Winston wrote:Adama,
I think the official story is that the astronauts used rockets to escape the earth's orbit, then the rocket and the lunar module separated and the module craft they were in simply floated onwards toward the moon. Right? Somehow, while floating in space, the astronauts were able to steer it toward the moon. Once in space, no propulsion was necessary, the momentum from the rocket merely pushed them toward the moon non-stop until it entered the moon's orbit. That's how NASA's official diagram and animation explains it I think. Then once around the moon's orbit, the module separates into a LEM carrying the astronauts to walk on the moon, and the command module with one astronaut inside it which orbits the moon and docks with the LEM when it lifts off the moon again. That's officially how it happened I think. lol
It's never explained though, how the command module orbiting at 4000mph can safely dock with the LEM when it lifts off. I mean, man, if it were to miss, the LEM could float on out into space and the astronauts would be doomed. Yet all these alleged moon missions have a zero casualty rate. I guess God was protecting them all huh? lol
They tell a nice story, but if it is momentum, then it can't be true, because the gravity of the earth would bring it back down to earth. And despite even that, the gravity of the sun would overcome the gravity of the earth, and they would have to use propulsion to keep themselves from falling into the sun. So there must be propulsion of some kind to avoid the "gravities" of the earth and the sun.
But also, if they are going to maintain a straight course or adjust it in any way, they would need to use propulsion, and any propulsion such as that would be very unstable and there would need to be stabilizers and jets on every part of any space vehicle to keep it from spinning out of control.
Any space ship that could survive the vacuum of space without getting crushed would fall straight into the massive gravity of the sun, which has the mass of one million earths. That can't be overcome with rocket power. That's impossible for a rocket with momentum and with all the fuel on earth to escape the gravity well of the sun.
There are so many variables that would have to be taken into account that it would be impossible to move within space. It's just fantasy and a suspension of thought.