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Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by TheTruthIsHere »

hnriot wrote: post #62
TheTruthIsHere wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obviously you live in US, get your information from mainstream media (instead of doing your own research on the Web) and belong to the upper middle class. That's in my humble experience the only type of guy, who would never meet anyone disagreeing with government propaganda. In Latin America, East Europe, Arabic countries, Russia and Japan ~90% of the people I talked to believe 9/11 was an inside job. As for the moon…

Haha, this is because you talk to the conspiracy nuts, so obviously you're going to find 90% of them react that way. It's called selective bias, or in this case. Obviously your an idiot and get your information from conspiracy wackos and the x-files.

Exactly! This is the very reason OP never meet anyone disagreeing with his view of the world.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by pbreit »

jyap wrote: post #28
batista wrote: post #24

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> .. And who cares if it isn't a picture of Neil? Editors searching for pictures of Neil? Because he was the one that died recently and they have to write stories about him?

The only people who care that it isn't a picture of Neil Armstrong are: - People who know it isn't a picture of Neil Armstrong and feel like they need to point that out. - People who are bothered by the slight inaccuracy that it isn't a picture taken of him. Either way, he took the picture. He took one of the most famous pictures. If the caption to the picture reads "Buzz Aldrin as captured by Neil Armstrong", who ca…

> the slight inaccuracy that it isn't a picture taken of him

Slight?

Jyap, I think you're wrong on this one and digging yourself a bigger whole. In journalism, it's certainly an obvious problem. But even amongst amateurs who prefer accuracy, it's clearly a problem. A picture of a different person is hardly a "slight inaccuracy". It is a complete and major innacuracy.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by TheTruthIsHere »

brazzy wrote: post #42
TheTruthIsHere wrote: post #35

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"Conspiracy theorists don't need reasons to argue." And people brainwashed by mainstream propaganda don't need reasons to repeat what they've heard on TV ;-)

Except a lot of them have pretty good reasons, while those brainwashed by crackpottery don't.

Well, obviously everybody thinks he has very good reasons - christians, muslims, intelligent design believers, etc.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by jon_dahl »

TheTruthIsHere wrote: post #34
wazoox wrote: post #16

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> Also there is another half-a-billion or so which thinks man never landed on moon. Citation needed. It looks to me like only a small gang of wingnuts are part of the "moon landing conspiration believers" (I never met one). Like s slight portion of those believing that 9/11 was a CIA/Israeli job, or that there isn't any biological evolution.

Obviously you live in US, get your information from mainstream media (instead of doing your own research on the Web) and belong to the upper middle class. That's in my humble experience the only type of guy, who would never meet anyone disagreeing with government propaganda. In Latin America, East Europe, Arabic countries, Russia and Japan ~90% of the people I talked to believe 9/11 was an inside job. As for the moon…

The biggest problem with conspiracy theories is the cover-up. I don't deny that governments are capable of lying and doing terrible things (cf. early CIA). But I can't accept the idea that a massive conspiracy would stay secret. Any of the hundreds of conspirators involved would be an instant millionaire celebrity for breaking the news.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by TheTruthIsHere »

brazzy wrote: post #41
TheTruthIsHere wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obviously you live in US, get your information from mainstream media (instead of doing your own research on the Web) and belong to the upper middle class. That's in my humble experience the only type of guy, who would never meet anyone disagreeing with government propaganda. In Latin America, East Europe, Arabic countries, Russia and Japan ~90% of the people I talked to believe 9/11 was an inside job. As for the moon…

Well, you're officially a self-admitted idiot. Congratulations. That website is a hoot. A self-proclaimed photographer who doesn't know what scatter light is.

Thank you, I'm not afraid to say I've done some of my own thinking and research and come to conclusion not shared by the majority in US.

As far as the scatter light - I'd be happy to hear what exactly you're referring to.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by xefer »

sp332 wrote: post #33
hastur wrote: post #13

Because it's all a conspiracy. There isn't and never was a moon. See here a British youth journalist challenge Buzz Aldrin about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kKFYTBo6kA

I prefer this brief interview about the "hoax" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7KgdehBBsw&t=4m20s

I love this video. Aldrin was a test pilot for crying out loud. They could have used his brass balls in that scene from Glengarry Glen Ross. Did that dope really think he was going to intimidate him?

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by jeroen »

dustincoates wrote: post #55
nrbafna wrote: post #39

This is from a reddit ama where the OP has worked through Apollo 1-14. He claims it was Neil in the photo - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xove1/iama_97_year_old...

There were a ton of huge inaccuracies in that AMA. Here's a few things that were pointed out to be wrong: http://es.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/xp6il/methusela1915_i... I wouldn't rely on that for any real information. EDIT: Not to mention the fact that the suit says "E Aldrin" on it. I have a hard time believing they swapped suits, too.

High-res NASA version of the picture where the name on the suit is visible:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by xefer »

dsr12 wrote: post #2

very insightful article. Do newspapers refuse to publish handout pictures that were manipulated by the source even if there was no wrong intention?

Every single picture we've ever seen from the Hubble has been intensely manipulated, but that is rarely even mentioned. The manipulation in that one picture of Aldrin is irrelevant in my opinion.

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by TheTruthIsHere »

quesera wrote: post #43
TheTruthIsHere wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obviously you live in US, get your information from mainstream media (instead of doing your own research on the Web) and belong to the upper middle class. That's in my humble experience the only type of guy, who would never meet anyone disagreeing with government propaganda. In Latin America, East Europe, Arabic countries, Russia and Japan ~90% of the people I talked to believe 9/11 was an inside job. As for the moon…

Actually, my dad worked on the mission in Cocoa Beach. The real problem was that they sent the lander to Mars, not the moon. The real concern at the time was the Tycho Monolith, remember, so although the mission was originally intended for the moon, JFK authorized some changes to suit McNamara's DoD. Big change, yes, but obviously necessary for Homeland Security. You're right that some of the photos were doctored --…

What were you trying to say? Is it that nobody should ever question the government/TV version of any event?

Re: Why it's so hard to find a photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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Post by derleth »

anuraj wrote: post #69

Why is it that nobody could land on moon after 1972? After all cold war was still on. All moon landings happened between 1969-72. It is really unbelievable that US would forego such an advanced technology that nobody else had. There are many unanswered questions here.

> Why is it that nobody could land on moon after 1972?

Lack of political will to fund it. Funding wars was more important than funding science.

> There are many unanswered questions here.

Sadly, no. We know precisely what happened, and that's the depressing part.

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