• Re: The Apollo moon landings

    From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 14 08:18:53 2025
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    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 11:51 schrieb Thomas Heger:
    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 01:05 schrieb Bertitaylor:
    On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:45:04 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon
    landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He >>>> also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus
    show it
    falling slowly.

    There was the dropped hammer and feather experiment performed by
    Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott.

    Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke were able to jump
    around four feet. While they could theoretically jump much higher,
    they jumped shorter distances due to the extra weight of their
    spacesuits and the need to avoid falling off balance or damaging
    their equipment.

    "Apollo 16 Full Mission (Day 6) - Moon Walk 1"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEvizJS5VQ

    There are a few anomalies in this video:

    1) the tv-camera, which recorded this video, was actually taking
    pictures in color.


    It's not easy to see color. But e.g. there was a red ring around the
    legs of the astronauts and that was actually red after transmission.

    Also the ribbon towards that 'tech device' was red and was transmitted
    in red.


    Also the golden foil around the lander shines reddish.

    This can be seen at 3:27, for instance.

    This is rather strange, because if a color camera was actually used,
    than it would be rather logic, to turn the others color channels (green
    and blue) up, too.

    But the pictures look like composed from a luminosity channel and a red channel, while green and blue were missing.


    Btw:
    a little earlier (at 3:09) there is a drawing of the 'Moon rover'.

    This diagram shows, that the rover had no hinges in its frame, what
    would make the vehicle difficult to stow into the lander.

    But if they used a color camera, than why were other items not in color?


    Usually you would be proud about nice pictures from such remote places
    like the Moon and would not cripple them intentionally.


    2) at the top of these 'back-backs' there is something blinking (occasionally). What was that?

    3) the tv-camera pans, tilts and zooms and was placed on a tripod.

    But how did they do this?

    Tilt, pan and zoom require little motors and those a remote control.

    Since the astronauts could not do that themselves (e.g. because they
    were actually filmed, had other things to do and wore clumsy
    spacesuits), the question remains, who else controlled the camera
    movements and how.


    TH
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  • From charles@charles@candehope.me.uk to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 14 08:00:02 2025
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    In article <mdjlkvFmebmU1@mid.individual.net>,
    Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 11:51 schrieb Thomas Heger:
    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 01:05 schrieb Bertitaylor:
    On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:45:04 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon >>>> landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He >>>> also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus
    show it
    falling slowly.

    There was the dropped hammer and feather experiment performed by
    Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott.

    Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke were able to jump
    around four feet. While they could theoretically jump much higher,
    they jumped shorter distances due to the extra weight of their
    spacesuits and the need to avoid falling off balance or damaging
    their equipment.

    "Apollo 16 Full Mission (Day 6) - Moon Walk 1"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEvizJS5VQ

    There are a few anomalies in this video:

    1) the tv-camera, which recorded this video, was actually taking
    pictures in color.


    It's not easy to see color. But e.g. there was a red ring around the
    legs of the astronauts and that was actually red after transmission.

    Also the ribbon towards that 'tech device' was red and was transmitted
    in red.




    Also the golden foil around the lander shines reddish.

    This can be seen at 3:27, for instance.

    This is rather strange, because if a color camera was actually used,
    than it would be rather logic, to turn the others color channels (green
    and blue) up, too.

    But the pictures look like composed from a luminosity channel and a red channel, while green and blue were missing.

    Memory (failing after 57 years) tells me the color camera used sent
    sequential colors - not combined as was the case with broadcast quality cameras. Lack of bandwidth was giena s the reason for this.

    Btw:
    a little earlier (at 3:09) there is a drawing of the 'Moon rover'.

    This diagram shows, that the rover had no hinges in its frame, what
    would make the vehicle difficult to stow into the lander.

    But if they used a color camera, than why were other items not in color?


    Usually you would be proud about nice pictures from such remote places
    like the Moon and would not cripple them intentionally.


    2) at the top of these 'back-backs' there is something blinking (occasionally). What was that?

    3) the tv-camera pans, tilts and zooms and was placed on a tripod.

    But how did they do this?

    Tilt, pan and zoom require little motors and those a remote control.

    Since the astronauts could not do that themselves (e.g. because they
    were actually filmed, had other things to do and wore clumsy
    spacesuits), the question remains, who else controlled the camera
    movements and how.


    TH
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  • From occam@occam@nowhere.nix to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 14 13:08:46 2025
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    On 12/07/2025 07:26, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:23:07 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon
    landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He
    also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus show it
    falling slowly.

    Apes were so naive then and are still so gullible now.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    --

    Facebook shows an Indian photo of the Apollo 11 and 12 Landers on the
    Moon. Pretty clear, especially the shadows.


    Eh? Doesn't the fact that it was an Indian photo tell you that you were looking at a photoshopped image, you ridiculous eejit? Where were the
    Indians when the photo was taken? The local tandoori take-away?
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 14 11:20:53 2025
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    On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:08:46 +0000, occam wrote:

    On 12/07/2025 07:26, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:23:07 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon
    landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He
    also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus show it >>> falling slowly.

    Apes were so naive then and are still so gullible now.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    --

    Facebook shows an Indian photo of the Apollo 11 and 12 Landers on the
    Moon. Pretty clear, especially the shadows.


    Eh? Doesn't the fact that it was an Indian photo tell you that you were looking at a photoshopped image, you ridiculous eejit? Where were the
    Indians when the photo was taken? The local tandoori take-away?

    Taken by Moon mission Chandrayan recently and posted on Facebook where
    no dissenting sounds were heard. The absence of the non fluttering flag
    was noted. It reminded Arindam of lines he wrote to one Mike Morris in misc.writing? many moons ago:

    Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble, the Hubble Deep Space telescope
    Upon the flag, the flag - not fluttering - on the Apollo lunarscope.

    Using the heroic style employed by Macaulay.

    Woof woof

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Tue Jul 15 08:00:51 2025
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    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:24:34 +0000, David Canzi wrote:

    On 6/22/25 19:34, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:01:52 +0000, David Canzi wrote:

    On 6/14/25 01:45, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:42:45 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote or quoted:
    Did Einstein make relativity famous, or did relativity make
    Einstein famous?

    -a Einstein really hit the big time after that 1919 solar eclipse,


    Biggest science hoax ever that, using the refraction of the starlight
    from the Sun's atmosphere to "prove" the extraordinary bullshit of
    General Relativity.

    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation
    close to the observed bending?

    They totally neglected the impact of lensing from the Sun's outer
    atmosphere which obviously had a refractive index greater than unity.
    When you neglect that fact you can come to absurdly wrong conclusions
    like GR getting validated.

    Einstein didn't just predict that the light ray would be bent, he
    predicted *how* *much* it would be bent. If you can't calculate
    how much refraction by the solar atmosphere would bend the light
    ray, and you can't find anybody who has done this calculation,
    then you have nothing. You have no grounds on which to conclude
    that this refraction is large enough to invalidate GR.

    It should be pretty simple to reverse calculate knowing the angle of
    lensing found by observation. Consider the extent of the Sun's corona
    radially away from the surface. Should be several thousands of
    kilometres pointing to and perpendicular to Earth. Then find out how
    much the refractive index would do that and then see how plausible that
    should be.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Tue Jul 15 12:06:38 2025
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    On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:20:51 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:08:46 +0000, occam wrote:

    On 12/07/2025 07:26, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 22:23:07 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon
    landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He >>>> also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus show it >>>> falling slowly.

    Apes were so naive then and are still so gullible now.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    --

    Facebook shows an Indian photo of the Apollo 11 and 12 Landers on the
    Moon. Pretty clear, especially the shadows.


    Eh? Doesn't the fact that it was an Indian photo tell you that you were
    looking at a photoshopped image, you ridiculous eejit? Where were the
    Indians when the photo was taken? The local tandoori take-away?

    Taken by Moon mission Chandrayan recently and posted on Facebook where
    no dissenting sounds were heard. The absence of the non fluttering flag
    was noted. It reminded Arindam of lines he wrote to one Mike Morris in misc.writing? many moons ago:

    Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble, the Hubble Deep Space telescope
    Upon the flag, the flag - not fluttering - on the Apollo lunarscope.

    Using the heroic style employed by Macaulay.

    Woof woof

    What liars these apes be!

    Bertietaylor

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 12:15:14 2025
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    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 2:53:39 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:52:34 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 16:45:44 +0000, David Canzi wrote:

    On 6/7/25 18:23, Bertitaylor wrote:
    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon >>>>>> landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He >>>>>> also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus show it >>>>>> falling slowly.

    When they jump, once their feet leave the surface, their acceleration is >>>>> determined by the gravity of whatever they jumped up from. If you
    measure how high they jumped and how long it took to get to that height, >>>>> you can calculate their acceleration due to gravity and compare it with >>>>> the acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface.

    As they were on Earth they merely shuffled leaving deep prints.

    Actually they all hopped around because it was good exercise and easier
    to do than to walk in the bulky suits in low gravity, crackpot.

    Hopping was shown as that could be done with cranes pulling them up or
    down as per direction.

    Insane nonsense.

    Not at all. Best they could do when simulating on Earth. They got better
    at that in the later Apollo missions.


    Why did they not throw a moon rock UP and show how slowly it went up and
    came down?

    It wasn't on their schedule, they weren't teenagers on a joy ride to
    make an internet video, and how fast a thrown object goes up has little
    to nothing to do with gravity and almost everything to do with the
    thrower.

    An object thrown on the Moon would go up high and fast and come down
    slowly as compared to the same action done on Earth.

    That is possible on Earth with camera work and software these days. Not
    in 1969.

    Anyway the Indian lunar probe found no flag near Apollo 11 lunar module.
    That settles it. Men have never walked on the Moon.

    That will happen with Arindam's internal force engines.

    WOOF woof woof-woof woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    You are getting more insane by the day.

    Desperate wannabe robot tried ad hominem.

    <snip insane nonsense>

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 06:43:28 2025
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    Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 2:53:39 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:52:34 +0000, Jim Pennino wrote:

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 16:45:44 +0000, David Canzi wrote:

    On 6/7/25 18:23, Bertitaylor wrote:
    Arindam remembers his father wondering after watching the Apollo moon >>>>>>> landing video in 1969, why they did not jump up at least three feet. He >>>>>>> also thought they could at least have thrown a stone up and thus show it
    falling slowly.

    When they jump, once their feet leave the surface, their acceleration is >>>>>> determined by the gravity of whatever they jumped up from. If you >>>>>> measure how high they jumped and how long it took to get to that height, >>>>>> you can calculate their acceleration due to gravity and compare it with >>>>>> the acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface.

    As they were on Earth they merely shuffled leaving deep prints.

    Actually they all hopped around because it was good exercise and easier >>>> to do than to walk in the bulky suits in low gravity, crackpot.

    Hopping was shown as that could be done with cranes pulling them up or
    down as per direction.

    Insane nonsense.

    Not at all. Best they could do when simulating on Earth. They got better
    at that in the later Apollo missions.


    Why did they not throw a moon rock UP and show how slowly it went up and >>> came down?

    It wasn't on their schedule, they weren't teenagers on a joy ride to
    make an internet video, and how fast a thrown object goes up has little
    to nothing to do with gravity and almost everything to do with the
    thrower.

    An object thrown on the Moon would go up high and fast and come down
    slowly as compared to the same action done on Earth.

    That is possible on Earth with camera work and software these days. Not
    in 1969.

    Anyway the Indian lunar probe found no flag near Apollo 11 lunar module.
    That settles it. Men have never walked on the Moon.

    That will happen with Arindam's internal force engines.

    WOOF woof woof-woof woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    ArindamrCOs Claim (Paraphrased):

    rCLObjects move differently on the Moon than on Earth: high, fast,
    slow descent. That could be faked today with software, but not in
    1969. Also, the Indian probe saw no flag, so the Moon landing was faked.rCY

    Physics of Thrown Objects: Earth vs Moon
    Factor Earth Moon
    Gravity 9.8 m/s-# 1.6 m/s-# (about 1/6)
    Air YesrCocauses air resistance (drag) NorCovacuum, no drag


    Result Objects slow down faster, descend faster (especially light
    ones), terminal velocity applies Objects follow ideal parabolic
    motion for much longer, stay in air longer, dust and limbs fall at same rate
    Air Friction (Drag) Effects on Earth:

    When you throw a feather, piece of paper, or even fine dust, air
    resistance dramatically slows it down and distorts its path.

    On Earth, light objects flutter, drift, or swirl.

    On the Moon, without air, even fine dust moves in perfect arcs and
    hits the surface sharply, without swirling or hesitation.

    This behavior is seen in Apollo videos:

    Astronauts kick up dust that falls in clean ballistic arcs, impossible
    to fake in Earth's atmosphere.

    Dropped tools and dust fall at the same rate, consistent with gravity
    in a vacuum.

    No air friction means there's no delay due to dragrCojust pure Newtonian
    motion under gravity.

    If filmed on Earth, even in slow motion:

    Dust would not behave correctly. It would billow or flutter.

    Air currents would create visible swirls and turbulence in dust or cloth.

    Slow motion does not change the laws of fluid dynamicsrCoair friction
    would still act, especially on dust or fabric.

    1969 Special Effects Limitations:

    No CGI, motion tracking, or realistic vacuum simulation tech existed.

    Vacuum chambers that large didnrCOt exist (and would still have issues
    with suspension, lighting, and sound).

    Simulating both low gravity and no air convincingly in long takes
    with freely moving dust was not technologically possible then.

    On the Indian Lunar Probe (Chandrayaan):

    As covered earlier: It is true that IndiarCOs orbiter did not image
    the Apollo flag.

    But that's because the flag is too small for current cameras to
    resolve from orbit.

    NASArCOs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the Apollo 11 landing
    site and showed shadows of equipment and flagpoles.

    This doesn't "settle" anything for ArindamrCOs caserCoit contradicts it.

    Conclusion:

    ArindamrCOs attempt to dismiss the Moon landings by appealing to visual
    motion actually backfires when air friction is considered:

    The behavior of thrown objects and kicked dust on the MoonrCowithout
    air resistancerCois impossible to replicate on Earth without detection.
    Arindam ignores this, or misunderstands it, undermining his entire
    argument.

    The idea that this could be faked in 1969 falls apart under even basic
    physical scrutiny. And no, India's lunar orbiter did not debunk the landingrCobecause it wasnrCOt designed to.
    Final Verdict:

    ArindamrCOs post is factually incorrect, physically uninformed, and
    dismissive of clear, replicable evidence. When the role of air resistance
    is correctly understood, it strongly supports the authenticity of the Moon landings and invalidates his reasoning.
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 14:07:13 2025
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    NASA lies do not explain why the Indian probe Chandrayan did not find
    the US flag nor any sign of footprints near the Apollo 11 lander. That
    thing was dropped there by remote control and likely used for the laser
    return apparatus for distance estimations.

    So while they may have gone around the Moon they never walked on the
    Moon.

    They could easily use the Hubble or Webb to show the flag and
    footprints.

    Why don't they? If they can find planets around stars surely they can
    show the footprints and flag on the Moon - of course, with an impartial
    and incorrupt audience.

    Woof woof-woof woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 07:44:26 2025
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    Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    NASA lies do not explain why the Indian probe Chandrayan did not find
    the US flag nor any sign of footprints near the Apollo 11 lander. That
    thing was dropped there by remote control and likely used for the laser return apparatus for distance estimations.

    So while they may have gone around the Moon they never walked on the
    Moon.

    They could easily use the Hubble or Webb to show the flag and
    footprints.

    Why don't they? If they can find planets around stars surely they can
    show the footprints and flag on the Moon - of course, with an impartial
    and incorrupt audience.

    Woof woof-woof woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

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    Arindam repeats his central claim: that no US flag or footprints
    were seen by India's Chandrayaan mission near the Apollo 11 site.
    From this, he concludes the landings were faked.

    This argument has serious problems.

    Chandrayaan-2 and 3 were not equipped with cameras of sufficient
    resolution to detect small surface items like flags or footprints.
    The resolution needed is sub-meter. These missions were focused on
    mapping, terrain study, and lander deploymentrConot forensic imaging.

    NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in 2009, has taken
    clear images of Apollo landing sites. These photos show lander
    bases, tracks from lunar rovers, and astronaut paths.

    As for Hubble or Webb: neither is suited for this. HubblerCOs max
    resolution on the Moon is about 85 meters per pixel. The flag is
    about 1 meter widerCofar too small. JWST is not aimed at the Moon
    at all; it would risk damage from bright reflection.

    The idea of hiding evidence using these telescopes is mistaken.
    Their capabilities are public, their data often open-access, and
    dozens of non-NASA scientists use them daily.

    Arindam's appeal to a hypothetical rCLimpartial and incorruptrCY
    audience is vague. Who decides impartiality? Science relies on
    methods and reproducibility, not feelings of trust.

    His repeated "Woof woof" satire continues to add emotion, not
    evidence. Style over substance.

    In short: lack of flag imagery from Chandrayaan is not surprising. High-resolution evidence does existrCofrom other missions. Claims
    to the contrary ignore known facts.
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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 20:48:47 2025
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    Den 15.07.2025 10:00, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:24:34 +0000, David Canzi wrote:

    On 6/22/25 19:34, Bertitaylor wrote:

    They totally neglected the impact of lensing from the Sun's outer
    atmosphere which obviously had a refractive index greater than unity.
    When you neglect that fact you can come to absurdly wrong conclusions
    like GR getting validated.


    Einstein didn't just predict that the light ray would be bent, he
    predicted *how* *much* it would be bent.-a If you can't calculate
    how much refraction by the solar atmosphere would bend the light
    ray, and you can't find anybody who has done this calculation,
    then you have nothing.-a You have no grounds on which to conclude
    that this refraction is large enough to invalidate GR.


    It should be pretty simple to reverse calculate knowing the angle of
    lensing found by observation. Consider the extent of the Sun's corona radially away from the surface. Should be several thousands of
    kilometres pointing to and perpendicular to Earth. Then find out how
    much the refractive index would do that and then see how plausible that should be.

    According to GR the gravitational deflection of
    EM-radiation by the Sun is:
    ++ = (2GM/(AUriac-#))ria((1+cos-a)/sin-a)
    where:
    ++ is the deflection of the star as observed from the Earth
    G is the gravitational constant
    M is the mass of the Sun
    AU an astronomical unit (distance Sun-Earth)
    c is the speed of light in vacuum
    -a is the angle star-Sun as observed from the Earth


    When -a = 90rU# the predicted deflection is ++ = 0.000407".

    The closest approach to the Sun of the ray from
    the star to the Earth is then 149,597,871 km.
    The radius of the corona is ~ 8,000,000 km so the the ray
    that hit the Earth is _far_ from the corona.

    GR's prediction for -a = 90rU# is confirmed by several experiments:

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for -a from 1rU# to 179rU#. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for -a from 45rU# to 135rU#. (Figure 2.)

    https://paulba.no/paper/Fomalont.pdf
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 22:16:58 2025
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    Yes, they totally neglected the fact that light must bend due to the
    greater than unity refractive index of the Sun's corona.

    Most successful hoax in human history, absolutely terrific palmjob.

    Woof woof woof-woof woof apes know how to profit from lies.

    Bertietaylor

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Tue Jul 15 15:53:07 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Yes, they totally neglected the fact that light must bend due to the
    greater than unity refractive index of the Sun's corona.

    Most successful hoax in human history, absolutely terrific palmjob.

    Woof woof woof-woof woof apes know how to profit from lies.

    Bertietaylor

    --

    Arindam's response to Paul's summary of General Relativity (GR) and gravitational deflection is scientifically baseless, rhetorically vacuous,
    and logically evasive. Here's a structured evaluation:

    1. rCLGreater than unity refractive index of the SunrCOs corona.rCY

    This phrase is physically accurate but contextually misleading.

    The corona does have a refractive index slightly greater than 1 for
    certain radio frequencies due to its ionized plasma.

    However, this does not apply to visible light, and certainly not in
    the way Arindam implies.

    More importantly, Paul explicitly stated that for -a = 90-#, the light
    ray is ~150 million km from the SunrCofar outside the coronarCOs extent
    (~8 million km radius). Therefore, the corona cannot cause deflection
    in this case.

    Conclusion: Arindam introduces a real concept but misuses itrCoa common tactic in pseudoscientific argumentation.

    2. rCLMost successful hoax in human history, absolutely terrific palmjob.rCY

    This is pure rhetoric without content.

    Calling General Relativity a rCLhoaxrCY without addressing any of its
    thousands of empirical confirmations (from GPS to gravitational lensing
    to black hole imaging) is anti-scientific and conspiratorial.

    The crude term rCLpalmjobrCY only signals emotional venting and contempt,
    not critical analysis.

    Conclusion: This is an insult disguised as argumentrCoa classic argumentum
    ad repugnantiam.

    3. rCLWoof woof woof-woof woof apes know how to profit from lies.rCY

    This repeated "woof-woof" motif and rCLapesrCY insult again illustrates:

    A reliance on dehumanization instead of logical discourse

    An obsession with portraying scientists as deceitful, which itself is
    not an argument but an insinuation

    There's no attempt here to refute the formula Paul provided, nor the
    empirical evidence supporting it.

    Overall Evaluation:

    Arindam provides no meaningful counterargument to Paul's correct
    description of gravitational deflection under GR. Instead, he:

    Misapplies a refractive index concept irrelevant to the scenario

    Ignores both the math and the data

    Substitutes insult for evidence

    Leans on conspiracy-like claims to dismiss decades of confirmed science

    Verdict: Arindam's reply is not a critiquerCoit is a rejectionist screed,
    and a poor one at that.
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 01:49:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 3:13:12 +0000, occam wrote:

    On 10/06/2025 01:48, Peter Moylan wrote:

    But back to the person you are replying to. I have sometimes suspected
    that he is only pretending to be a crackpot, and is laughing at all of
    us for taking the bait.

    Arindam is the greatest genius of all time and sole god among lotsa
    devils.

    That's a generous view to take of Arindam, and it gives him an escape
    clause in future should he decide to come clean.

    No deal. Arindam says what he means and means what he says. Now that
    seems impossible for slimy lying devils to understand.

    In reality Arindam (& his dog) are broken beyond repair. He is a waste
    of time and space. Crackpot theories in physics are one thing,

    Arindam busts inertia with his experiments, thus revising all of
    physics. Plenty of opposition to that from all sides. And why not.
    Academics and other parasites do not like to be proved to have been
    c@#$s.



    being a
    sycophantic admirer of Trump is an altogether another level of broken.

    Arindam regards Trump as one who tries to do what he can and what he has promised to do, and indeed has done a lot such as being POTUS not once
    but twice, all despite huge opposition. Thus, he sees Trump as his own
    very rare type.

    Arindam notes that Trump has created many jobs, decreased unemployment,
    reduced Govt size, got rid of illegals,
    tackled social issues... He has only done what he said he would. Rare
    quality in politics. The stock market is up. US power has been
    demonstrated. USans understand only money and power and that Trump has
    shown. What others think of Trump concerns him not in the least.

    As an Arindam-type, then, Trump is naturally successful to the sorrow of
    the intellectuals.

    "A space-time waster" is an apt Einsteinian epiteth he deserves on his gravestone.

    Arindam will be cremated and thus will his physical matter merge back
    into aether. No gravestone required. His physics will open up the
    universe.

    Woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

    Woof woof woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 05:06:53 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

    On 6/14/25 01:45, Bertitaylor wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:42:45 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote or quoted:
    Did Einstein make relativity famous, or did relativity make
    Einstein famous?

    Einstein really hit the big time after that 1919 solar eclipse,


    Biggest science hoax ever that, using the refraction of the starlight
    from the Sun's atmosphere to "prove" the extraordinary bullshit of
    General Relativity.

    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation
    close to the observed bending?

    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.

    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on Earth's surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    Woof

    Bertietaylor



    [1]

    Apart from that, the matter is of historical interest only.
    At todays accuracies bending of starlight is easily observed
    all over the sky. (except for diametrically opposite of course)
    So for example at 90 degrees away from the Sun,
    for starlight that has never been closer to the Sun than the Earth.

    Not unusual in science: what starts out as the highest science of the
    utmost technical difficulty ends up a hundred years later
    as a routinely applied engineering correction,
    (with the Hipparcos and GAIA astrometric satellites for example)
    Stellar positions are nowadays measured to -micro- arcseconds,
    with parallaxes out to 10 000 light years.

    Jan

    [1] Do have a look at the original 1919 photographs.
    The observed stars are well outside the corona.

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  • From Hibou@vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 06:17:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 16/07/2025 |a 02:49, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    Arindam is the greatest genius of all time and sole god among lotsa
    devils. [...]

    Arindam will be cremated and thus will his physical matter merge back
    into aether. No gravestone required. His physics will open up the
    universe.

    Woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

    Woof woof woof-woof woof woof-woof woof
    Bertie is apparently following the advice "If you can't be a good
    example, try to be a horrible warning."

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 07:41:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 5:17:54 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 16/07/2025 |a 02:49, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    Arindam is the greatest genius of all time and sole god among lotsa
    devils. [...]

    Arindam will be cremated and thus will his physical matter merge back
    into aether. No gravestone required. His physics will open up the
    universe.

    Woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

    Woof woof woof-woof woof woof-woof woof
    Bertie is apparently following the advice "If you can't be a good
    example, try to be a horrible warning."

    Woof, need the racist&bigoted snooty-girly apes be this cowardly?

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  • From Peter Moylan@peter@invalid.pmoylan.org to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 22:04:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 14/07/2025 4:18 pm, Thomas Heger wrote:
    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 11:51 schrieb Thomas Heger:

    It's not easy to see color. But e.g. there was a red ring around the
    legs of the astronauts and that was actually red after transmission.

    Also the ribbon towards that 'tech device' was red and was transmitted
    in red.

    Also the golden foil around the lander shines reddish.

    This can be seen at 3:27, for instance.

    This is rather strange, because if a color camera was actually used,
    than it would be rather logic, to turn the others color channels (green
    and blue) up, too.

    But the pictures look like composed from a luminosity channel and a red channel, while green and blue were missing.

    Over such a long distance, bandwidth is a problem. You can deal with
    this by deliberately cutting out some of the information, e.g. some of
    the colour information. Alternatively, you can try to transmit a
    full-colour picture, and let the gods of information theory degrade your signal.
    --
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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 14:40:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on Earth's surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is -a > 3.2rU# the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for -a from 1rU# to 179rU#. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for -a from 45rU# to 135rU#. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.
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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Wed Jul 16 14:50:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 16.07.2025 00:16, skrev Bertitaylor:

    Bertitaylor responds to a post by Paul B. Andersen
    but doesn't quote anything of the post he is
    responding to.

    Here is the post:

    Paul B. Andersen wrote:

    According to GR the gravitational deflection of
    EM-radiation by the Sun is:
    ++ = (2GM/(AUriac-#))ria((1+cos-a)/sin-a)
    where:
    ++ is the deflection of the star as observed from the Earth
    G is the gravitational constant
    M is the mass of the Sun
    AU an astronomical unit (distance Sun-Earth)
    c is the speed of light in vacuum
    -a is the angle star-Sun as observed from the Earth


    When -a = 90rU# the predicted deflection is ++ = 0.000407".

    The closest approach to the Sun of the ray from
    the star to the Earth is then 149,597,871 km.
    The radius of the corona is ~ 8,000,000 km so the the ray
    that hit the Earth is _far_ from the corona.

    GR's prediction for -a = 90rU# is confirmed by several experiments:

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for -a from 1rU# to 179rU#. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for -a from 45rU# to 135rU#. (Figure 2.)

    https://paulba.no/paper/Fomalont.pdf



    Yes, they totally neglected the fact that light must bend due to the
    greater than unity refractive index of the Sun's corona.

    This response makes it clear why Bertitaylor didn't
    quote my post.

    It would make him look like an idiot.


    Most successful hoax in human history, absolutely terrific palmjob.
    Wimp wimp wimp-wimp wimp.

    Bertietaylor

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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Wed Jul 16 15:01:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 23.06.2025 11:56, skrev Stefan Ram:

    Found this in the internet:

    |Could the displacement of star images near the sun be caused
    |by refraction in the atmosphere of the Sun, not by general
    |relativity?
    |
    |No. Long wavelength electromagnetic radio waves are, in fact,
    |refracted by the plasma in the solar photosphere, chromosphere
    |and corona, but this effect can be accounted for, leaving a |frequency-independent bending of the amount predicted by
    |general relativity.
    |
    |In 1974-75 a series of radio observations were made of the
    |occultation by the sun of the quasars 3C273 and 3C279 by
    |astronomers Fomalont and Sramek. The measurements were made at
    |2.7 and 8.1 gigacycles. Because refraction from the solar
    |corona varies with the square of the observing frequency as
    |n^2 - 1, where n is the plasma index of refraction, it is
    |possible from a 2-frequency observation to eliminate most of
    |the effects caused by refraction in the solar atmosphere.
    |General relativity predicts that the 'lensing' of light by a
    |gravitational field does NOT depend on the frequency of the
    |light, unlike lensing of light by optical means.
    |
    quoted from the internet.


    https://paulba.no/paper/Fomalont.pdf
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 12:57:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122222366660155666&set=a.122141150270155666&comment_id=1284100823227094&notif_id=1752522829024202&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

    "Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble, the Hubble Deep Space Telescope
    Upon the flag, the flag not fluttering, on the Apollo lunarscope." -
    Arindam

    Woof-woof, can anyone see flag or footprints near the lunar lander?

    Bertietaylor

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 13:21:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:57:26 +0000, bertitaylor wrote:

    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122222366660155666&set=a.122141150270155666&comment_id=1284100823227094&notif_id=1752522829024202&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

    "Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble, the Hubble Deep Space Telescope
    Upon the flag, the flag not fluttering, on the Apollo lunarscope." -
    Arindam

    Woof-woof, can anyone see flag or footprints near the lunar lander?

    Bertietaylor

    --

    Well?

    How many lies must Einsteinians lie
    Before the world knows they are lying?
    How many more billions must the liars spend
    To fool the public into further spending?

    The answer my foes

    is not fluttering in the wind.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Wed Jul 16 15:23:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/16/2025 2:40 PM, Paul.B.Andersen wrote:


    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections

    Of course, The Shit of your idiot guru
    is predicting no deflection, according to
    it light [in vacuum] takes always a straight/
    geodesic path.

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Wed Jul 16 06:52:55 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122222366660155666&set=a.122141150270155666&comment_id=1284100823227094&notif_id=1752522829024202&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

    "Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble, the Hubble Deep Space Telescope
    Upon the flag, the flag not fluttering, on the Apollo lunarscope." -
    Arindam

    Woof-woof, can anyone see flag or footprints near the lunar lander?

    Bertietaylor

    --

    ArindamrCOs latest post, written under the alias Bertietaylor, combines
    mocking tone, poetic mimicry, and rhetorical insinuation to question
    the legitimacy of the Apollo Moon landings. Here's a breakdown and evaluation:

    Content Breakdown:

    Parody & Irony ("Turn, Morris..."):

    This line parodies poetic or biblical language, invoking an unseen
    character ("Morris") to direct the Hubble Space Telescope toward
    the Moon to "see the flag."

    It mocks NASA's lack of contemporary high-resolution imagery
    allegedly showing the flag or footprints.

    Rhetorical Question ("can anyone see...?"):

    Meant to suggest that no evidence exists of human activity near
    the Apollo landing sites.

    Continues ArindamrCOs long-standing strategy of argument from
    incredulityrCorejecting historical consensus because of what he
    claims is absent photographic proof.

    Factual & Logical Evaluation:

    Hubble Cannot Image Apollo Sites:

    Fact: The Hubble Space Telescope is not designed to image the
    Moon with sufficient resolution. Its angular resolution
    (~0.05 arcseconds) is excellent for distant galaxies, but not
    for close, small objects like the Apollo sites.

    Result: This demand is technically ignorant or deliberately deceptive.

    Evidence from Other Sources Exists:

    The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has taken high-resolution
    images of all six Apollo landing sites, showing:

    Lunar modules

    Footpaths of astronauts

    Scientific instruments left behind

    Flag shadows in some cases (depending on sun angle)

    These images are publicly available and were published by NASA
    and independent researchers.

    Tone & Credibility:

    The post leans heavily on sarcasm and mockery, weakening its
    credibility in a scientific or serious historical debate.

    The "woof-woof" line is another instance of Arindam/Bertietaylor
    using canine mimicry to belittle others or frame himself as the
    only one questioning the "master"rCoa recurring metaphor in his
    anti-establishment framing.

    Conclusion:

    This post reflects ArindamrCOs style over substance approach: poetic flair, mockery, and conspiratorial tone substitute for factual accuracy.
    Technically, the claim fails because:

    He invokes the wrong instrument (Hubble).

    He ignores existing imagery from the LRO.

    He repeats debunked insinuations with performative language rather
    than addressing real evidence.

    It's a rhetorical performance, not a scientific argument.
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics on Wed Jul 16 14:26:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    How were Newton and Galileo delusional crackpots?

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Thu Jul 17 00:18:39 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years
    away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Woof woof woof-woof what scoundrels these apes be!

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Wed Jul 16 18:19:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years
    away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Sure it is Arindam.

    The truth is you are a delusional crackpot and reject simple truths such
    as how telescope and camera resolution works as they threaten your
    delusions.



    Woof woof woof-woof what scoundrels these apes be!

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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Thu Jul 17 14:00:53 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 17.07.2025 02:18, skrev Bertitaylor:
    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years
    away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Hubble photos of Moon.
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/moon/

    The best Hubble can do: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-of-crater-copernicus-on-earths-moon/

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."
    --
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  • From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Thu Jul 17 18:36:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Am Mittwoch000016, 16.07.2025 um 14:04 schrieb Peter Moylan:
    On 14/07/2025 4:18 pm, Thomas Heger wrote:
    Am Sonntag000013, 13.07.2025 um 11:51 schrieb Thomas Heger:

    It's not easy to see color. But e.g. there was a red ring around the
    legs of the astronauts and that was actually red after transmission.

    Also the ribbon towards that 'tech device' was red and was
    transmitted in red.

    Also the golden foil around the lander shines reddish.

    This can be seen at 3:27, for instance.

    This is rather strange, because if a color camera was actually used,
    than it would be rather logic, to turn the others color channels
    (green and blue) up, too.

    But the pictures look like composed from a luminosity channel and a
    red channel, while green and blue were missing.

    Over such a long distance, bandwidth is a problem. You can deal with
    this by deliberately cutting out some of the information, e.g. some of
    the colour information. Alternatively, you can try to transmit a full- colour picture, and let the gods of information theory degrade your signal.

    Sure, but why did they use a color camera on the Moon in the first
    place, if the broadcasted pictures are not in color???

    Color cameras were bulky, heavy and expensive in the late 60th and early
    70th.


    You can see that NASA used a color camera, because the videos from the
    Moon contained red areas.

    But why did NASA send a color camera to the Moon and made the color
    almost invisible?


    Usually you would use some electronic tricks to enhance all color
    information as much as possible, because that would make the already astonishing pictures much more impressive.


    But the pictures from the Moon look like being created from a full scale
    color image by turning down saturation in all color channels, but with
    the exception of red, which was not turned down entirely, but almost.

    An explanation for this strange behavior would be required, because that
    is not at all 'natural'.


    TH


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  • From nospam@nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Thu Jul 17 21:43:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation >>> close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on Earth's surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.
    At optical wavelengths the index of refraction is negligeable,
    even for light passing close to the sun,

    Jan

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Fri Jul 18 00:03:25 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:04:39 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote or quoted:
    On 6/14/25 13:24, Stefan Ram wrote:
    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> writes: Religion is not
    knowledge
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Is wisdom knowledge?

    Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge, experience, understanding,
    common sense, and insight to make good judgments and decisions.

    In other words, lie and cheat as necessary for saving backside or not
    getting crucified.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof we dogs are not wise, merely truthful in
    our barking, deplorable as that must be to the wise.

    Bertietaylor



    Wisdom is not truth.
    If wisdom is not truth, what is the value in
    having it?

    Even if wisdom is not truth itself, it is deeply valuable
    because wisdom helps apply truths. Truths are often abstract
    or difficult to use. Wisdom helps us apply truths in practical,
    ethical, or meaningful ways.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 06:22:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation >>>>> close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on Earth's >>> surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

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  • From Python@jp@python.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 13:32:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere >>>>>> would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation >>>>>> close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on Earth's >>>> surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of >>>> kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or because you
    are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to my question is
    not obvious.


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 15:35:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere >>>>>>> would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that
    calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on
    Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not
    thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is-a ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for-a ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for-a ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted-a no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or because
    you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to my
    question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy, it's a fact, and
    you're a piece of lying and slandering
    shit - but that was well known before.

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  • From Python@jp@python.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 13:40:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere >>>>>>>> would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that
    calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on
    Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not
    thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is-a ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for-a ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for-a ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted-a no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or because
    you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to my
    question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 15:43:47 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/18/2025 3:40 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere >>>>>>>>> would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that
    calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of >>>>>>>> starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on >>>>>>> Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not
    thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge >>>>>>> optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is-a ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for-a ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for-a ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted-a no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or because
    you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to my
    question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


    No it is not. You're just spitting powerlesly,
    as expected from a relativistic idiot.



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  • From Python@jp@python.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 13:46:25 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:43, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:40 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere >>>>>>>>>> would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that >>>>>>>>>> calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of >>>>>>>>> starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air on >>>>>>>> Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The >>>>>>>> atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not
    thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge >>>>>>>> optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is-a ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for-a ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for-a ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted-a no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or because >>>> you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to my
    question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


    No it is not

    It is. http://pico.oabo.inaf.it/~massimo/teaching/2017/notes/lecture1.pdf

    So dishonesty or incompetence on your side (here)?


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 16:11:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/18/2025 3:46 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:43, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:40 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air
    on Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or
    because you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to
    my question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


    No it is not

    It is. http://pico.oabo.inaf.it/~massimo/teaching/2017/notes/lecture1.pdf

    Another incompetent idiot may easily
    support your ignorant opinion; the
    facts remain, and they are: according to
    your idiot guru light/radio waves in
    vacuum take always straight/geodesic
    paths. No deflection predicted.

    I've asked you some times already:
    how does your moronic Shit recognize
    a straight/geodesic line of space
    (not of spacetime) - and you've
    never answerred. Of course, poor
    trash.


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  • From Python@jp@python.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 14:14:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 18/07/2025 |a 16:11, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:46 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:43, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:40 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of that calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than air
    on Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The
    atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or
    because you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer to
    my question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


    No it is not

    It is. http://pico.oabo.inaf.it/~massimo/teaching/2017/notes/lecture1.pdf

    Another incompetent idiot may easily
    support your ignorant opinion; the
    facts remain, and they are: according to
    your idiot guru light/radio waves in
    vacuum take always straight/geodesic
    paths. No deflection predicted.

    I've asked you some times already:
    how does your moronic Shit recognize
    a straight/geodesic line of space
    (not of spacetime) - and you've
    never answerred. Of course, poor
    trash.

    I got my answer : both incompetence and dishonesty. Thanks Maciej!


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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Fri Jul 18 16:20:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On 7/18/2025 4:14 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 16:11, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:46 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:43, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:40 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 15:35, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/18/2025 3:32 PM, Python wrote:
    Le 18/07/2025 |a 06:22, Maciej Wo+|niak a |-crit :
    On 7/17/2025 9:43 PM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 16.07.2025 07:06, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 8:44:28 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


    Has anybody calculated how much refraction by the Sun's
    atmosphere
    would bend a ray of star light, and was the result of
    that calculation
    close to the observed bending?


    Yes, of course. Eddington and friends already did that.
    The answer is that there is no way of explaining the
    bending of
    starlight by refraction in the Sun's atmosphere.
    The density is far too low for that.


    No, the density near the surface must be much higher than
    air on Earth's
    surface. Solar flares exist. They scatter mass all around. The >> -a>>>>>>>>> atmosphere around the Sun must stretch for hundreds of not
    thousands of
    kilometres. Then there is the size of the Sun overall a
    very huge
    optical lens.

    The radius of the solar corona is 8 million km.
    That is 7.3 million km outside of the Sun,
    much more than your "if not thousands of kilometres".

    But when the angle star-Sun is-a ? > 3.2? the ray from
    the star that hits the Earth is never inside of the corona.

    The vast majority of the measured gravitational deflections
    are made at higher angles than that.

    https://paulba.no/paper/Shapiro_2004.pdf
    Measurements for-a ? from 1? to 179?. (FIG. 1)

    https://paulba.no/paper/PPN_gamma_Hipparcos.pdf
    Measurement for-a ? from 45? to 135?. (Figure 2.)

    The solar eclipse measurements where the ray goes through
    the corona are of historic interest only.

    And for the kiddies: The corona is a plasma.
    The index of refraction of a plasma is well understood.

    It has a noticeable index of refraction at radio wavelengths.
    (but the deflection of radio waves can be measured accurately
    far away from the sun.

    And for the kiddies too: The Shit of Einstein
    has predicted-a no deflection, according to
    the idiot light [in vacuum] takes always
    straight/geodesic paths.

    Are you repeating this fallacy because you are incompetent or
    because you are dishonest Maciej? Given that you are both the answer
    to my question is not obvious.

    It's not a fallacy

    It is.


    No it is not

    It is. http://pico.oabo.inaf.it/~massimo/teaching/2017/notes/
    lecture1.pdf

    Another incompetent idiot may easily
    support-a your ignorant opinion; the
    facts-a remain, and they are: according to
    your idiot guru light/radio waves in
    vacuum take always straight/geodesic
    paths. No deflection predicted.

    I've asked you some times already:
    how does your moronic Shit recognize
    a straight/geodesic line of space
    (not of spacetime) - and you've
    never answerred. Of course, poor
    trash.

    I got my answer : both incompetence and dishonesty. Thanks Maciej!

    Hoping that another spit will cover
    the lack of the answer to my question?
    Maybe it will, your fellow trash here
    are true idiots, just like yourself.

    The facts remain, and they are: according
    to your idiot guru light/radio waves in
    vacuum take always straight/geodesic
    paths. No deflection predicted.

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 00:00:36 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:04:39 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> wrote or quoted:
    On 6/14/25 13:24, Stefan Ram wrote:
    David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> writes: Religion is not
    knowledge
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Is wisdom knowledge?

    Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge, experience, understanding,
    common sense, and insight to make good judgments and decisions.

    Wisdom is about dealing with liars and lying as necessary. At some stage
    it does not pay to be too wise. That comes when fiction pays much more
    than fact. The wise guy may appear to thrive but the community suffers.

    Wisdom is not truth.
    If wisdom is not truth, what is the value in
    having it?

    Power, money, fame etc as possessed by the wisest guys of our time.

    Even if wisdom is not truth itself, it is deeply valuable
    because wisdom helps apply truths. Truths are often abstract
    or difficult to use. Wisdom helps us apply truths in practical,
    ethical, or meaningful ways.

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

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  • From Hibou@vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 09:01:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' - <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-moon>

    Etc..

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 08:45:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse.

    Wow, what a judicious selection. Some snipping! But how is it abuse? It
    is a list of parasites.



    It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    Evidence is there in this and earlier posts, those being based on establishedbfacts.
    In this case we are explaining the meaning of wisdom.
    Silence is more than gold and speech far less than silver, when tyrants
    etc rule.
    So no support for Arindam's brilliant works.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    Woof woof woof woof

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    We are honest doggies, can't handle lies with such fluency as you
    dishonest wise apes can, for your huge gains.

    Maybe you should give truth and decency a chance. Repeat Arindam's rail
    gun experiments with his involvement. Send one decent chap to him for a
    start. Doubt if one such can ge found in these times, though.

    Point is, you all could be much better off if you do that. Sticking to
    lies does not work always. On the other hand, the lie that exults is
    dearer than ten thousand truths so the Divine has to intervene for any progress.




    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' - <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Turn, Morris turn the Hubble...

    Woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    Etc..

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  • From Hibou@vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 12:00:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-
    the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.


    Turn, Morris turn the Hubble...

    Woof woof

    On a point of language (since this thread is in aue for some reason that escapes me), I do like the French word 'ind|-crottable', meaning
    incorrigible (literally, that one can't scrape the shit off - the
    crotte). B. est ind|-crottable etc.. Has a certain ring to it, doesn't
    it? Better than 'Woof!'

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 14:20:36 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-
    the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.

    The fluttering flag, lack of stars, not jumping up four feet at least,
    bending forward with the whole weight, C rock, missing negatives, not
    throwing up a rock, deep footprints, strange shadows...all these are
    dodgy. Clincher is the photo of the Apollo 11 site with no sign of flag
    or footprints as shown by the Indian space mission, Chandrayan, which
    appeared in Facebook and was not called fake.

    Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble...




    Turn, Morris turn the Hubble...

    Woof woof

    On a point of language (since this thread is in aue for some reason that escapes me),

    Wise guys here, sans sensayuma though.

    Woof woof




    I do like the French word 'ind|-crottable', meaning
    incorrigible (literally, that one can't scrape the shit off - the
    crotte). B. est ind|-crottable etc.. Has a certain ring to it, doesn't
    it? Better than 'Woof!'

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sat Jul 19 07:58:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-
    the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.

    The fluttering flag, lack of stars, not jumping up four feet at least, bending forward with the whole weight, C rock, missing negatives, not throwing up a rock, deep footprints, strange shadows...all these are
    dodgy. Clincher is the photo of the Apollo 11 site with no sign of flag
    or footprints as shown by the Indian space mission, Chandrayan, which appeared in Facebook and was not called fake.

    Turn, Morris, turn the Hubble...

    All of those have been thoroughly debunked several times now crackpot.

    Give it up Arindam, you're just proving how out of touch with reality
    you are.
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  • From Jeremiah Jones@jj@j.j to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sat Jul 19 13:48:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Bertitaylor wrote:

    Ad hom is the only science for the penisninos.


    Will Woofey ever see his own self-spank?

    No. Not this one.
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  • From nospam@nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sat Jul 19 23:01:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 17.07.2025 02:18, skrev Bertitaylor:
    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years
    away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Hubble photos of Moon.
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/moon/

    The best Hubble can do: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-of-crater-copernicus-on-earths-
    moon/

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."

    Just what you expect, given that Hubble is diffraction-limited,

    Jan

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 00:06:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:01:27 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 17.07.2025 02:18, skrev Bertitaylor:
    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years
    away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Hubble photos of Moon.
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/moon/

    The best Hubble can do:
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-of-crater-copernicus-on-earths-
    moon/

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."

    Even smaller. Much smaller if it can detect a planet 75 light years
    away.

    Woof woof



    Just what you expect, given that Hubble is diffraction-limited,

    Jan

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sat Jul 19 18:08:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:01:27 +0000, J. J. Lodder wrote:

    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    Den 17.07.2025 02:18, skrev Bertitaylor:
    Hubble and Webb can find so called black holes and planets light years >>>> away but cannot show a footprint on the Moon!

    Joke.

    Hubble photos of Moon.
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/moon/

    The best Hubble can do:
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-of-crater-copernicus-on-earths-
    moon/

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."

    Even smaller. Much smaller if it can detect a planet 75 light years
    away.

    Woof woof

    And again, why this is not so has been pointed out to you many times now Arindam.

    Look up the meaning of the word resolutioni in optics and read it over
    and over until it finally gets past your delusions Arindam.
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  • From Hibou@vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 06:05:09 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 15:20, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000, Hibou wrote:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-
    the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.

    The fluttering flag, lack of stars, not jumping up four feet at least, bending forward with the whole weight, C rock, missing negatives, not throwing up a rock, deep footprints, strange shadows...all these are
    dodgy. Clincher is the photo of the Apollo 11 site with no sign of flag
    or footprints as shown by the Indian space mission, Chandrayan, which appeared in Facebook and was not called fake. [...]

    I don't see anything there that really puts the landings in doubt. I
    remember discussing one of the photographs with a bloke in
    fr.soc.religion some years ago. I just couldn't see in it what he
    thought he saw.

    No, what I see in such quibbles is evidence of social misfits trying to
    give themselves a sense of importance by questioning accepted views.
    Your Arindam seems to be a particularly desperate case, with his rail
    gun, his perpetual motion, his rubbishing of Einstein, the moon
    landings, and I don't know what.

    He attacks on all fronts. He thinks himself a genius, a hero, and a
    martyr, and all the stupid, corrupt world's agin him. Unfortunately,
    he's not going to convince rational people of this. We can just apply
    Occam's Razor: which is more likely: that most physics is wrong and most physicists charlatans, or that Arindam is a bit funny in the head?

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 06:51:12 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 5:05:09 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 15:20, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000, Hibou wrote:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to- >>>>> the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.

    The fluttering flag, lack of stars, not jumping up four feet at least,
    bending forward with the whole weight, C rock, missing negatives, not
    throwing up a rock, deep footprints, strange shadows...all these are
    dodgy. Clincher is the photo of the Apollo 11 site with no sign of flag
    or footprints as shown by the Indian space mission, Chandrayan, which
    appeared in Facebook and was not called fake. [...]

    I don't see anything there that really puts the landings in doubt. I
    remember discussing one of the photographs with a bloke in
    fr.soc.religion some years ago. I just couldn't see in it what he
    thought he saw.

    No, what I see in such quibbles is evidence of social misfits trying to
    give themselves a sense of importance by questioning accepted views.
    Your Arindam seems to be a particularly desperate case, with his rail
    gun, his perpetual motion, his rubbishing of Einstein, the moon
    landings, and I don't know what.

    Nice diversion. Each to his own and that also goes for Arindam who is
    the greatest genius of all time. Being that he must be original. Genius
    plays with what talent cannot even see.

    We doggies note that you are merely demeaning him on no basis save bias
    and established wisdom. When that latter is under attack, on logical
    basis, as Arindam is always logical, repeating establishment wisdom as
    defence is dishonest.

    Not that such dishonesty is not amusing in its way, when one ceases to
    be disgusted - as is the case.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

    He attacks on all fronts. He thinks himself a genius, a hero, and a
    martyr, and all the stupid, corrupt world's agin him. Unfortunately,
    he's not going to convince rational people of this. We can just apply
    Occam's Razor: which is more likely: that most physics is wrong and most physicists charlatans, or that Arindam is a bit funny in the head?

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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 13:39:45 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 19.07.2025 10:45, skrev Bertitaylor:

    Turn, Morris turn the Hubble...

    Done!

    Hubble photos of Moon.
    https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/moon/

    The best Hubble can do: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/close-up-of-crater-copernicus-on-earths-moon/

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."

    No objects left on the Moon are more than 280 feet across.
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 12:27:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 6:51:11 +0000, Bertitaylor wrote:

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 5:05:09 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 19/07/2025 |a 15:20, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:13 +0000, Hibou wrote:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 09:45, Bertitaylor a |-crit :
    On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 8:01:00 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to- >>>>>> the-moon>

    The witness for the tavern keeper is the drunkard - Bengali proverb.

    Very good - but not really evidence against the Moon landings.

    The fluttering flag, lack of stars, not jumping up four feet at least,
    bending forward with the whole weight, C rock, missing negatives, not
    throwing up a rock, deep footprints, strange shadows...all these are
    dodgy. Clincher is the photo of the Apollo 11 site with no sign of flag
    or footprints as shown by the Indian space mission, Chandrayan, which
    appeared in Facebook and was not called fake. [...]

    I don't see anything there that really puts the landings in doubt. I
    remember discussing one of the photographs with a bloke in
    fr.soc.religion some years ago. I just couldn't see in it what he
    thought he saw.

    No, what I see in such quibbles is evidence of social misfits trying to
    give themselves a sense of importance by questioning accepted views.
    Your Arindam seems to be a particularly desperate case, with his rail
    gun, his perpetual motion, his rubbishing of Einstein, the moon
    landings, and I don't know what.

    Nice diversion. Each to his own and that also goes for Arindam who is
    the greatest genius of all time. Being that he must be original. Genius
    plays with what talent cannot even see.

    We doggies note that you are merely demeaning him on no basis save bias
    and established wisdom. When that latter is under attack, on logical
    basis, as Arindam is always logical, repeating establishment wisdom as defence is dishonest.

    Not that such dishonesty is not amusing in its way, when one ceases to
    be disgusted - as is the case.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor

    He attacks on all fronts. He thinks himself a genius, a hero, and a
    martyr, and all the stupid, corrupt world's agin him. Unfortunately,
    he's not going to convince rational people of this. We can just apply
    Occam's Razor: which is more likely: that most physics is wrong and most
    physicists charlatans,

    All e=mcc wallahs are frauds and at times heavy razors having nothing to
    do with any occam fall upon parasitic necks. Repent, criminal apes!



    or that Arindam is a bit funny in the head?

    If only more apes were like Arindam.

    WOOF woof woof-woof woof woof-woof

    Bertietaylor




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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 12:36:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Now Webb could tell the shoe size as well.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 13:27:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Hubble can see objects less than a centimetre in size on the Moon if
    properly utilised.

    It could easily show the footprints in fair detail and the flag of
    course had it really been planted on the Moon.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof with application of middle school
    level arithmetic.

    Bertietaylor

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 07:09:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Hubble can see objects less than a centimetre in size on the Moon if
    properly utilised.

    It could easily show the footprints in fair detail and the flag of
    course had it really been planted on the Moon.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof with application of middle school
    level arithmetic.

    Bertietaylor

    --

    ArindamrCOs claim rCo that rCLHubble can see objects less than a centimetre
    in size on the Moon if properly utilisedrCY rCo is factually incorrect and demonstrates a basic misunderstanding of optical resolution limits,
    even at the level of middle school arithmetic he invokes.
    Evaluation of Arindam's Claim

    False Claim:

    Hubble cannot resolve objects as small as a centimeter on the
    Moon rCo not even remotely close. This is a gross exaggeration.

    Attempted Rhetorical Move:

    Arindam appeals to rCLmiddle school level arithmetic,rCY but this is
    a misleading appeal to simplicity. The reality involves angular
    resolution limits, wave optics, and telescope aperture physics.

    Satirical Tone:

    The post ends in another of ArindamrCOs signature rCLWOOF woof-woofrCarCY
    closings, implying mockery or dismissal. It's unclear whether this
    is meant to parody NASA or skeptics, but it contributes no substance.

    HubblerCOs Actual Resolution Limit

    LetrCOs calculate the theoretical smallest object Hubble can resolve on
    the Moon.
    Key facts:

    HubblerCOs primary mirror diameter: 2.4 meters

    Wavelength of visible light: ~550 nanometers (0.55 -|m)

    Distance to the Moon: 384,400 km

    Formula (Rayleigh Criterion):
    ++ = 1.22ria++/D

    Where:

    ++ is the angular resolution in radians

    ++ is the wavelength of light (550e-9 m)

    D is the aperture diameter (2.4 m)

    ++ ree 1.22ria550|u10reA9/2.4 ree 2.8|u10reA7 radians

    To convert angular resolution into linear resolution on the Moon:
    s = ++riad = 2.8|u10reA7ria384,400,000 ree 107.6 meters
    So the best-case resolution on the Moon for Hubble is ~100 meters.

    Even with advanced image processing, you cannot resolve features
    smaller than ~60rCo100 meters. No footprints. No flag. Not even the
    lunar module (~4 meters across).
    Conclusion

    Arindam is wrong by a factor of roughly 10,000|u.

    His claim violates the diffraction limit of optics, and no rCLproper
    utilisationrCY of Hubble could change this.

    His appeal to "middle school arithmetic" ironically highlights the
    lack of any such arithmetic in his argument.

    His WOOF refrain masks the absence of physics.
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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 07:17:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Now Webb could tell the shoe size as well.

    WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

    Bertietaylor

    --

    LetrCOs now repeat the analysis using the James Webb Space Telescope
    (JWST) instead of Hubble to evaluate ArindamrCOs implied claim:

    rCLJWST can see objects less than a centimetre in size on the Moon
    if properly utilised.rCY

    This is also demonstrably false, for similar physical reasons rCo even
    though JWST is a more powerful telescope than Hubble, itrCOs still diffraction-limited and not designed to resolve such small details
    on the Moon.
    James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Resolution Analysis
    Key Specs:

    Primary mirror diameter: 6.5 meters

    Best wavelength: ~2 microns (infrared, near the shortest it can go)

    Distance to Moon: 384,400 km

    Step 1: Angular Resolution (Rayleigh Limit)
    ++ =1.22ria++/D
    ++ = 1.22ria2|u10reA6/6.5 ree 3.75|u10reA7 radians
    Step 2: Linear Resolution on the Moon
    s = ++riad = 3.75|u10reA7ria384,400,000 ree 144 meters

    Even if JWST were perfectly aimed at the Moon (which it isnrCOt rCo see next section), its best possible resolution would be ~140 meters.

    So, JWST can see nothing smaller than a football field on the Moon.

    Additional Constraints on JWST

    JWST cannot even point at the Moon:

    It must keep its sunshield facing the Sun and instruments in
    deep cold.

    The Moon is far too close and bright, and in the wrong position
    in the sky for its orientation.

    ItrCOs not allowed to observe the Moon or Earth for safety reasons.

    Conclusion: Arindam Is Wrong Again

    JWST cannot image the Moon at all rCo by design.

    Even if it could, it could not resolve footprints or flags.

    Its theoretical resolution is worse than HubblerCOs in the visible
    spectrum due to its longer wavelength operation.

    The claim of rCLcentimetre-scalerCY visibility is off by a factor of
    10,000rCo14,000|u.

    Final Thoughts

    ArindamrCOs style remains the same:

    WOOF woof-woof... with application of middle school level arithmetic.

    But the actual arithmetic rCo even at middle school level rCo shows that he
    has not done any.

    JWST cannot see footprints.
    JWST cannot see flags.
    JWST cannot even see the lunar landers.

    And itrCOs not because of any "conspiracy".
    ItrCOs just physics.
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  • From Python@jp@python.invalid to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 19:37:41 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Le 20/07/2025 |a 14:36, bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) a |-crit :
    Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Show it.

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  • From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 21 09:16:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or, better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third- party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' - <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.


    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...


    TH
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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 21 07:33:50 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 7:16:24 +0000, Thomas Heger wrote:

    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-
    moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.

    Your assumption would be valid if they behaved more convincingly there.

    Woof woof woof-woof woof only Arindam's physics will make proper air and
    space travel possible.

    Bertietaylor


    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ....


    TH

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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Mon Jul 21 12:42:09 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 21.07.2025 00:11, skrev Bertitaylor:

    Den 20.07.2025 22:34, skrev Paul.B.Andersen:

    Den 20.07.2025 15:27, skrev Bertitaylor:

    Hubble can see objects less than a centimetre in size on the Moon if
    properly utilised.


    Why do you guess (or lie) about what is easily checked?
    Isn't that stupid?

    WFPC2 - Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
    -----------------------------------------
    pixel size in Planet Camera mode 0.0455 arcseconds

    equivalent to 84.5 m = 277 feet on the Moon


    WFC3 - Wide Field Camera 3 (replacing WFPC2)
    --------------------------
    pixel size 0.04 arcseconds

    equivalent to 75.5 m on the Moon


    ACS - Advanced Camera for Surveys
    ---------------------------------
    pixel size 0.025 arcseconds

    equivalent to 46.6 m on the Moon


    Note that the resolution can never be better than the pixel size,
    but in most cases it will be worse, because the pixel size
    will be made so that it doesn't limit the resolution.

    The resolution of a telescope is ++ = 1.22ria++/D
    where
    ++ = angular resolution
    ++ = wavelength
    D = diameter of aperture of telescope

    For visible light ++ is in the order of 5000e-10 m
    ++ = 2.54e-7 rad = 97.5 m on the Moon


    However, there are a lot of bandpass filters for the Hubble telescope.

    https://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/svo/theory/fps3/index.php?mode=browse&gname=hst&gname2=ACS_HRC&asttype=

    For example, for the ACS_HRC there is a bandpass filter with
    centre frequency 2254.44e-10 m. This is far UV.

    ++ = 1.146e-7 rad = 44 m on the Moon
    So the small pixel size isn't as pointless as it may appear.

    If we use a bandpass filter with centre frequency
    4087.81e-10 m (visible violet) for the WFPC2-PC
    ++ = 2.078e-7 rad = 80 m one the Moon


    It could easily show the footprints in fair detail and the flag of
    course had it really been planted on the Moon.

    Can too, can too, can too, So there! Efye



    Bertitaylor, in case you missed it: You are proven wrong!

    There is no way the Hubble could show footprints on the Moon.

    Looks like chaps here are far too stupid to apply middle school maths.
    Did you really believe that this idiotic remark would make
    people miss the fact that you are proven wrong?


    Sad.

    Rather pathetic.
    Why can't you accept the fact that you are wrong when
    the evidence is shoved into your face?
    Are you too stupid to understand the evidence?
    Was the middle school maths to difficult for you?


    Whimp

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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Mon Jul 21 13:38:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 21.07.2025 00:49, skrev Bertitaylor:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:37:41 +0000, Python wrote:

    Le 20/07/2025 |a 14:36, bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) a |-crit : >>> Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Show it.

    You try. We have given enough hints.


    I will try.

    The resolution of a telescope is ++ = 1.22ria++/D
    where
    ++ = angular resolution
    ++ = wavelength
    D = diameter of aperture of telescope

    For visible light ++ is in the order of 5000e-10 m
    ++ = 2.54e-7 rad = 97.5 m on the Moon

    You have to be _very_ ignorant of elementary astronomy
    (or optics central in astronomy) not to know this.

    It is not surprising that Bertitaylor is ignorant of this
    middle school maths.

    ---------

    BTW, you had a hint?

    The only mathematical hint I have seen by Bertitaylor is this:

    |Den 16.07.2025 12:52, skrev Bertitaylor:
    Mathematically

    MV + mv is momentum before collision for armature M and system m.
    Vel(m + M) is momentum after collision.
    And Vel = (MV + mv)/(M+m)
    So this is what busts the inertia.

    Momentum before collision: MV + mv
    Momentum after collision: Vel(m + M) = MV + mv

    Momentum is conserved, so what do you mean by the statement:
    "So this is what busts the inertia"?

    Please explain.
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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Mon Jul 21 05:44:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-
    moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.


    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...


    TH

    Thomas Heger's post is a textbook case of conspiracy theorist rhetoric
    wrapped in pseudoscientific claims and speculative historical revisionism. Here's a breakdown and analysis of its components:
    1. Framing the Issue ("The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'")

    Technique: Shifts the debate away from evidence-based discussion
    ("did it happen?") to speculation about alternate explanations
    ("how did it happen?").

    Purpose: This rhetorical move is typical in conspiracy circlesrCoit
    presumes the conclusion and then retrofits an explanation to fit it.

    2. Nazi Haunebu and UFO Technology

    "I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which
    were incorrectly named 'Ufos'."

    Claim: Nazis developed advanced anti-gravity spacecraft called "Haunebus."

    Analysis: The Haunebu myth originates from post-war conspiracy
    literature and fictional Nazi UFO lore. No credible historical or
    technical evidence supports the existence of such crafts. These claims
    are heavily reliant on fabricated documents and hoaxes.

    Red Flag: Use of "assume" as a foundation for a sweeping historical
    technological claim.

    3. Free Energy and Suppression

    "Hans-Kohler-Generator" ... "free-energy-devices" ... "had to be
    suppressed at all costs."

    Claim: A secret Nazi energy device capable of powering lunar travel
    exists and was hidden to maintain control over energy resources.

    Analysis: "Free energy" devices violate fundamental laws of
    thermodynamics (especially the First and Second Laws). No such device
    has ever been demonstrated to work under scientific scrutiny.

    Conspiracy Marker: Claims of suppression of "dangerous knowledge" are
    a hallmark of pseudosciencerCousually used to preemptively dismiss the
    absence of supporting evidence.

    4. Studio Filming Accusation

    "filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert."

    Claim: The Moon landings were faked using sets.

    Analysis: This repeats a well-debunked trope dating back to Bill
    Kaysing and popularized by works like Capricorn One or Room 237.
    There is overwhelming physical, photographic, telemetry, and eyewitness
    evidence of Apollo missionsrCO success.

    Error: Misrepresents the technical sophistication of Apollo footage
    and fails to account for the extensive third-party tracking of Apollo
    flights (e.g., by Jodrell Bank, the Soviets, etc.).

    5. Misinterpretation of Photos

    "photo of the crew of Apollo 17... pose without helmet..."

    Likely Misunderstanding: This refers to photos taken on Earth during
    training or PR events. No authenticated lunar surface photos exist
    showing astronauts helmetless.

    Technique: Classic example of misattribution of contextrCotaking
    terrestrial photos and presenting them as lunar evidence.

    6. Pseudoscientific Critique of Lunar Soil

    "sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create sand you usually
    need water."

    Claim: The Moon can't have sand without water.

    Analysis: Lunar "regolith" is not terrestrial sand. It is formed by
    micrometeorite impacts over billions of years, not by weathering via
    water. This is basic planetary science.

    Error: Demonstrates a lack of understanding of geophysical processes.

    7. Calculations of Fuel Capacity

    "I actually calculated the amount of fuel..."

    Claim: The lander didnrCOt have enough fuel to return to orbit.

    Analysis: This is a common claim from those misunderstanding or
    oversimplifying rocket mechanics. The Apollo Lunar Module ascent
    stage was explicitly designed with sufficient +ov (change in velocity)
    to reach lunar orbit. NASArCOs calculations have been confirmed repeatedly.

    Red Flag: No data or math shown. Appeals to authority via rCLI
    calculated...rCY without evidence.

    Overall Characteristics of the Post
    Feature Example
    Assumptive Language "I assume...", "most likely..."
    Pseudoscientific "free energy devices", "fuel not enough..."
    Myth Repackaging Haunebu UFOs, studio faking
    Selective Evidence Misused Apollo 17 photo, regolith skepticism
    Conspiracy Appeal Suppression of truth, hidden technologies
    Lack of Citations No sources, no data, vague references
    Conclusion

    Thomas Heger's post is a blend of science fiction, conspiracy narrative,
    and superficial skepticism, posing as a reasoned critique of the Apollo program. It reflects a pattern where personal belief and historical
    fantasy override physical evidence and scientific understanding.

    If evaluated in terms of epistemic reliability, the post scores extremely lowrCoit relies on unverified assertions, misinterpretations of science,
    and discredited historical myths.
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  • From The Starmaker@starmaker@ix.netcom.com to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Mon Jul 21 10:41:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Thomas Heger wrote:

    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 | 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or, better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third- party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' - <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.

    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...

    TH

    I don't understand, if you simply want proof of "The Apollo moon
    landings", can you just not use a telescope to see the stuff left
    behind?


    i mean, the moon ain't that far...it ain't at the end of the universe...

    it's right up there!

    FUCKING BIG AS LIFE!!!!

    don't they sell telescopes on Amazon????


    Look! Look at what I see!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Duke%27s_family_portrait_left_on_the_surface_of_the_moon.jpg
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  • From Paul.B.Andersen@relativity@paulba.no to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Mon Jul 21 20:58:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Den 20.07.2025 02:06, skrev Bertitaylor:

    Paul.B.Andersen <relativity@paulba.no> wrote:

    "Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across."

    Even smaller. Much smaller if it can detect a planet 75 light years
    away.


    If we suppose that the star the planet is orbiting is an B0-star
    with temperature ~ 30.000rU#K the spectrum will peak at ++ ree 1000e-10 m,
    so we better use a telescope capable to "see" in the UV area.
    Hubble ACS_HRC can do that.

    So ++ ree 1000e-10 m, D = 2.4 m

    ++ = 1.22ria++/D = 5.1e-8 rad
    At 75 ly the resolution is ~ 50 solar radii
    A B0 star has a radius ~ 7 solar radii, so there is no way
    the Hubble can resolve the star's disk at 75 ly.

    So it is obvious that Hubble can't resolve a planet.
    Not even if it orbited Proxima Centauri (which has a planet)!

    But it can of course "see" the star as a dot, and measure
    the intensity of the light from the star.
    If a planet is eclipsing the star, the light from the star
    will be weaker while the planet is in front of the star.
    So the light curve from the star will have a periodic dip.
    When the mass of the star and the orbital period of
    the planet are known, the mass of the planet can be
    inferred.

    More interesting is what can be achieved with spectroscopy.
    Hubble's spectrograph, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)
    has extreme sensitivity.

    For the analysis of exoplanets the COS is used thus:
    If the planet has an atmosphere the spectrum of the star
    will change while it is eclipsed by the planet.
    The extra spectral lines will be from the planet's
    atmosphere, and will show of which gasses it consist.

    What do you think it would mean if oxygen was in
    the atmosphere?

    -------------------

    Bertitaylor, you thought that the fact that Hubble can
    detect a planet 75 ly away meant that it could resolve
    the planet and measure its diameter, didn't you? :-D
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  • From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Tue Jul 22 08:09:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Am Montag000021, 21.07.2025 um 09:33 schrieb Bertitaylor:
    ...

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- >>> moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.

    Your assumption would be valid if they behaved more convincingly there.

    Your 'they' means obviously the astronauts of the Apollo program.

    'They' did not behave convincingly.

    But 'they' were most likely not on the Moon.

    On the Moon were the so called 'Ufos', which were invented in Nazi
    Germany and called 'Haunebu IV' there.

    This was a little earlier than the Apollo program and with a different
    type of spacecraft.

    About the behavior of those astronauts you know nothing at all.

    The reason for 'Apollo' were possibly:

    to hide free energy (used in the 'Haunebu')

    to grab a few bucks (from the American people)

    mocking of the general public


    That's why they hired one of the worst of all Nazis (Wernher von Braun).

    That sucker was actually part of the management of the worst of all concentration camps ('Dora Mittelbau') and also a member of the SS.

    ...

    TH
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  • From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics on Tue Jul 22 08:30:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Am Montag000021, 21.07.2025 um 14:44 schrieb Jim Pennino:
    In sci.physics Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- >>> moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.


    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were
    incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and
    somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the
    astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and
    restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...


    TH

    Thomas Heger's post is a textbook case of conspiracy theorist rhetoric wrapped in pseudoscientific claims and speculative historical revisionism. Here's a breakdown and analysis of its components:
    1. Framing the Issue ("The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'")

    Technique: Shifts the debate away from evidence-based discussion
    ("did it happen?") to speculation about alternate explanations
    ("how did it happen?").

    Purpose: This rhetorical move is typical in conspiracy circlesrCoit
    presumes the conclusion and then retrofits an explanation to fit it.

    2. Nazi Haunebu and UFO Technology

    "I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which
    were incorrectly named 'Ufos'."

    Claim: Nazis developed advanced anti-gravity spacecraft called "Haunebus."

    Analysis: The Haunebu myth originates from post-war conspiracy
    literature and fictional Nazi UFO lore. No credible historical or
    technical evidence supports the existence of such crafts. These claims
    are heavily reliant on fabricated documents and hoaxes.

    Red Flag: Use of "assume" as a foundation for a sweeping historical
    technological claim.

    3. Free Energy and Suppression

    "Hans-Kohler-Generator" ... "free-energy-devices" ... "had to be
    suppressed at all costs."

    Claim: A secret Nazi energy device capable of powering lunar travel
    exists and was hidden to maintain control over energy resources.

    Analysis: "Free energy" devices violate fundamental laws of
    thermodynamics (especially the First and Second Laws). No such device
    has ever been demonstrated to work under scientific scrutiny.

    Conspiracy Marker: Claims of suppression of "dangerous knowledge" are
    a hallmark of pseudosciencerCousually used to preemptively dismiss the
    absence of supporting evidence.

    4. Studio Filming Accusation

    "filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert."

    Claim: The Moon landings were faked using sets.

    Analysis: This repeats a well-debunked trope dating back to Bill
    Kaysing and popularized by works like Capricorn One or Room 237.
    There is overwhelming physical, photographic, telemetry, and eyewitness
    evidence of Apollo missionsrCO success.

    Error: Misrepresents the technical sophistication of Apollo footage
    and fails to account for the extensive third-party tracking of Apollo
    flights (e.g., by Jodrell Bank, the Soviets, etc.).

    5. Misinterpretation of Photos

    "photo of the crew of Apollo 17... pose without helmet..."

    Likely Misunderstanding: This refers to photos taken on Earth during
    training or PR events. No authenticated lunar surface photos exist
    showing astronauts helmetless.

    Technique: Classic example of misattribution of contextrCotaking
    terrestrial photos and presenting them as lunar evidence.

    6. Pseudoscientific Critique of Lunar Soil

    "sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create sand you usually
    need water."

    Claim: The Moon can't have sand without water.

    Analysis: Lunar "regolith" is not terrestrial sand. It is formed by
    micrometeorite impacts over billions of years, not by weathering via
    water. This is basic planetary science.

    Error: Demonstrates a lack of understanding of geophysical processes.

    7. Calculations of Fuel Capacity

    "I actually calculated the amount of fuel..."

    Claim: The lander didnrCOt have enough fuel to return to orbit.

    Analysis: This is a common claim from those misunderstanding or
    oversimplifying rocket mechanics. The Apollo Lunar Module ascent
    stage was explicitly designed with sufficient +ov (change in velocity)
    to reach lunar orbit. NASArCOs calculations have been confirmed repeatedly.

    Red Flag: No data or math shown. Appeals to authority via rCLI
    calculated...rCY without evidence.

    Overall Characteristics of the Post
    Feature Example
    Assumptive Language "I assume...", "most likely..."
    Pseudoscientific "free energy devices", "fuel not enough..."
    Myth Repackaging Haunebu UFOs, studio faking
    Selective Evidence Misused Apollo 17 photo, regolith skepticism
    Conspiracy Appeal Suppression of truth, hidden technologies
    Lack of Citations No sources, no data, vague references
    Conclusion

    Thomas Heger's post is a blend of science fiction, conspiracy narrative,
    and superficial skepticism, posing as a reasoned critique of the Apollo program. It reflects a pattern where personal belief and historical
    fantasy override physical evidence and scientific understanding.

    If evaluated in terms of epistemic reliability, the post scores extremely lowrCoit relies on unverified assertions, misinterpretations of science,
    and discredited historical myths.



    Actually I had tried to figure out the amount of fuel, which the 'Eagle'
    would need to land on the surface of the Moon.

    This fuel was necessary, because the Moon has (almost) no atmosphere and therefore a craft landing there needed reverted thrust, to bring the
    craft to a halt in respect to the Moon's surface.

    This would require fuel and the amount could be calculated.


    To do this I used the theory of Tsiolkowski.

    It was a little tricky, because the usual case for a rocket launch
    didn't fit here.

    But finally I have found a result and found, that the 'Eagle' had enough
    fuel on board to land. But it had only enough fuel to land and non for
    restart and to accelerate the capsule back to the orbit.

    The restart manouver itself was certainly difficult, because it could
    not be assited by any kind of ground control or external navigation
    system, because there were none.


    Since the capsule had only one engine, it would also be extremely
    difficult to keep that craft upright, since that would require to
    maintain the center of mass exactly above the engine's nozzle.

    That would be extremely difficult, bause the astronouts were living
    beings and could eventually move.

    They also brought stones with them, which also had mass and therefore
    needed to be distributed with extreme care.

    Any tiny error would make the capsule tip over to the side and that
    would have been fatal.

    The next collosal problem would have been to make the 'rendezvous' with
    the command module in Moon's orbit.

    That was so insanely difficult, that I cannot believe it would have been possible at all (supposed they had enough fuel, what they hadn't).


    So, in effect, I agreed with many sceptics and thought, the pictures
    were fake and fabricated in a studio.

    But I assumed, that only the pictures were a fake and that had to do
    with secrecy of military developments (-> hidden military technology).

    The Nasa guys had actually been to the Moon, but not with those cheep props.


    TH






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  • From Thomas Heger@ttt_heg@web.de to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Tue Jul 22 08:39:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Am Montag000021, 21.07.2025 um 19:41 schrieb The Starmaker:
    Thomas Heger wrote:

    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |a--crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or,
    better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- >>> moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.

    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were
    incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and
    somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the
    astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and
    restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...

    TH

    I don't understand, if you simply want proof of "The Apollo moon
    landings", can you just not use a telescope to see the stuff left
    behind?


    i mean, the moon ain't that far...it ain't at the end of the universe...

    it's right up there!

    FUCKING BIG AS LIFE!!!!

    don't they sell telescopes on Amazon????


    Look! Look at what I see!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Duke%27s_family_portrait_left_on_the_surface_of_the_moon.jpg



    Look at this picture:

    https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a16/ap16-72-HC-57.jpg

    And ask yourself: what do you see?

    I see a 'Dune Buggy' wrapped in golden and silvery plastic foil, which
    seemly was cramped into a compartment, into which it wouldn't fit.

    Engineers (like me) have kind of six' sense for what would fit and what
    would not.

    And I would think, it wouldn't fit.


    TH

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics on Tue Jul 22 06:41:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
    Am Montag000021, 21.07.2025 um 14:44 schrieb Jim Pennino:
    In sci.physics Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> wrote:
    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |-crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or, >>>> better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- >>>> moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.


    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were
    incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and
    somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the
    astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and
    restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...


    TH

    Thomas Heger's post is a textbook case of conspiracy theorist rhetoric
    wrapped in pseudoscientific claims and speculative historical revisionism. >> Here's a breakdown and analysis of its components:
    1. Framing the Issue ("The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'")

    Technique: Shifts the debate away from evidence-based discussion
    ("did it happen?") to speculation about alternate explanations
    ("how did it happen?").

    Purpose: This rhetorical move is typical in conspiracy circlesrCoit
    presumes the conclusion and then retrofits an explanation to fit it.

    2. Nazi Haunebu and UFO Technology

    "I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which
    were incorrectly named 'Ufos'."

    Claim: Nazis developed advanced anti-gravity spacecraft called "Haunebus."

    Analysis: The Haunebu myth originates from post-war conspiracy
    literature and fictional Nazi UFO lore. No credible historical or
    technical evidence supports the existence of such crafts. These claims >> are heavily reliant on fabricated documents and hoaxes.

    Red Flag: Use of "assume" as a foundation for a sweeping historical
    technological claim.

    3. Free Energy and Suppression

    "Hans-Kohler-Generator" ... "free-energy-devices" ... "had to be
    suppressed at all costs."

    Claim: A secret Nazi energy device capable of powering lunar travel
    exists and was hidden to maintain control over energy resources.

    Analysis: "Free energy" devices violate fundamental laws of
    thermodynamics (especially the First and Second Laws). No such device >> has ever been demonstrated to work under scientific scrutiny.

    Conspiracy Marker: Claims of suppression of "dangerous knowledge" are >> a hallmark of pseudosciencerCousually used to preemptively dismiss the >> absence of supporting evidence.

    4. Studio Filming Accusation

    "filmed with cheap props in a studio and somewhere in the desert."

    Claim: The Moon landings were faked using sets.

    Analysis: This repeats a well-debunked trope dating back to Bill
    Kaysing and popularized by works like Capricorn One or Room 237.
    There is overwhelming physical, photographic, telemetry, and eyewitness >> evidence of Apollo missionsrCO success.

    Error: Misrepresents the technical sophistication of Apollo footage
    and fails to account for the extensive third-party tracking of Apollo >> flights (e.g., by Jodrell Bank, the Soviets, etc.).

    5. Misinterpretation of Photos

    "photo of the crew of Apollo 17... pose without helmet..."

    Likely Misunderstanding: This refers to photos taken on Earth during
    training or PR events. No authenticated lunar surface photos exist
    showing astronauts helmetless.

    Technique: Classic example of misattribution of contextrCotaking
    terrestrial photos and presenting them as lunar evidence.

    6. Pseudoscientific Critique of Lunar Soil

    "sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create sand you usually
    need water."

    Claim: The Moon can't have sand without water.

    Analysis: Lunar "regolith" is not terrestrial sand. It is formed by
    micrometeorite impacts over billions of years, not by weathering via
    water. This is basic planetary science.

    Error: Demonstrates a lack of understanding of geophysical processes. >>
    7. Calculations of Fuel Capacity

    "I actually calculated the amount of fuel..."

    Claim: The lander didnrCOt have enough fuel to return to orbit.

    Analysis: This is a common claim from those misunderstanding or
    oversimplifying rocket mechanics. The Apollo Lunar Module ascent
    stage was explicitly designed with sufficient +ov (change in velocity) >> to reach lunar orbit. NASArCOs calculations have been confirmed repeatedly.

    Red Flag: No data or math shown. Appeals to authority via rCLI
    calculated...rCY without evidence.

    Overall Characteristics of the Post
    Feature Example
    Assumptive Language "I assume...", "most likely..."
    Pseudoscientific "free energy devices", "fuel not enough..."
    Myth Repackaging Haunebu UFOs, studio faking
    Selective Evidence Misused Apollo 17 photo, regolith skepticism
    Conspiracy Appeal Suppression of truth, hidden technologies
    Lack of Citations No sources, no data, vague references
    Conclusion

    Thomas Heger's post is a blend of science fiction, conspiracy narrative,
    and superficial skepticism, posing as a reasoned critique of the Apollo
    program. It reflects a pattern where personal belief and historical
    fantasy override physical evidence and scientific understanding.

    If evaluated in terms of epistemic reliability, the post scores extremely
    lowrCoit relies on unverified assertions, misinterpretations of science,
    and discredited historical myths.



    Actually I had tried to figure out the amount of fuel, which the 'Eagle' would need to land on the surface of the Moon.

    This fuel was necessary, because the Moon has (almost) no atmosphere and therefore a craft landing there needed reverted thrust, to bring the
    craft to a halt in respect to the Moon's surface.

    This would require fuel and the amount could be calculated.


    To do this I used the theory of Tsiolkowski.

    It was a little tricky, because the usual case for a rocket launch
    didn't fit here.

    But finally I have found a result and found, that the 'Eagle' had enough fuel on board to land. But it had only enough fuel to land and non for restart and to accelerate the capsule back to the orbit.

    The restart manouver itself was certainly difficult, because it could
    not be assited by any kind of ground control or external navigation
    system, because there were none.


    Since the capsule had only one engine, it would also be extremely
    difficult to keep that craft upright, since that would require to
    maintain the center of mass exactly above the engine's nozzle.

    That would be extremely difficult, bause the astronouts were living
    beings and could eventually move.

    They also brought stones with them, which also had mass and therefore
    needed to be distributed with extreme care.

    Any tiny error would make the capsule tip over to the side and that
    would have been fatal.

    The next collosal problem would have been to make the 'rendezvous' with
    the command module in Moon's orbit.

    That was so insanely difficult, that I cannot believe it would have been possible at all (supposed they had enough fuel, what they hadn't).


    So, in effect, I agreed with many sceptics and thought, the pictures
    were fake and fabricated in a studio.

    But I assumed, that only the pictures were a fake and that had to do
    with secrecy of military developments (-> hidden military technology).

    The Nasa guys had actually been to the Moon, but not with those cheep props.


    TH

    1. Use of Rocket Equation (Tsiolkovsky's Formula)

    Heger says he attempted to calculate whether the Lunar Module (LM)
    "Eagle" had enough fuel to land using the rocket equation. He acknowledges
    the difficulty of applying it due to the unique landing situation (retro-thrust, low gravity, no atmospheric drag).

    Assessment:
    This shows a sincere effort to engage with the physics. However:

    He does not provide actual numbers, assumptions, or delta-v values.

    The LM's descent and ascent stages were separate, and each had its
    own engine and fuel.

    NASA's mission design included delta-v budgets, tested simulations,
    and redundancies.
    The claim that "no fuel was available for ascent" ignores that the
    ascent stage had its own independent tank and engine.

    Conclusion: His reasoning is incomplete and likely based on incorrect
    or oversimplified modeling.
    2. Claim About No External Navigation or Ground Control

    "The restart manoeuvre itself was certainly difficult, because it
    could not be assisted by any kind of ground control or external
    navigation system..."

    Assessment:

    This misunderstands how inertial guidance systems worked (Apollo
    had them).

    The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) onboard both modules was
    developed precisely to handle such autonomous control.

    Radar and visual alignment were used for rendezvous.

    Conclusion: Heger underestimates the onboard autonomy and overstates
    the dependence on ground-based assistance.
    3. Instability from Astronaut Movement or Rock Storage

    "Any tiny error would make the capsule tip over to the side..."

    Assessment:

    The LM ascent stage did not rely on perfect balance during launch.
    It was designed with thrust vector tolerance and low center of gravity.

    Astronaut and rock mass was well within margin and accounted for
    during engineering.

    Conclusion: This is a highly speculative claim with no basis in the LM's
    actual design parameters or performance tolerances.
    4. "Rendezvous was impossible" Argument

    "That was so insanely difficult, that I cannot believe it would have
    been possible at all..."

    Assessment:

    Apollo practiced rendezvous procedures extensively in Earth orbit
    and simulations.

    Gemini missions successfully demonstrated these techniques in the
    mid-1960s.

    Lunar orbit rendezvous was complex but well within known orbital
    mechanics.

    Conclusion: This is an appeal to personal incredulity, not a valid
    technical objection.
    5. Conspiratorial Drift

    "So, in effect... the pictures were fake... but the Nasa guys had
    actually been to the Moon..."

    Assessment:

    This is an attempt at a middle-ground conspiracy: real landing,
    fake photos.

    Justification: military secrecy. No concrete evidence offered,
    only suspicion.

    The idea that astronauts made it to the Moon but filmed fakes on
    Earth contradicts the massive volume of telemetry, rock samples,
    and independent tracking by multiple nations.

    Conclusion: This is a hybrid theory with no empirical support, emerging
    more from distrust than data.

    Thomas HegerrCOs post is a classic case of partial technical literacy
    combined with intuitive doubt, leading to an elaborate but flawed
    skepticism. It reflects effort but not rigor, curiosity but not
    comprehension. His conclusions rest less on the physics or engineering
    and more on a sense of rCLthis seems too hard to be real,rCY which is a weak foundation for denial of a well-documented historical and scientific achievement.
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  • From squalk@sq@net.inv to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Tue Jul 22 20:45:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Thomas Heger wrote:
    Am Montag000021, 21.07.2025 um 19:41 schrieb The Starmaker:
    Thomas Heger wrote:

    Am Samstag000019, 19.07.2025 um 10:01 schrieb Hibou:
    Le 19/07/2025 |a-a 01:00, Bertitaylor a |a--crit :

    As lies to make money as do physicists, professors, politicians,
    plutocrats, pimps, presstitutes and prostitutes. [...]

    That's just content-free insults and abuse. It's what contributors to
    Usenet resort to when they have no evidence. It makes their case look
    limp and false.

    It's a dog barking at the caravan as it passes. Woof.

    If you want to convince, then I suggest you review your rhetoric - or, >>>> better still, align your position with the evidence.

    'Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings' -
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-
    party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings>

    'How do we know that we went to the Moon?' -
    <https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the- >>>>
    moon>


    Actually I assume, that people went to the Moon.

    The question was NOT 'if' but 'how'.

    I assume, that the Nazis had already so called 'Haunebus', which were
    incorrectly named 'Ufos'.

    Those could actually fly to the Moon and most likely did.

    The problem:

    the Haunebus were powered by a 'Hans-Kohler-Generator', which belongs
    into a class called 'free-energy-devices'.

    This knowledge had to suppressed at all costs.

    That's why the entire thing was filmed with cheap props in a studio and
    somewhere in the desert.

    You can actually see this in certain pictures.

    E.g. there exists a photo of the crew of Apollo 17 (afaik), where the
    astronauts pose without helmet (but with their lunar 'dune-buggy').

    Also suspicious is the sandy landscape on the Moon, because to create
    sand you usually need water.

    I actually calculated the amount of fuel needed to land the 'Eagle' and
    restart to orbit.

    The fuel would be imho enough to bring the lander to a halt upon the
    Moon, but not enough for a restart.

    (and so forth)
    ...

    TH

    I don't understand, if you simply want proof of "The Apollo moon
    landings", can you just not use a telescope to see the stuff left
    behind?


    i mean, the moon ain't that far...it ain't at the end of the universe...

    it's right up there!

    FUCKING BIG AS LIFE!!!!

    don't they sell telescopes on Amazon????


    Look! Look at what I see!!!!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Duke%27s_family_portrait_left_on_the_surface_of_the_moon.jpg




    Look at this picture:

    https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a16/ap16-72-HC-57.jpg


    And ask yourself: what do you see?



    I see a 'Dune Buggy' wrapped in golden and silvery plastic foil, which seemly was cramped into a compartment, into which it wouldn't fit.

    Engineers (like me) have kind of six' sense for what would fit and what would not.

    And I would think, it wouldn't fit.

    -------------------------------

    Are you saying that a particular voyage didn't make it to the moon, or
    that none of them did?

    TH

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,alt.usage.english on Sun Jul 20 22:11:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    Looks like chaps here are far too stupid to apply middle school maths.
    No wonder they worship Chat not that they can grasp it's vomit.

    Sad.

    Woof

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  • From bertietaylor@bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 22:49:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:37:41 +0000, Python wrote:

    Le 20/07/2025 |a 14:36, bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) a |-crit :
    Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Show it.

    You try. We have given enough hints.

    WOOF

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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 18:10:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    Looks like chaps here are far too stupid to apply middle school maths.
    No wonder they worship Chat not that they can grasp it's vomit.

    Sad.

    Woof

    --

    ArindamrCOs response to the explanations about why the Hubble Space
    Telescope cannot resolve Apollo landing sites is a dismissive insult,
    not a counter-argument. LetrCOs break down what's happening here:
    Content and Structure

    rCLLooks like chaps here are far too stupid to apply middle school maths.rCY

    This is:

    Ad hominem: Insulting the intelligence of others instead of
    addressing their reasoning.

    Vague: No actual rCLmiddle school mathsrCY is presented to counter
    the original claims.

    False implication of superiority: Suggests he understands something
    others don'trCobut offers no evidence.

    rCLNo wonder they worship Chat not that they can grasp it's vomit.rCY

    Another insult via associationrCocalling reliance on AI tools like
    ChatGPT rCLworship,rCY and their output rCLvomit.rCY

    This adds nothing substantive to the issue; it's just rhetorical sneering.

    rCLSad.rCY

    Truncated dismissal used for effect, mimicking the style of
    contemptuous social media posts. This underscores disdain, not argument.

    On the Actual Issue: Hubble and Apollo Sites

    The posts Arindam is reacting to likely point out this well-understood fact:

    The angular resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope, limited by
    diffraction, is around 0.05 arcseconds in visible light.

    The smallest object Hubble could resolve on the Moon, given its
    distance (384,000 km), is about 85rCo100 meters across.

    Apollo landers, at ~4 meters wide, are far too small for Hubble to resolve.

    This is not controversial and is easily demonstrable using basic opticsrCoprecisely the rCLmiddle school mathsrCY Arindam invokes but fails to apply.
    What the Post Reveals

    Projection: Arindam accuses others of lacking middle school math
    skills, but avoids engaging with a quantitative explanation himself.

    Confirmation of rhetorical pattern: He avoids empirical engagement and
    replaces it with mockery, as seen in previous posts.

    Irony: In attempting to portray himself as the only rational party,
    he confirms the criticism of his being emotional, evasive, and
    logically incoherent.

    Conclusion

    This response is pure contempt posing as critique. Arindam doesnrCOt refute
    the factual, mathematical limits of the Hubble Space Telescope; he mocks
    those who understand and explain them. His use of rCLmiddle school mathsrCY
    as a cudgel is ironic and hollow, given the absence of any applied math or logic in his post.

    In short:
    No counter-evidence. No engagement. Just sneering dismissal.
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  • From Jim Pennino@jimp@gonzo.specsol.net to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics on Sun Jul 20 18:15:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: sci.physics

    In sci.physics Bertitaylor <bertietaylor@myyahoo.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:37:41 +0000, Python wrote:

    Le 20/07/2025 |a 14:36, bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) a |-crit : >>> Hubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.

    Simple arithmetic will show that.

    Show it.

    You try. We have given enough hints.

    WOOF

    --

    This exchange provides a clear contrast between a fact-based challenge
    and a rhetorical dodge, which merits detailed evaluation.
    Content Breakdown
    Claim by Bertietaylor (Arindam):

    rCLHubble should be able to detect centimetre sized objects on the Moon.rCY

    This is factually incorrect. As noted previously, HubblerCOs angular
    resolution is about 0.05 arcseconds, which translates to being able
    to resolve objects no smaller than about 85rCo100 meters on the Moon.

    The claim contradicts well-known optical limits and basic diffraction
    math.

    rCLSimple arithmetic will show that.rCY

    Assertion without demonstration.

    This sets up an appeal to logic that is never followed through.

    Reply by Python:

    rCLShow it.rCY

    This is precise, reasonable, and scientific.

    It calls for evidence, as is appropriate when someone makes a
    numerical claim.

    It invites the original poster to demonstrate their position with
    the "simple arithmetic" they referenced.

    BertietaylorrCOs Response:

    rCLYou try. We have given enough hints.
    WOOFrCY

    Evasion: Instead of showing the math, Arindam flips the burden of
    proof onto his critic.

    Intellectual cowardice: If itrCOs "simple arithmetic," refusing to
    show it suggests either he canrCOt or wonrCOtrCoboth weaken his credibility.

    Disguised retreat: The rCLWe have given enough hintsrCY line implies
    herCOs already done the workrCowhich he hasnrCOt.

    rCLWOOFrCY: Again used as a rhetorical flourish to signal detachment or
    dismissiveness, but contributes no content.

    Evaluation of Argumentative Dynamics

    Burden of Proof: Lies with the claimant. Arindam made the
    extraordinary (and false) claim about Hubble. Python simply asked for
    justification.

    Failure to Engage: Arindam not only fails to show his math, but
    avoids any real discussion of optics, diffraction, or resolution.

    Dismissive Tone: Suggests contempt rather than confidence. This is
    characteristic of someone defending a position rhetorically, not
    scientifically.

    Conclusion

    PythonrCOs response is intellectually honest and appropriate: "Show it." Arindam's refusal to do so, paired with smug deflection, undermines his
    claim entirely.

    The net effect is that Arindam:

    Makes a demonstrably false assertion.

    Refuses to back it up.

    Resorts to evasion and posturing instead of engagement.

    In short:
    The exchange exposes Arindam's rhetorical stylerCoprovocation without proofrCoand affirms that he cannot substantiate even basic claims when challenged.
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