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Offline TimberWolfAu

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Re: Book Review/New Book!!
« Reply #30 on: January 01, 2026, 10:57:42 AM »
Heh, yeah, it's not a great read, the writing style feels like a 14 or 15 year old, and I don't think it's just the translation (which doesn't look like it was done professionally, given some of the word/phrase choices - addendum; from flicking through, looks like he did the translation himself, judging by a comment at the end).

I'd already seen his 'work' on Lunar Laser Ranging, bounced it of some people who actually perform LLR. They had a good laugh.

For anyone interested, there is a free extract of the book, 1st twelve pages and some of the appendix, at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383213710_Apollo_11_-_The_Real_Story

The history of rocketry is... accurate, although I find some of the choices and comparisons odd. I think I just got through the VAB/radiation section, about three pages, and after reading it twice, I'm still not sure what the conclusion is! There's references to alpha and beta particles, but also trapped gamma and x-rays, plus solar storms, thickness of the hull, path taken, a fictional account of a manned lunar mission from a German magazine, and even that, apparently, radiation stopped being a concern because NASA stopped mentioning it, but there is no actual conclusion, neither a 'radiation should have been a problem' or 'radiation didn't turn out to be a problem' to be found.

I've had a few back and forth's with the author in a Facbook group, and I was promised evidence and numbers, but so far, they are very lacking, to the point of almost non-existent.

Offline Peter B

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Re: Book Review/New Book!!
« Reply #31 on: January 01, 2026, 05:00:00 PM »
Happy birthday to me, am I about to crack out the aluminium foil hat?

Yeah, IIRC I've seen some comments by this "author" on YT which have been pretty easy to debunk...
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Offline TimberWolfAu

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Re: Book Review/New Book!!
« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2026, 04:19:19 AM »
I honestly don't know if I can keep going.

Almost halfway, but now, apparently, NASA hid turtles in the photos........ I kid you not.

So many massive leaps made from single photos, that are destroyed by other photos taken from different angles.

For what's supposed to be the result of years of research, and apparently 20 years of experience in the space industry, I thought it would have more than personal incredulity and "the shadows look weird". ???