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Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:35 am to RollTide1987
I remember it and watched it on a grainy TV picture. But I have people tell me they were in the desert in western USA. Don't ruin my 60s by saying we never went to moon. Let me be ignorant if we didn't go. I rather just think the USA went to the moon. Thanks. 
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:01 am to RollTide1987
The computer that got them there, landed them, and got them back home was only like 8 MB.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:10 am to RollTide1987
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:15 am to Lou Loomis
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The computer that got them there, landed them, and got them back home was only like 8 MB.
the technology explosion around that time was a direct result of the space program, and not just electronics
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:31 am to 777Tiger
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the technology explosion around that time was a direct result of the space program, and not just electronics
Metallurgy, fabrics, thermal management, batteries, antennas, imaging/photography, just an endless list of things that had to get better, quickly. Advanced the species 60 to 75 years in about 12.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 10:57 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:42 am to BabyTac
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BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14833 posts
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I think most people believe we landed on the moon at some point, but to say the photos and images we saw at the time weren’t manufactured in a studio is just asinine.
Who knew the Austin homeless freaks were getting free phones to post on the internet with? Somehow doesn't surprise me.
Please stay in downtown Austin, the sane people out in the suburbs don't want you.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 10:47 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:44 am to Lou Loomis
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The computer that got them there, landed them, and got them back home was only like 8 MB.
While I celebrate your intent, you missed by a couple of zeros. They did things with KB back then. MB didn't come around until the 1980's.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:45 am to Auburn80
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I was there. My dad was a NASA engineer. Powerful.
How does it feel knowing your dad was part of the grift and lied to you?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:47 am to RollTide1987
I was 4 months old. Remember it well.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:49 am to 777Tiger
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The computer that got them there
I'm fascinated by the simplicity and complexity of the Apollo Guidance Computer...most anyone with today's knowledge of software systems could learn to use the AGC in just a few minutes. So simple, yet so complex by the standards of the time. It's stunning how much they got done with that unit given the limitations they were under.
To all the individuals that had a hand in NASA's space missions...a tip of the hat to you all!
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:12 pm to Lieutenant Dan
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How does it feel knowing your dad was part of the grift and lied to you?
Better question--How does it feel knowing your dad raised a Moron?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:42 pm to Chef Curry
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Armymann50
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Chef Curry
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BHM
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BabyTac
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Lieutenant Dan
I see the tards have shown up in force.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:46 pm to RollTide1987
This is one of the greatest achievements of all time, of course, but it also showed some strong limitations of humanity. We got there because of an intense rivalry with the USSR.
I personally think it contributed significantly to the downfall of the Soviet Union because it showed that a capitalist country was superior to a communist/socialist one. How much superior wasn’t seen until the USSR folded. It turned out we were fighting a paper tiger; one that plundered the nations of Eastern Europe and stood on the backs of its own people, impoverishing all of them.
The expense of the race to the moon stretched our abilities severely but fatally wounded the economy of the Soviet Union. It’s the expense that will keep us from going back, I think. At this time the technology is certainly available for a return trip but the establishment of a moon base would cost more than we or China would want to spend. Also, we don’t have the rivalry with China that we did with the Soviet Union.
Mining the moon’s resources is the reason many people want us to go back but there are 238,000 miles from here to there. The return on investment does not seem worth the expense.
I personally think it contributed significantly to the downfall of the Soviet Union because it showed that a capitalist country was superior to a communist/socialist one. How much superior wasn’t seen until the USSR folded. It turned out we were fighting a paper tiger; one that plundered the nations of Eastern Europe and stood on the backs of its own people, impoverishing all of them.
The expense of the race to the moon stretched our abilities severely but fatally wounded the economy of the Soviet Union. It’s the expense that will keep us from going back, I think. At this time the technology is certainly available for a return trip but the establishment of a moon base would cost more than we or China would want to spend. Also, we don’t have the rivalry with China that we did with the Soviet Union.
Mining the moon’s resources is the reason many people want us to go back but there are 238,000 miles from here to there. The return on investment does not seem worth the expense.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:02 pm to RollTide1987
Anyone who is commenting that it was faked or was a movie set is a fricking moron. I can’t stand you idiots shitting on the legacy of all of those who gave so much of their lives for the stunning AMERICAN achievement of landing humans on the moon. Go to hell, idiots.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:13 pm to IndianMoundFireworks
I'd like all these tards to say what they say on here to Buzz Aldrin's face and see what happens.
They wouldn't have the balls.
They wouldn't have the balls.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:58 pm to RollTide1987
What's crazy is NASA got to the moon faster 56 years ago using slide rules and the equivalent of your smart phone calculator. Meanwhile NASA today is struggling to get to the moon on Artemis with modern AI.
Somehow we had better engineers then than now.
Somehow we had better engineers then than now.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:08 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Meanwhile NASA today is struggling to get to the moon on Artemis with modern AI.
NASA's budget for Project Apollo was $25.8 billion - the equivalent to about $320 billion in today's dollars. The total operating budget of the Artemis program since 2012 is less than a third of that number.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:12 pm to RollTide1987
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NASA's budget for Project Apollo was $25.8 billion - the equivalent to about $320 billion in today's dollars. The total operating budget of the Artemis program since 2012 is less than a third of that number.
....Using almost 60 year old technology.
Even then that 1/3 figure seems high, and thats assuming it gets to the moon. If NASA had to do that today with modern dollars, with R&D not relying on old tech, expect that number to go way above $320B.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:17 pm to NYNolaguy1
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....Using almost 60 year old technology.
Sure.
But it's actually not that hard to get to the moon. All man had to do was learn how to achieve powered flight and jet propulsion. After that the science becomes very simple. What it all comes down to in the end is funding. NASA could have never hoped to make it to the lunar surface by January 1, 1970, using the budget Artemis currently enjoys. As far as non-military endeavors, the Apollo program ranks as the most expensive project our government has ever embarked upon.
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