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Yu Park

Moon landing conspiracy theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 4 views

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  • Various Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo Project and the associated Moon landings were falsifications staged by NASA and members of other involved organizations.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if conspiracy theorists think these things up in order to gain something
  • An article in the German magazine Der Spiegel places the Moon hoax in the context of other well-known 20th century conspiracy theories which it describes as "the rarified atmosphere of those myths in which Elvis is alive, John F. Kennedy fell victim to a conspiracy involving the Mafia and secret service agents, the Moon landing was staged in the Nevada desert, and Princess Diana was murdered by British intelligence."[41]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if all of these conspiracy theories are connected in some sort of way.
  • A 2000 poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Fund found that 28% do not believe that American astronauts have been on the Moon, and this percentage is roughly equal in all social-demographic groups.[
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if the poll rate is raised because of the media and the internet
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  • A number of different hoax claims have been advanced that involve conspiracy theories outlining concerted action by NASA employees, and sometimes others, to perpetuate false information about landings that never occurred, or to cover up accurate information about the landings that occurred in a different manner than have been publicized. Believers have focused on perceived gaps or inconsistencies in the historical record of the missions. The Flat Earth Society was one of the first organizations to accuse NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were staged by Hollywood and based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke.[13]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows why conspiracy theorists believe that the moon landing was a hoax and how they try to find proof to back up their theory.
  • Cold War prestige, monetary gain, and providing a distraction are some of the more notable motives which are give
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows the reasons why conspiracy theorist think why the government would want to create a hoax of the landing on th moon
  • A 1999 poll by The Gallup Organization found that 89% of the U.S. public believed the landings were genuine, while 6% did not, and 5% were undecided.[2][3]
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it shows the percentage of beilevers and none-believers
  • Dr. David Williams (NASA archivist at Goddard Space Flight Center) and Apollo 11 flight director Eugene F. Kranz both acknowledged that the Apollo 11 telemetry data tapes are missing.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I double-checked this here http://news.cnet.com
  • On November 1, 2006 Cosmos Magazine reported that some one-hundred data tapes recorded in Australia during the Apollo 11 mission had been discovered in a small marine science laboratory in the main physics building at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. One of the old tapes has been sent to NASA for analysis. The slow-scan television images were not on the tape.[67] Britain's Sunday Express reported in late June 2009 that the missing tapes were found in storage facility in the basement of a building on a university campus in Perth, Australia.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      I double-checked this here http://www.abovetopsecret.com
  • There are no stars in any of the photos. The Apollo 11 astronauts also claimed in a press conference after the event to have not remembered seeing any of the stars.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First because of the daytime at the moon, stars were not visible. Second, the camera may have just concentrated on the bigger blackness rather then the light. Third, human eyes werent used to the light in the moon.
  • 5. The color and angle of shadows and light are inconsistent.
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First the angle of the Sun's light affects the angle of the shadows. Second, the distance between objects affect the angle. Third light reflects off the moon resulting in some objects appearing to be different angles.
  • p. 97-98 2.
  • The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.[citation needed] Sibrel said "The wind was probably caused by intense air-conditioning used to cool the astronauts in their lightened, uncirculated space suits. The cooling systems in the backpacks would have been removed to lighten the load not designed for Earth’s six times heavier gravity, otherwise they might have fallen over".
    • Yu Park
      Yu Park on 14 Dec 09
       
      Let me explain this. First the flag appears to be moving because the astronaut is shaking it. Second, the crumpled state of the flag makes it look like its waving. Third it waves because it is like a pendulum
Chun Heng EWSIS

2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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shared by Chun Heng EWSIS on 09 Dec 09 - Cached
  • The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012,[
    • Chun Heng EWSIS
      Chun Heng EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because the world is going to end either on dec 21 or dec 23 and they are telling us that there will be a cataclysmic or transfromative events occur on dec 21 or dec 23
  • NASA likens fears about 2012 to those about the Y2K bug in the late 1990s, suggesting that an adequate analysis should stem fears of disaster.[9]
    • Chun Heng EWSIS
      Chun Heng EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important,because the nasa are saying that y2k was a bug in the late 1990 and this 2012 might be another too.
  • Mainstream Mayanist scholars argue that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history.
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  • The Long Count set its "zero date" at a point in the past marking the end of the previous world and the beginning of the current one, which corresponds to either 11 or 13 August 3114 BC in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar, depending on the formula used.
  • Today, the most widely accepted correlations of the end of the thirteenth b'ak'tun, or Mayan date 13.0.0.0.0, with the Western calendar are either December 21 or December 23, 2012
  • According to Schele and Friedel, these 13s should be treated as 0s, so the Coba number would be read as if it were 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0, with the units of each column beyond the second (counting from right to left) equal to 20 times those of the previous one (The Maya, due to their cyclical concept of time, also wrote the date of creation, their zero date, as 13.0.0.0.0)
Leah R

NASA - Top Story - RECENT WARMING OF ARCTIC MAY AFFECT WORLDWIDE CLIMATE - October 23, ... - 0 views

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global warming climate changes

shared by Leah R on 03 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Side by side comparisons of seaice from 1979 and 2003.
  • compared to the 1980s, most of the Arctic warmed significantly over the last decade, with the biggest temperature increases occurring over North America
  • Researchers have suspected loss of Arctic sea ice may be caused by changing atmospheric pressure patterns over the Arctic that move sea ice around, and by warming Arctic temperatures that result from greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere.
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  • Less ice means more open water. More open water means greater absorption of solar energy. More absorption of solar energy means increased rates of warming in the ocean, which naturally tends to yield faster rates of ice loss.
  • Arctic perennial sea ice has been decreasing at a rate of 9% per decade.
  • Leah R on 03 Apr 10
     
    This has interesting pictures and facts about the arctic melting.
  • Leah R on 03 Apr 10
     
    This is important because it shows pictures about the signifigance of global warming and how it is affecting the arctic.
Reasat EWSIS

Extraterrestrial life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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life aliens Mars Europa space science discovery NASA research exploration

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  • Extraterrestrial life is defined as life which does not originate from planet Earth. The existence of such life is theoretical and all assertions about it remain disputed.
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is the general definition of what aliens are. They are known as extraterrestrial life that do not live on Earth, but oter space. The last sentence is important because, scientists are still trying to prove the existence of aliens.
  • Suggested locations which might have once developed, or presently continue to host life similar to our own, include the planets Venus[1] and Mars, moons of Jupiter and Saturn (e.g. Europa,[2] Enceladus and Titan) and Gliese 581 c and d, recently discovered to be near Earth-mass extrasolar planets apparently located in their star's habitable zone, and with the potential to have liquid water.[3]
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      There may be potnetial alien life in various planets, moons, and star (i.e. - Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Europa)
  • Alien life, such as bacteria, has been theorised by scientists such as Carl Sagan to exist in our solar system and quite possibly throughout the universe although no samples have been found.
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Where is the evidence that bacteria exist else where?
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  • Scientists are directly searching for evidence of unicellular life within the solar system, carrying out studies on the surface of Mars and examining meteors which have fallen to Earth. A mission is also proposed to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons with a possible liquid water layer under its surface, which might contain life.[19]
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Another source that goes more in detail about this is: http://www.disclose.tv/forum/finding-life-mars-vs-europa-t10371.html
  • Independently, in 1996, structures resembling nanobacteria were reportedly discovered in a meteorite, ALH84001, thought to be formed of rock ejected from Mars. This report is also controversial, and scientific debate continues.
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because this is proof that extraterrestrial life existed in outer space, more specifically Mars.
    • JosephT EWSIS
      JosephT EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
       
      This isn't proof at all. It says possibly, and it says that there is a lack of evidence.
  • In February 2005, NASA scientists reported that they had found strong evidence of present life on Mars.[21] The two scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA's Ames Research Center, based their claims on methane signatures found in Mars' atmosphere resembling the methane production of some forms of primitive life on Earth, as well as on their own study of primitive life near the Rio Tinto river in Spain.
  • Within Islam, the statement of the Qur'an "All praise belongs to God, Lord of all the worlds" indicates multiple universal bodies, and maybe even multiple universes, which may indicate extraterrestrial and even extradimensional life. Surat Al-Jinn also mentioned a statement from a Jinn regarding the current status and ability of his group in the heavens.
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is interesting because I am a Muslim my self. A lot of things can have different interpretations. I am going to try looking for it in the Qur'an.
  • Europa - Europa may contain liquid water beneath its thick ice layer. It is possible that vents on the bottom of the ocean warm the ice, so liquid could exist beneath the ice layer, perhaps capable of supporting microbes and simple plants, just like in Earth's hydrothermal vents.[2]
    • Reasat EWSIS
      Reasat EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
  • Mars - Life on Mars has been long speculated. Liquid water is widely thought to have existed on Mars in the past, and there may still be liquid water beneath the surface. Methane was found in the atmosphere of Mars. By July 2008, laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander had identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample to an instrument which identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples. Recent photographs from the Mars Global Surveyor show evidence of recent (i.e. within 10 years) flows of a liquid on the Red Planet's frigid surface.[34]
  • The other large moons of our system which have been visited appear similarly lifeless, though the interesting geothermic forces observed (Io's volcanism, Europa's ocean, Titan's thick atmosphere) have underscored how broad the range of potentially habitable environments may be.
  • JosephT EWSIS on 11 Dec 09
     
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Jessica =D

50 trippy years of space trips | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine - 0 views

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diigo trippy space change time

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  • Jessica =D on 15 Oct 09
     
    NASA | In October of 1957, the Soviet Union started the Space Age with the launch of Sputnik. Since then, a lot of spacecraft have wended their way through the solar s
Shehrina EWSIS

E.T. to Earth: Don't Get Me Sick - Space | NASA | Solar System | Planets | Shuttle | As... - 0 views

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shared by Shehrina EWSIS on 22 Oct 09 - Cached
  • "If terrestrial bugs make it to Mars can they survive and grow, or would they be able to thrive in extreme environments?" asks lead author of the paper Wayne Nicholson, who is a professor at the Department of Microbiology & Cell Science at the University of Florida, Kennedy Space Center. "So far, our results show that they wouldn't be able to grow."
  • Shehrina EWSIS on 22 Oct 09
     
    This is pretty interesting to be because imagine they find a way to plant trees & flowers in mars and they actually survive. Then people might be able to live there too. That would be pretty awesome.
AndreaLee EWSIS

Mayans, Global Warming, NASA & 2012 - 0 views

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shared by AndreaLee EWSIS on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
  • This is real history using real science, not selective misinterpretation of found relics
  • So forget vague prophecies about 2012 and pay attention to this world.  Science isn't magic, and we have indications that we can indeed outstrip our ability to live.
  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 21 Oct 09
     
    I couldn't even imagine that the Modern Mayans are annoyed by the movie. Also, I want to know what is modern culture misinterpreting?
  • AndreaLee EWSIS on 21 Oct 09
     
    I guess we are so hyped up, that we forget about our present and won't fix it.
Ammy EWSIS

2012: NASA's Scientific Reality Check | Universe Today - 0 views

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EWSIS 2012 End of the world science

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  • Ammy EWSIS on 12 Nov 09
     
    I'm learning more about 2012 right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: Should we as a society, put our beliefs into Mayan predictions, or should we believe Scientists just because they have information to back up their facts?I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it speaks about the reality of science and whether or not we should believe in it. It also speaks about the Mayan calender. This specific source sparked my interest because lately, with Hollywood coming out with new movies about 2012, the thought of the world coming to end has constantly been bothering me. I had a strong urge to find out the truth. "The Mayan calendar does not end in December 2012. Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period, but then - just as your calendar begins again on January 1 - another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar." The quote I chose here basically tries to persuade us by saying that the Mayan Calender ending on the year 2012 is a hoax. The author of this posts believes that even after the calender ends, just like any of the calenders that we have at home, it will start itself new again. I think this is very captivating because it makes me really wonder. It makes me wonder about all remarks people are making, what society thinks about this, and if there are any evidence that are being hidden from society. I hope as we go further into the years, scientists will dig out more information to support the theory so when the day comes, I won't have to hide under my bed and panic.
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