Topic: The moon (Read 3463 times)

Don Karnage · « **on:** December 21, 2013, 09:17:27 am »

I was wondering something after the Chines land a toy on the moon, the news says that they where the 3rd nation to "land on the moon" Beside the USA in 1969, who when on the moon?

I never heard anything on history about another nation going there.

Nemesis · « **Reply #1 on:** December 21, 2013, 09:27:43 am »

The U.S.S.R. landed multiple probes there.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2013, 09:41:26 am »

I taught it was them, but I don't understand why it was never mention in history. Is it because it was only probe?

Did anyone else but the USA have landed a man on the moon?

Nemesis · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2013, 10:04:58 am »

It wasn't just one probe (Wiki list). They had the first farside pictures. The first to impact (not land purposeful crash) and the first soft landing. The U.S. is so far the only one to put men on the moon.

Nemesis · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2013, 10:12:23 am »

The Japanese have also had at least one purposeful impactor.

The U.S.S.R. also had the first rover and first automated sample return.

If you look at the list and are inclined to laugh or otherwise revile those early failures consider how difficult it was to make a robotic probe when your computer had to be both very light and use discrete transistors not integrated circuits. The computing power would be far less than in your digital watch.

Corbomite · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2013, 01:47:12 pm »

Don't forget the Nazis:


Nazis On The Moon

knightstorm · « **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2013, 08:31:24 pm »

Or the Mexicans, they put an Orca on the moon.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2013, 09:00:37 am »

Where is the moon base Alpha?

Nemesis · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2013, 02:07:59 pm »

In an alternate reality.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2013, 02:12:32 pm »

Maybe that's what the USA want to hide. The reason they don't want anyone to send a probe or a crew on the moon

Corbomite · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2013, 02:15:23 pm »

Quote from: Don Karnage on December 25, 2013, 02:12:32 pm

Maybe that's what the USA want to hide. The reason they don't want anyone to send a probe or a crew on the moon

No, they are justifiably worried that previous landing sites and some long time set up equipment could be damaged or compromized.

Nemesis · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2013, 02:26:55 pm »

The conspiracy theorists would say they don't want it revealed that there were no manned landings. (I'm not a conspiracy theorist).

EschelonOfJudgemnt · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2013, 04:54:09 am »

Quote from: Don Karnage on December 25, 2013, 02:12:32 pm

Maybe that's what the USA want to hide. The reason they don't want anyone to send a probe or a crew on the moon

Either that, or the Ark...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_%28Transformers%29#Transformers_live-action_film_franchise

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