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Again you are ignoring how a parachute operates in the thin air of Earth's upper atmosphere proved by Joe Kittenger which is an independent source. You cannot keep appealing to NASA to prove NASA. That's like using evoluton to prove evolution. Independent sources need to be used with...

I think the video was saying that even with RAD the parachutes would still have to open but there is not enough atmosphere density to allow this.

Since it is NASA that is being questioned then it would be necessary to provide independent evidence to corroborate NASA's claims. This would not work in a court of law without independent data.

I don't have any answers, that's why I asked the questions. If you don't either then I guess the video is creating problems. Interestingly what I observed in my Moon-Sun thread is not what everyon believes about the Moon's illumination. We appear to have double standards here.

Moon files and data. Are you serious! It's just a simple mistake? I can't imagine any right thinking person accepting such an excuse. Parachute problems. You have ignored that they do not work on Earth in the upper atmosphere. Rover control instructions. I think you are over simplifying the...

With respect the questions about the Mars Rover video nhave not been answered.

Still no reply to my video questions! May I suggest that you treat me like a keen 12 year-old who is always asking his dad questions and why all the time when he doesn't understand something. What's the problem with that?

I agree wholeheartedly withn the two previous comments and that is I asked those very simple questions about the video. What appears to be happening is that nobody wants to answewr but just look for non-related issues in order to side-track.

Yes but what about the lost Moon flies and data? What about the parachute problem? What about the rover control instructions? What about the removal of the bolt? These are all questions that people like me who have an open mind want answers.

I have just watched this video and since I consider myself to have an open mind I find some the arguments quite compelling. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obP-Un-nc0U

Thanks Helio for this response. I now feel that I am getting somewhere with this thread. I'm not quite sure what you are describing here so I have produce another drawing hopefully understanding what you say and allowing for the various orbital differences. I will have to consult the internet...

Rod many thanks for your astronomical approach to calculating the Moon's umbra during a total solar eclipse. With respect much of what you said in your reply was muddying the waters in trying to do a simple calculation. Regarding the relative velocities of the Moon and the earth, I cannot see...

If the astronomical information available on the Internet is fraught with inaccuracies then can someone then please provide me with the latest all singing and all dancing figures for the Sun dia and Moon dia and the distance between. I would imagine that any natural fluctuations in the Moon's...

I sent you a very clear photo showing the moon and sun. I also suggested that you enlarge the top left area where the moon was to reveal that the angle of the phase did not match the position of the sun. This you do not appear to have done therefore I'm attaching it again...

I have never mentioned or need to refer to the FES. It is quite disengenuous to suggest such as an argument against me. You speak of being rational - that is all I'm trying to be. Thanks for the link to the solar eclipse illustration which, by its NTS nature, gives a very exaggerated...