Moon Hoax conspiracy

[ConspiRaider]

I never watched Taxi. Never saw that Burt Reynolds show. Never saw any of the movies she was in(except Man On The Moon). The name was vaguely familiar, but no way could I put a face to it.

I'm sure I'd heard reference to her somewhere, but for some reason I thought she was an Ice Skater.

She was in Evening Shade, the sitcom starring Burt Reynolds. I think it's because they had a thing going, she and Burt.

I think she had an Oprah-like talk show there for awhile, never saw it.

But she made her mark in the smash sitcom Taxi - that's what she'll forever be remembered for. Deservedly so.

 

[Brainache]

Now you're thinking of Marilu Retton, who is a gymnast.

And Burt Reynolds wasn't in Taxi!

ETA: Ann Henning was a figure skater.

She was in a different series with Burt. I may have been a bit ambiguous:

From 1990 through 1994 she appeared opposite Burt Reynolds in the TV show Evening Shade, which also starred Ossie Davis and Hal Holbrook.

 

[Brainache]

So now we've sorted that out, is Mr TraitorbasherRichardson coming back to concede that NASA put a man on the Moon? And I don't mean Andy Kaufman.

 

[CptColumbo]

So now we've sorted that out, is Mr TraitorbasherRichardson coming back to concede that NASA put a man on the Moon?

I don't there's any call for that. Let's keep the new attitude in mind.

And I don't mean Andy Kaufman.

Let's get off "Taxi" references.

 

[Brainache]

I don't there's any call for that. Let's keep the new attitude in mind.

I must admit this new attitude is a bit confusing if it means we aren't allowed to ask if a debate has been won or lost.

Let's get off "Taxi" references.

I agree, let's talk "Barny Miller" a much better program IMO.

 

[ConspiRaider]

I must admit this new attitude is a bit confusing if it means we aren't allowed to ask if a debate has been won or lost.

Tell me about it, BA. This is what I donated to the JREF forum for? So we can all be straitjacketed by an overabundance of Mods with too much time on their hands? Something is wrong.

 

[gumboot]

I think that reference was a misconception that "Mr TraitorbasherRichardson" was intended as an insult.

-Gumboot

 

[Brainache]

I thought that the Captain was just being a joker.

 

[Belz...]

I wonder where's our OP...

 

[Undesired Walrus]

One thing I've always wondered about the landings is why the camera zooms out and tilts up as the lunar lander blasts off from the moon. Seeing how there wasn't a cameraguy to follow the rise of the craft, how did it do it?

It's more a wonder than a conspiracy theory.

 

[CptColumbo]

One thing I've always wondered about the landings is why the camera zooms out and tilts up as the lunar lander blasts off from the moon. Seeing how there wasn't a cameraguy to follow the rise of the craft, how did it do it?

It's more a wonder than a conspiracy theory.

The camera was on the lunar rover and it was run by remote control from Houston. With the time delay due to the distance it required exact timing, so the operator actually began the pan before the ascent stage launched. They tried on the previous two missions to get the shot and failed to time it right. On Apollo 17 (their last chance) they finally got the shot they needed.

 

[CptColumbo]

I wonder where's our OP...

Pdoh sock.

 

[Undesired Walrus]

The camera was on the lunar rover and it was run by remote control from Houston. With the time delay due to the distance it required exact timing, so the operator actually began the pan before the ascent stage launched. They tried on the previous two missions to get the shot and failed to time it right. On Apollo 17 (their last chance) they finally got the shot they needed.

Oh, so that shot of it blasting off is not from Apollo 11? It's only from Apollo 17?

Also, why do you call 'traitorbasher' a completly different name at the beginning of this thread?

 

[CptColumbo]

Oh, so that shot of it blasting off is not from Apollo 11? It's only from Apollo 17?

Yes, the other giveaway is that Apollo 11 didn't have a color video camera. It's a spectacular shot, and is often put in documentaries to represent Apollo 11's liftoff.

Also, why do you call 'traitorbasher' a completly different name at the beginning of this thread?

He asked the mods to change his name (this was before they knew his real name).

 

[Undesired Walrus]

(this was before they knew his real name).

D'Oh?

 

[CptColumbo]

D'Oh?

Apparently.

 

[Undesired Walrus]

Did Skeptical Critical Guy actually think "Dark side of the moon" was real?

 

[PhantomWolf]

One thing I've always wondered about the landings is why the camera zooms out and tilts up as the lunar lander blasts off from the moon. Seeing how there wasn't a cameraguy to follow the rise of the craft, how did it do it?

For Apollo 15, 16 and 17 the camera was on the Lunar Rover. With 15 the camera was carried on the MESA like the eariler missions and then taken from that and placed on a tripod before being transfered to the Rover, for 16 and 17 the camera was on the Rover from the start.

The TV camera mount had the ability to rotate 360° and tilt up and down, all under the control of a guy named Ed Fendell. He was seated in Houston and his whole job was to control the camera so that the Geologists could ask to see various things (it gets really tedious when the camera keeps pointing at rocks when you'd rather be watching the crew let me tell you.)

The idea behind the lift off was that the LRV was parked a certain distance from the LM and that about 1.5 seconds before the lift off, Ed would start the camera up and along a predetermined path at a predetermined rate. This had in fact been practiced a number of times so tbhat he would get it right. However, as with all things, just because it was well practiced doesn't mean that it worked out.

On Apollo 15 the camera was damaged and they weren't able to pan the camera up to follow the take off. On Apollo 16 the crew accidently parked the LRV too close to the LM and while the take off was filmed, the LM's ascent module quickly heads out of sight through the top of the frame. Finally on the last attempt, Apollo 17, everything worked as planned, and they got good footage of the LM taking off. So it only took them three tries, but they got it.

Apollo 11 does have a lift off film, but this, like the landing film, was taken with the DAC which was set into a bracket over the LMP's window.

Hope that helps.