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This is actually the only compelling argument in favor of the landing being a hoax. Too much progress too fast with a bit too much disregard to astronauts' live

• phkahler 12y ago
  >> Too much progress too fast with a bit too much disregard to astronauts' lives. We live in a much different world today. Back then if someone died (and some did) they were heros, lessons were learned, and we moved on. Today everyone is so afraid, even the military has a low risk tolerance. But remember how WWII was won, on D-day they basically thew bodies at the enemy to achieve a foothold. People did what it took to achieve goals, even at great cost in dollars or lives. It's just not like that today so it seems rather unbelievable.
  • seanflyon 12y ago
    Interesting to note that with our increased fear, things didn't get much safer. 1.5% of all shuttle launches killed their crews.
  • andrewem 12y ago
    I just read a book [1] which argues that while the Americans didn't worry too much about getting the most they could out of their manpower on D-Day - because they had several million more troops waiting to go - the British were conscious of their limited manpower and so optimized their landing in a number of ways, such as longer aerial bombing and specialized tanks for breaking through obstacles on the beach. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Victory-Problem-Solvers-Turned/dp/0812979397 http://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Victory-Problem-Solvers-Turn...