Do you think NASA should go back to the Moon?

[Euterpe13]

Oh come on - if they had actually got to the moon that long ago, how come they've never been back ? Logically, there should be a thriving space station set up there for a couple of decades now...

They do say that the original spoof was filmed by Stanley Kubrick ... 2001 was much better , though, and far more credible !

[icomefromalanddownunder]

Oh come on - if they had actually got to the moon that long ago, how come they've never been back ? Logically, there should be a thriving space station set up there for a couple of decades now...

They do say that the original spoof was filmed by Stanley Kubrick ... 2001 was much better , though, and far more credible !

Anyone else a fan of 'The Right Stuff'?

My copy just happens to be sitting on my desk, as I lent it to a fellow student.
38o forecast for tomorrow, so I may just lounge beneath the aircon and watch the film again.
Ooooh, Sam Shepherd ..............

[J.R.]

and the words................

'Houston, we have a problem !
were never said !

[icomefromalanddownunder]

and the words................

'Houston, we have a problem !
were never said !

Oh yes they were:

I've seen that film too

[J.R.]

and the words................

'Houston, we have a problem !
were never said !

Oh yes they were:

I've seen that film too

They weren't in that order. Apparently its a play on words. I can't find it at the moment but the actual transmission can be found on the web.

If I remember correctly, it was, "Houston - We have HAD a problem !"

[shoz]

Oh come on - if they had actually got to the moon that long ago, how come they've never been back ? Logically, there should be a thriving space station set up there for a couple of decades now...

They do say that the original spoof was filmed by Stanley Kubrick ... 2001 was much better , though, and far more credible !

The reason NASA never went back to the Moon is because the American public, who after all were paying for the missions, got bored of them. NASA actually had to pay the tv networks to broadcast the mssions things were so bad. Only when the near disaster of Apollo 13 happened was there a brief resurgence. The last 3 missions were cancelled by what could be called 'lack of interest'.

And if anyone is interested, the actual words spoken at the time of the Apollo 13 explosion are as follows, taken from the official NASA transcript.


Flight: "Now we haven't stabilized that attitude yet, but I don't think they're going to have any problems."
Guido: "Flight, I don't think there's any problem. They haven't opened up that vent."
Flight: "Yea, that's just what I'm saying. The time to do it is now Guidance."
Guido: "Flight, Guidance."
Flight: "Go Guidance."
Guido: "As long as he's in P00 and don't reselect it, we can downlink it... (garbled) ...enter it... (garbled)"
Flight: "Fido you got an update on the crew checklist anyway onboard don't ya..."
Fido: (over Flight) "Rog."
Flight: "...don't you got a page update, well why don't we read it up to them and that'll serve both purposes."
Fido: "Alright."
Flight: "The bulkhead matter as well as why don't you tell them what page you want of the checklist."
Fido: "Okay."
Telmu: "Flight, Telmu."

55:55:20 (9:07 PM CT) - Swigert: "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."


Flight: "Go, Telmu."
Telmu: "We show the overhead hatch closed and the heater current looks normal."
Flight: "Okay."

55:55:28 - CapCom: "This is Houston. Say again please."
(loop)


Guido: "Flight, Guidance."
Flight: "Go, Guidance."
Guido: "We've had a (Comand Module Computer - CMC) hardware restart. I don't know what it was."
Flight: "GNC you want to look at it?":
GNC: "(garbled)":
Flight: "Roger. See a hardware restart?":

55:55:35 - Lovell: "Ah, Houston, we've had a problem. (pause) We've had a main B bus undervolt."


Flight: "You see a AC bus undervolt there Guidance, (correcting himself) er, EECom?"
EECom: "Negative, Flight."
Flight: "I believe the crew reported it."
CapCom: "We got a main B undervolt."
EECom: "Okay, Flight we've got some instrumentation flags. Let me add them up."
Flight: "Rog."
EECom: "We've may have had an instrumentation problem, Flight."
Flight: "Rog."

55:55:42 - CapCom (Jack Lousma): "Roger. Main B undervolt. Okay stand by 13, we're looking at it."

[J.R.]

Thanks for that Shoz.

I stand exonerated, and it ain't easy to stand when your ex has been onerated !