German moon mission to finally silence moon landing conspiracy theorists?

qubit · Dec 2, 2016

German scientists want to send two mobile probes to the Moon, which they say will be able to inspect the lunar rover left behind by the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

Yep, as well as test-driving new technologies and exploring the lunar surface, the mission could finally put the Moon landing hoax rumours to bed once and for all by photographing the kit astronauts left behind more than 40 years ago.

The researchers behind the idea, called the PT (Part-Time) Scientists, are partnering with German car-maker Audi to enter the Google Lunar X Prize contest.

While this an interesting mission that I'm looking forward to, it's obviously not going to silence those idiotic conspiracy "theorists" / truthers. Their claims have already been debunked several times over, but it hasn't stopped them. They'll just invent some excuse that the photos and other evidence from this mission are all fake and carry on denying we ever went to the moon. :shadedshu:

www.sciencealert.com/this-mission-to-the-moon-will-prove-the-first-landings-weren-t-a-hoax

deemon · Dec 2, 2016

No... we didn't. Some american dude did.

qubit · Dec 2, 2016

deemon said:
No... we didn't. Some american dude did.

I think you misunderstand what's meant by "we". I'm talking about mankind as a whole and that's the way everybody understands it. You might want to change your vote now...

Ebo · Dec 2, 2016

Yeah, saw it on tv while it happened

DeathtoGnomes · Dec 2, 2016

Let start off by saying, someone has to be in DeNile here.
:roll:

FordGT90Concept · Dec 2, 2016

Deniers are gonna keep denying. In my opinion, this mission is a waste of resources. I hope they have more objectives for scientific advancement than just confirming the confirmed.

SK-1 · Dec 2, 2016

I don't believe in gravity. The Kennedy assassination proved gravity to be the sister of conspiracy. Prove me wrong!

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 2, 2016

`reading this might put some flesh on the bones

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...-google-lunar-xprize-audi-at-the-helm.228318/

and of course we already have this

http://www.space.com/12835-nasa-apollo-moon-landing-sites-photos-lro.html

And SELENE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE

And CHANGE-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_2

people who think the moon landings didnt happen are twats.

SK-1 · Dec 2, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
`reading this might put some flesh on the bones

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...-google-lunar-xprize-audi-at-the-helm.228318/

and of course we already have this

http://www.space.com/12835-nasa-apollo-moon-landing-sites-photos-lro.html

And SELENE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE

And CHANGE-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_2

people who think the moon landings didnt happen are twats.

Smoke and Mirrors!

slozomby · Dec 2, 2016

SK-1 said:
I don't believe in gravity. The Kennedy assassination proved gravity to be the sister of conspiracy. Prove me wrong!

Kennedy was the man filmed in the space suit on the sound stage.

we never went to the moon. they "brought back" rocks. everyone knows the moon is made of green cheese.

deemon · Dec 2, 2016

qubit said:
I think you misunderstand what's meant by "we". I'm talking about mankind as a whole and that's the way everybody understands it. You might want to change your vote now...

the question is flawed. should have been, "Do you think humans went to the moon?" => then the answer is yes.

Ferrum Master · Dec 2, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
people who think the moon landings didnt happen are twats.

Yeah but meanwhile people believe in some obscure religion, ghosts, black cats crossing their path

But this... nada...

fourletterfame · Dec 2, 2016

All the rational thought and evidence so far hasn't been enough to silence the silly conspiracy theorists, no amount of current evidence will change it.

"A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point." -Leon Festinger

the54thvoid · Dec 2, 2016

deemon said:
the question is flawed. should have been, "did a human go to moon?"

As much as we enjoy clowns, your attempt at foolery is quite unintelligent. Qubit is a human, addressing a forum of humans, that is why he pitches the question "we", referring to the demographic concerned.
Poosticks to you.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 2, 2016

Buzz Aldrin is in the news today.....i hope hes OK because he is one of my all time heroes.

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has been evacuated from the South Pole after falling ill. The 86-year-old former astronaut was visiting Antarctica in a tourist group and was evacuated to New Zealand. He has fluid in his lungs but is responding well to treatment, a statement on his website said. He is being kept overnight for observation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38172205

qubit · Dec 2, 2016

DeathtoGnomes said:
Let start off by saying, someone has to be in DeNile here.

Oh dear, our first one. I had a feeling they'd crawl out from under the woodwork.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
people who think the moon landings didnt happen are twats.

Yes, quite.

slozomby said:
Kennedy was the man filmed in the space suit on the sound stage.

we never went to the moon. they "brought back" rocks. everyone knows the moon is made of green cheese.

Oh FFS man, it's made of blue cheese! :laugh:

deemon said:
the question is flawed. should have been, "Do you think humans went to the moon?" => then the answer is yes.

the54thvoid said:
As much as we enjoy clowns, your attempt at foolery is quite unintelligent. Qubit is a human, addressing a forum of humans, that is why he pitches the question "we", referring to the demographic concerned.
Poosticks to you.

@deemon 54th is absolutely right and put it much better than I would have.
Tell me, do you think the earth is flat? I mean, it stands to reason if you think the moon landings didn't happen, doesn't it?

Caring1 · Dec 2, 2016

Are they going to restock the Nazi moonbase? :roll:

DeathtoGnomes · Dec 2, 2016

Caring1 said:
Are they going to restock the Nazi moonbase?

Did you see the documentary about it too? Its called Iron Sky from 2012.

the54thvoid · Dec 2, 2016

DeathtoGnomes said:
Did you see the documentary about it too? Its called Iron Sky from 2012.

I have much music from the band that did the soundtrack, Laibach.

R-T-B · Dec 2, 2016

qubit said:
Tell me, do you think the earth is flat? I mean, it stands to reason if you think the moon landings didn't happen, doesn't it?

As much as I like to make fun of moon landing conspiracy theorists, no, it doesn't. Belief in one conspiracy does not neccesarily lead to belief in another, unrelated one.

Let's not feed the disinformation monster with poor logic.

qubit · Dec 2, 2016

R-T-B said:
As much as I like to make fun of moon landing conspiracy theorists, no, it doesn't. Belief in one conspiracy does not neccesarily lead to belief in another, unrelated one.

Let's not feed the disinformation monster with poor logic.

Well, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Mind you, he hasn't posted to deny it...

My point here (made sarcastically to him) is that there's abundant evidence that we went to the moon and also that the earth is an oblate sphere, which is the common ground, between these two "theories" if I can abuse that poor word, lol. Yet these people continue to hold these idiotic ideas which make the rest of us facepalm.

TheMailMan78 · Dec 2, 2016

Without reading everything why are the Germans doing this?

Seriously I am ALL FOR space exploration but the moon? We found nothing 40+ years ago. Did something change?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 2, 2016

They are doing it to prove their technology and for a chance to win the X prize.

The future of moon exploration will/should be on the far side of the moon and the polar regions where there is a higher concentration of H2O.

rtwjunkie · Dec 2, 2016

The number one proof that it happened? The USSR agreed it did and at the height of the Cold War did not take an opportunity to make the U.S. look like fools and fraudsters.

@CAPSLOCKSTUCK sad to hear about Buzz. Isn't he the slightly crazy one that is happy to speak on the various Aliens are real shows and talks about what he saw in space but isn't allowed to talk about? :laugh:

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 2, 2016

Buzz once punched a guy who asked him to swear on the bible that the moon landings were real..... :roll:

Real footage....... :respect:

http://nerdist.com/lets-all-remember-the-time-buzz-aldrin-punched-a-conspiracy-theorist-in-the-face/

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Do you think we went to the moon?

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