Moon poker

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

A lot has been written in recent years about whether the Americans were on the moon or not. The problem has been sorted out from all sides. Photos analyzed: too many, impossible to shoot during the expeditions. All technological stages have been studied: extremely low probability of reaching the finish line alive; no more than 5% according to the most optimistic calculations, including the well-known factor "maybe", and this is only for the first expedition, and there were several of them and all were successful. Inconsistency with current physical concepts: dust under the nozzles of the landing ship; incomprehensible childishness in some newsreels; lack of clarity with the technique of filming in difficult conditions of airless space when donning bulky overalls. And much more, right down to traces in the moon dust.

The Internet community unanimously agreed that the filming was carried out on Earth and even the director was identified - the famous Kubrick, now deceased. An audio version of his confession, given shortly before his death from old age, has been published.

However, in my opinion, one more aspect of the puzzle has not been considered. How was it possible to create such a detailed and convincing falsification, in which a huge number of all kinds of people took part, from NASA engineers to technicians on film sets and troops who provide many stages of the project? No falsity was noted on all newsreel frames. People are completely sincere. Well-trained actors are capable of playing absurdity well, but not everyone they meet. But the background of the situation looks exactly like this.

Therefore, I want to offer my version of what happened. This is nothing more than a probabilistic reconstruction of events, completely sucked from the finger.… The basis for fantasies was numerous publications, a short list of which will be given at the end, and common sense, which is a set of abstractions well-tested by people and time, sometimes also called wisdom or, in the ancient Greek way, philosophy.

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The Americans got down to business with the solidity inherent in this young, energetic nation. Realizing perfectly well that they are preparing an epoch-making event, we took care of all aspects, including how it will be presented in newsreels. All significant moments of preparation and execution must be captured. And not only significant ones - secondary, purely everyday, jokes, oversights, numerous details, the presence of which will not allow doubting the reliability of the achieved result. In the future, on these materials, you can earn for many years in the film industry, in which no one can challenge America's primacy, neither Indian Bollywood, nor the classic French comedy.

The general direction should be entrusted to a master who has proven the ability to implement large-scale projects on the verge of fantasy. Just in time for the preparation of the lunar mission, the film "A Space Odyssey 2001" by Stanley Kubrick was being filmed. The film began filming in late 1965 and was released in 1968. The first Apollo flight took place on July 20, 1969. By the way, I remember that very well. One of the July evenings my mother took me from kindergarten and in the sky there was an almost full moon. Mom told me about the cosmonauts who flew there.

Kubrick and is credited with "lunar shooting". True or not, it looks quite reliable. The creator of the triumphant film may have received an offer to work on a secret rehearsal program for filming the first manned flight to another planet. Literally everything had to be rehearsed. From negotiations in Space to travel on the Moon. In extreme situations, no oversights should have arisen, or rather, they should have been minimized, all words and actions had to be rehearsed, and historical phrases had to be invented. And just training at the training grounds, as close as possible to the places of the upcoming actions, should have been carefully filmed in order to develop a video sequence for analysis.

An expedition to Space is a daunting task consisting of many individual elements that are performed both in a specific sequence and simultaneously at different stages of the entire project. Thus, training of crews, ground support teams and engineering work were going on in parallel.

When the project approached the final stage, it became clear that the mission of flying people there and back looks, frankly, impracticable. Here and the explosion of an oxygen-hydrogen carrier still in Earth orbit, overcoming radiation belts, accurate reckoning of the route in flight, so as not to miss the moon pea and much more, not to mention the return from orbit to Earth, which was also problematic, because it is possible banal ricochet and irrevocable flight into the void.

And the training continued in full, including negotiations in Space. Here, too, there should be no ad-libbing, all phrases for all situations must be spoken and then there will be a place for a little personal.

The crews experienced splashdown of the lander. Exit from the lunar module to the surface … of the shooting pavilion under the light of spotlights, which sometimes fell, getting into the frame. And then, under the dazzling glare of the Sun, a character in trousers and a sweater suddenly appeared among astronauts in spacesuits. Under the friendly laughter of the participants. It is clear that before such procedures it was absolutely not necessary to observe the pre-flight diet and we know the footage of the farewell meal before the flight. A very plentiful meal, which in a real flight will inevitably be vomited wherever necessary. No amount of exercise will help keep your stomach full during overload. Astronauts, getting out of the captured lander, walked briskly on foot, because after a hearty breakfast, not darkened by flight on bends, they had enough strength for everything. And the module itself was not scorched by close contact with the elements of open space. It was all training. As it should be in such matters.

However, the "Che" hour has come. No, Chegevara has nothing to do with it - it was just the time to fulfill obligations, especially since the Soviet Union was breathing in its back. America did not know that everything was not so smooth there either. But someone has to be the first!

In a word, everything is designed and rehearsed to glory, only the cosmonauts will not fly there alive and will not be able to accomplish anything. It is still possible to send an empty module. Moreover, thanks to the excellent American technology, this module may well communicate with the Earth both during the flight and from the Moon. Also, the launch platform will remain there … as evidence of the presence of American technology (but not people, we note in parentheses). It is still cited as evidence of flights to the moon as a dot on the images of our satellite. Corner reflectors can be delivered for further laser measurements, which were carried out. Only this is all possible without human intervention: a gondola with reflectors rolls down from an automatically open hatch, the shell is thrown off in one way or another, and a simple device is ready for action.

What does Science do when it turns out that it is not capable, despite the costs? Confesses to be powerless. Either loud or quiet. The latter is more common. But it is recognized because it is Science.

What does the Business do when the goal is not achieved and the costs do not pay off? That's right - he tries to recoup them. At any price. For it was said by Marx that there are no crimes that private capital will not commit for the sake of enormous profits. And then all the information channels are in their hands and all around are gentlemen. And a gentleman takes a gentleman's word. A well-known parable. The business decided to play poker while the cards were in hand.

And so they did. The mighty rocket took off at the confluence of peoples. Flew to the moon. On the way, she spoke in a human language. She left her mark on the moon and broadcast films from Earth. And flew back. Not weighed down by the weight of three men in spacesuits, and therefore it could be stuffed with quite excellent American technology. The latter worked fine. It is not without reason that America has lived for a whole century without wars on its land, and a talented, militant and thieving people have gathered there.

And how this miracle happened, everyone learned about the triumph of … cunning will. Including those who were to play the roles of the heroes of the Cosmos in the coffin of their lives.

And so several times in a row. According to a rehearsed script.

Such a combination of events presented itself to me under the impression of reading

X-Files

1) - detailed debriefing