day do tests on minerals etc brought from the moon). Plus, we have (and had) all kinds of other related stuff, from airplanes that can get to the stratosphere, to satellites, a space station, etc. Not much of a stretch to also be able to go to the moon.
- EarthIsReal 10y ago
  > *It wasn't something that needed much proving in the first place Why don't you question what you read? Humans flying to the moon seems pretty extraordinary, no?
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Why don't you question what you read? Who says I don't? For example I question all the "we've never landed on the moon" posts I've read. >Humans flying to the moon seems pretty extraordinary, no? Only if one's knowledge/information about technology and about what's possible is at pre-world war II levels, if not 19th century level. In other words, not much more extraordinary than believing in a "network that instantly allows us to send image/sound everywhere in the world from the palm of our hand", or in "satellites that tell us our precise location", or in "pictures of the Earth from space", or "storing all the world's books in a 2" device", or "going around the Earth on a plane with a Jacuzzi in less than 2 days".