Moonwalk!

[gantz]

I tend to think no!!

my reason being they 'accidentally' taped over almost all of the original footage. that is not a easy mistake to make. thats not something that 'just' happens

[TheDirtyDigger]

The Australian crew at 'The Dish' were on the Today show and mentioned that somehow all their tapes had got lost.
Because it's easy to lose something that important to human history right?

[jaydisc]

Ask Buzz Aldrin

I thought this thread was about Michael Jackson

[kup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSjgm...eature=related

[Demonac]

I love reading the comments on the youtube videos. Especially the one you posted Kup.

[gantz]

The Australian crew at 'The Dish' were on the Today show and mentioned that somehow all their tapes had got lost.
Because it's easy to lose something that important to human history right?

see?? like I said, that doesnt just happen!

[Sky Shadow]

I love reading the comments on the youtube videos. Especially the one you posted Kup.

I've posted this before, but never has it been more appropriate. (Language warning):

http://xkcd.com/202/

[kup]

I've posted this before, but never has it been more appropriate. (Language warning):

http://xkcd.com/202/

I like the 'It was a sound stage on Mars' bit.

Youtube is not that different from the International TF boards, you read their comments for an extended period of time and your brain goes num.

[griffin]

I could never understand the lack of logic people have in assuming that if the video was proven to be fake, then the landing had to be fake.
Hello... one does not prove the other. If you are undertaking one of the most expensive, untried, risky ventures like flying people to the moon (with 1960s technology), you'd have to be an idiot to not have a back-up video of the event that millions around the world would be tuning into 'live', in case the real live-feed fails to transmit.
NASA are famous for having back-ups to their back-ups, so why wouldn't they have a back-up for the most hyped-up TV transmission ever?
I believe the landing happened (several times actually - which brings me to my next point later), but the video footage we got from NASA was probably a back-up that was pre-filmed, because I feel that the technology in 1969 to transmit live video from the moon proved to be unreliable (and NASA knew it). Could you imagine the disappointment and voter backlash (it was a politically driven stunt after all) if they didn't have a back-up plan, and the transmission failed?

As for why they never went back - after several probes and landings on a ball of lifeless, water-less rock and ash, why waste billions just to have someone walk a few steps there and come back. They certainly don't need to bring back more rock samples. After the last landing in 1972, NASA's priority would have been on orbital missions (Skylab and Int Space Station), which was a more affordable option for various space and zero-gravity scientific missions.

I actually agree with the call that the next manned mission should be to Mars, because why continue doing the same thing, especially when there is nothing new to do there with the current budget and technology.

That's my 3 cents anyway...

[TheDirtyDigger]

It's inconceivable that such a totally militaristic and imperialistic regime as the United States would forego the opportunity to build the ultimate strategic base on the surface of the Moon had they ever actually truly been there.

Three and a half decades of inactivity to the Moon because it's a bit boring?