(B2431) wrote in message ...
From: (Michael Petukhov)
Date: 10/16/2003 4:18 PM Central Daylight Time
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(B2431) wrote in message
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And of course you also believe the Soviets sent a robot, Lunakhod (sp?) to
the
moon and retrieved their own rocks?


Sure I do.

Michael

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

So, if the Soviets went to the moon albeit with a robot why do you refuse to
believe the U. S. went ther with men when both countries brought back rocks ?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

Sorry this mashine went crazy and send unfinished post by its own.
By the way Apollo computer had as much as 2kb of memory as and according
to NASA stalled was rebooted during first landing on the moon several
times.

Anyway I continue... as U. S. Air Force veteran can you imagine that
someone was capable to perform landing in a surface of space object
(never done before) 6 times in a row using completely new technology
without actual testing it? I cannot. Remember for instance how many
aviation pioneer died in much easy conditions of landing until they
learned how to do it properly. And it is not only one. There are tons
of strange NASA pictures and films, strange elements of LM design
like hatch opening inward cabine having not enough space for two
men in space suits etc. And also have you any idea about level of
space radiation above 1000km altitude particularly in van allen
belts they crossed without, according to NASA, any special
radiation protection. There is nice discussion on space radiation
based on recent NASA official data in:

http://guthvenus.tripod.com/vl2-iss-03.htm

However he

http://srag-nt.jsc.nasa.gov/FAQ/Index.html

NASA says that Organ Specific Exposure Limits for Astronauts
for 30 days are 25rem for blood forming organs,
100rem for eyes and 150rem for skin. Does it sounds
good for you? You can look at Britannica which says
that maximum permissible annual (!!!) dose for eyes
150 mSv (15rem) and for all others (e.g., red bone
marrow, breast, lung, gonads, skin, and extremities)
500 mSv (50rem). For acute exposures Britannica specifically
says: "Acute exposures in excess of 100 mSv (10 rem) are
justified only by life-saving actions in emergency
situations".

Actual dosage received in Apollo moon missions,
according to NASA were in the range of 0.5-1.4rem/mission
even less than that in some skylab (17.8 rem) and Shuttle
(7.8rem) which flew much below van-allen belts.

Also if actual space radiation dosage is so low why
NASA Organ Specific Exposure Limits for Astronauts are
so crazy high?

Michael