I don't believe it. It works because I flip the switch on this box thingy on my desk, and it whirs and hums for a moment, and then I have the interwebz on the screen in front of me. The rest of it is so much electronic spaghetti and wizardry. And things, and stuff.
It's connected to the wall...
Quote from: Ishkabibble on September 21, 2015, 11:04:02 PMI don't believe it. It works because I flip the switch on this box thingy on my desk, and it whirs and hums for a moment, and then I have the interwebz on the screen in front of me. The rest of it is so much electronic spaghetti and wizardry. And things, and stuff. I'm pretty sure there are gnomes and elves involved.
I've followed the hoax debate for a long time in lurk mode, on YT, on various fora, here, Clavius, Cosmoquest, and other places, and it suddenly occurred to me...All of the threads I've read, (and some of them were huge!) all of the arguments I've witnessed, all of the "debates" (I use that term loosely) all seem to end up with the HBs, CTs, Deniers, etc.. all saying some variations of the same thing: "There is nothing you can tell me that will change my mind! I know it was a hoax!" (usually followed by some observation regarding the parentage of the person debunking the hoax)My question is, knowing that I have not seen all possible discussions, are there any known instances of a hoax believer (or their cousins) saying anything along the lines of, "Up until now, I had been firmly convinced that it was a hoax, but you've presented me with enough believable evidence that disproves my theory, that I've changed my mind!" Has that actually ever happened? Can anyone post links to a disbeliever ever having their mind changed?
I met Paolo at an astronaut presentation and he signed a copy of his book.Nice man, and he told me he was working on more material
I stumbled onto this today. A fairly good referencehttp://www.attivissimo.net/luna/mhd/mhd-v1.0.1light.pdf
Quote from: bknight on September 26, 2015, 02:05:13 PMI stumbled onto this today. A fairly good referencehttp://www.attivissimo.net/luna/mhd/mhd-v1.0.1light.pdfA little outdated, as fairly recently they did find water (well, chemicals with hydrogen and oxygen in them) in lunar samples.They also could have given a little bit about cosmic ray exposure ages. It's very convincing, in my opinion, as it means they can't even be lunar meteorites. Another really good piece of evidence involving the moon rocks is that SMART-1, a probe from a third party besides NASA or the former USSR, confirmed the ground truth of Apollo and Luna samples coming from not only the moon but the right places on the moon. I believe India's Chandraayn-1 did the same.I do like the cartoons for the various hoax scenarios though.
Don't forget the Japanese Kaguya mission and four Chinese missions Three obiters, one lander/rover have also added to our knowledge of the Moon