Subject: NASA Coverup 
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Organization: Haveland-Robinson Associates
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:34:51 +0000


In article <4600@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:

>   "At  a  point 43,495 from the moon, lunar gravity exerted a force [on the
>   spacecraft] equal to the gravity of the Earth , then some  200,000  miles
>   distant."
>
>   I would conclude from the inclusion of the distance remaining  to  go  to
>   the  moon (200,000 miles) that the author knew exactly which units he was
>   talking about .
>
>   I did a search for other sources which would help us analyse just what is
>   meant by " neutral point" , and where  it  might  be  located  along  the
>   flight path of the Apollo .
>
>   In "Project Apollo: Man to the Moon" by Thomas J. Alexander  (Harper  and
>   Row , 1964 ) ,the author states:
>
>   "At  a  point  some  40,000 miles from the Moon ,when the craft is poking
>   along at about 2000 mph, it crosses THE LINE  where  the  moon's  gravity
>   exceeds  that  of  the  earth . That's the second part of the trjectory."
>   (caps mine).
>
>   In  Buzz  Aldrin's  book, "Men From Earth" (1989)  , the author states on
>   page 231:
>
>   "After two full days into the mission we were 150,000  miles  from  earth
>   and   our  speed  was  less  than  3000  miles  an  hour.  The  moon  was
>   approximately 30 hours and 90,000  miles distant."
>
>   Here we have a "horse's mouth" space jockey's description of  his  ship's
>   situation well before reaching either of two postulated neutral points.
>
>    If  we  rule out the possibility that Apollo 11 was undergoing some kind
>   of  continuous  thrusting  which  would  keep  this  3000  mph   velocity
>   constant,we  are then left with the conclusion that the neutral point was
>   approximately 1/2 way between his position at  that  time  and  the  moon
>   which  was  90,000  miles  away.  Here again we arrive at a Neutral point
>   figure close to the 43,595 miles AS SPECIFIED BY TIME , VON BRAUN  ,  and
>   ALEXANDER.
>
>    I  repeat  again  this  is  data  from direct experimental evidence (the
>   actual moon flights) that  the  moon's  gravity  cannot  be  1/6  if  one
>   calculates the relative pulls of the earth and moon based on the proven
>   accurate  inverse square law . In pre - Apollo Astronomy , it is admitted
>   that the exact determination of the moon's mass , therefore the  position
>   of  the  neutral  point  could  not  be determined unless one was able to
>   observe the actual trajectories of lunar spacecraft.
>

As one working in the media as a typesetter typos are a statistical fact,
following the same lines as bugs in code - they are never eradicated, just
get less significant.

It is therefore reasonable to expect that out of the 1000s of articles on
the subject and the complexity of editorial processes errors will occur.
Some information will be inaccurate or completely wrong.

You cannot base a radical cover-up accusation based on a small anomaly, all
you can do is re-check the facts with other sources to corroborate.

Write to the authors concerned - we'd be very interested in their replies.

I appreciate your desire to question authority - that is healthy, and it
forces other netters to rethink their universes...

You've shown that you've listened to the postings, but have you accepted
them, and reconsidered your hypothesis?

Cheers
Andy.

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