What was Apollo? Well, Apollo most certainly was not an unmanned civilian NASA administered program to peacefully explore Mother Earth's closest luminary. Apollo was an unmanned program.
So Apollo was not an unmanned program, but it was an unmanned program. Wait, what?
Under the pretense of a nonmilitary program of exploration and scientific investigation, Apollo sought to, and presumably succeeded in, instrumenting the moon with ranging and signaling equipment for both military and civilian purposes.
So the evidence for this is what?
Just as Surveyor VII successfully soft landed in January of 1968, so did other satellites soft land at various sites on the moon's surface including Tranquility Base. These satellites were equipped with devices such as LRRRs so that the moon could be ranged and gravity studied. With these studies, the Gaussian gravitational constant, and coefficients j and K could be determined. The latter two elements, j an K, important in determining with precision the 2nd and 4th harmonics of the Earth's potential. Very precise Guassian Gravitational constant, j and K determinations were essential in the determination of ICBM trajectories. The earth's speed of rotation and the subtle variabilities of that rotation could be accurately measured, with astonishing unprecidented precision. As ICBM targeting would invove Coriolis Effect considerations, such rotational speed measurements would have great relevance in the accurate targeting of missiles. As previously mentioned, the oceans could be ranged and distances across the face of the planet could be measured with unprecedented precision , again with the intent of using such measurements for military purposes such as in the targeting of ICBMs.
So the LRRR's were placed for the covert military purpose of precision targeting of ICBM's, if so, then what stopped the russians/chinese/koreans, or anyone else from using them in reverse? The Locations were identified within a week or so. Obviously, anyone could target the LRRR's with a laser and get just as good data, so your bizarre claim is that only the US could? Or that the russians could not use the LRRR in the same way because...why?
Rhetorical tricks lend you no credibility.
when these unmanned satellites soft landed with their LRRRs , they were equipped as well with cameras and nonvisible laser light emitters. Such devices were/are used for determining the precise position of objects on the earth's surface, and perhaps even targeting objects with non visible laser light.
Oh boy, they had what now on board? Got any evidence for such equipment?
Apollo was an unmanned program that sought to and succeeded in instrumenting the moon with ranging equipment and equipment capable of precisely determining the position of objects upon the surface of the Earth and conceivably trageting objects as well.
Yet no evidence exists for such unmanned launches, and why exactly would the US engage in a program which would allow the russians to target US sites more accurately?
The moon is so far away, this military satellite can never be "taken out".
So those durn russkis gain exactly the same targeting advantage as the US.
Now we understand well LUNA 15's interest in the "location of Apollo 11".
It had none. It was not capable of resolving any landing site.
Also, the location of the placement of the various devices by "NASA" upon the lunar surface almost certainly would not coincide with the coordinates of the Apollo Mission "landing sites" as officially reported. In other words, there most certainly is an LRRR at 00 41 15 north and 23 26 00 east. But there undoubtedly is "NASA equipment" at undisclosed locations upon the surface of the moon.
Got evidence for this NASA equipment? No.
Admitting that getting to the moon is feasible? Yes.
The Apollo Missions were "covers" to launch and land this ranging/locating/targeting equipment upon the moon.
Sure, just so the USSR, China etc could better target US cities, silos, etc
The equipment was launched, and no one knew, publicly anyway( privately, the Russians of course knew what we were up to), what was being done. Equipment for ranging/targeting/locating, not astronauts, was placed upon the moon. When the equipment compliment was complete,
But of course those honourable russians wouldn't even contemplate using those same LRRR's to improve their accuracy in targeting US sites.
Apollo was conveniently unfunded, and in 3 short years, the US had what it wanted; the means to more effectively target ICBMs, a way to precisely locate objects upon the surface of the earth, and a way to mark objects with non visible laser light for targeting.
And the russkis would not use the very same LRRR for the same purpose, cause that would be just nekulturny. You have no clue what corner cube reflectors do, have you?
The moon is so far away, if the equipment coordinates remain secret, the equipment can never be taken out, elliminated by a military hit from the other side.
Military strikes on the moon. Oh boy, this just gets better and better.
"The Apollo debate" at root is not about rocks and photos, it is about lasers, millitary satellites, including the moon as satellite, and ICBMs. The official story group could almost not care less about the rocks and photos, so what if they really are "fake", they do not care, as long as HB types write about that.
Sure, physical evidence doesn't count, but fantasy does.
But once the debate turs to the real deal, ICBMs, satellites, lasers, well that is a different story. Rocks and photos are a diversion. Who cares?! We on the HB side should now be turning our attention to these more important issues.
Well see, theres your problem. You HB suckers can't even agree amongst yourselves.
The photos are important, but not in the ways previously discussed.
Of course not, except when you want them to.