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Did Anybody Really Land On The Moon?
Eric Hufschmid, 22 Sep 2003
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Computer technology was very primitive in the 1960’s
Transistors were just beginning puters and software in the 1960's
replace vacuum tubes, and slide were so crummy that the rocket
rules were used for calculations. scientists would have been better off
with a modern pocket calculator.
Manufacturing technology was
also very primitive
For example, milling
machines were operated by
hand, which meant that
cutting curved shapes in
A man had to
metal was extremely difficult.
stand in front of
the machine all
day and crank
the handles to
cut parts.
This “Bridgeport” brand
of milling machine was
advanced technology
in the 1960’s
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This lamp blinks when
Tool changer
the part is finished
Chips are
dumped
out here
Computer
Today a person loads a block of metal, pushes the Start button,
and lets puter cut the part. puter cuts the part
much faster, and with incredible precision, even curved shapes.
How did Americans in 1969 do what nobody can do today?
When something happens that has never happened before,
and which has never happened since, (such as fire causing
steel buildings to disintegrate) we should question it.
If Americans could get to the moon with 1960’s technology, it would
be easy for us to get to the moon today. However, all nations have
extreme difficultly putting an object into a high Earth orbit.
Tell me one technical Furthermore, if Americans
achievement of the past that had such incredible
we of today cannot do faster, engineering talent, why
better, and for less money. can’t we make incredible
automobiles, train systems,
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The Lunar Lander had Never Been Tested.
Perhaps it is because I develop software, and I
cannot write software that works perfectly, I would
want the engineers to prove the equipment and
software