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News Briefs 20-07-2009

What an irresistible headline… More than one, come to think of it.

A big thanks to Greg for contributing most of today’s news.

Quote of the Day:

God squanders infinite time and patience on the growth of a perfect thing.

Cash Bateman

  1. Neil Armstrong’s Face
    The photo is a fake. All EVAs, lunar or orbital, were done with the gold colored sun visor pulled down. To work witjout one’s visor down risks what happened to Apollo 12’d color TV camera to happen to one’s eyes. For you youngsters, they happened to point it towards the sun while moving it. It just scanned by the sun. In that brief time, the sun’s light fried it. The human retina is far more sensitive to sunlight than is a camera’s sensor.

    No, I am not the brain specialist…..
    YES. Yes I AM the brain specialist.

    1. Shadow
      Another telling element is the shadow of the astronaut projected on the lunar soil. All of the shadow appears solid, but, if the astronaut had gotten his visor up, I would imagine you would see the shadow also showing a much more transparent portion matching that part of the helmet; I think you would even see the astronaut’s profile in the shadow, the way the light of the sun is positioned.

      …Unless this is all part of the Moon-landing hoax XD

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      It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
      It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

      Red Pill Junkie

    2. The photo is NOT a fake
      The photo is from Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences by Andrew Chaikin (Amazon US & UK).

      Andrew Chaikin is the author of the acclaimed A Man on the Moon and several other books about space. He is a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition.

      In this YouTube video, Andrew Chaikin talks about Neil Armstrong and Voices from the Moon. He also answers the question, “How did you find a new image of Neil Armstrong?” In fact, it’s the first question put to him. (The answer can also be found in the article linked in today’s News Briefs.)

      More images from Voices from the Moon are posted in this Air&Space article at Smithsonian.

      Andrew Chaikin talks about the technological benefits we gained from NASA missions.

      1. Hmmm
        I found this page. It’s pretty cool and shows a close-up of one of Aldrin’s more iconic pics where you can in fact see his face; probably due to the intensity of the light and the angle of the photo.

        And there’s also the picture we’re discussing. Seems Armstrong raised the gold visor for a very brief moment to check the color of the lunar surface. A calculated risk I presume.

        Well, I was wrong. The photo looks genuine. I’m still confused by the shadow, though.

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        It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
        It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

        Red Pill Junkie

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