Q ABOUT #3 IN TOP 10 HOAXES

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moongolf

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I am NOT a doubter of the legitimacy of the landing.<br />My question is about the blank explanation in #3.<br />I don't see one.<br />Does anyone have the explanation?<br />Thanks.
 
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CalliArcale

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It's Monday and I'm probably just brain-dead, but....what list are you referring to? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>
 
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henryhallam

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The camera (mounted on the lunar rover) was operated by remote control from Earth. There was a pretty long (second or two) time lag between the command and the camera starting to pan so the operator had to start panning before liftoff... if you watch the videos from 15, 16 and 17 you can see how he refines his technique!
 
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vogon13

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Camera could be panned and tilted from earth. It was how mission control kept an eye on the astronauts when they were both off the rover doing things.<br /><br />Cripes, remote control pan and tilt cameras have been around since at least WW II . . . . .<br /><br />The Surveyor <i>unmanned</i> lunar landers had such cameras. So did the Soviet craft of the time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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vogon13

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There was (IIRC) a Frenchman over 100 years ago who wanted aerial pictures of Paris.<br /><br />But he was picky, he wanted to use a balloon to loft the camera, he didn't want to go up himself, and he wanted specific views in his pictures.<br /><br /><br />He succeeded, but I'll let you all think about how he did it.<br /><br /><br />(doesn't really have anything to do with Apollo, but still an interesting bit of applied technology)<br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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strandedonearth

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Lemme guess, the trigger was attached to a float in a leaky bucket?
 
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vogon13

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I just recall the bit about how he managed to aim the camera on an unattended balloon. Seems like a clockwork arrangement could have tripped the shutter, or a barometric device for a specific altitude for the shot.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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strandedonearth

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Oh, right, aiming it, um.... A bit of applied geometry, fix the camera at a pre-determined angle downwards, and use guide ropes to control the position and spin orientation of the balloon and camera 'basket.'
 
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vogon13

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It was more clever than that. Ropes might have tangled.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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rfoshaug

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He trained a small monkey to aim the camera at specific objects? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff9900">----------------------------------</font></p><p><font color="#ff9900">My minds have many opinions</font></p> </div>
 
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vogon13

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He put a long magnetized iron rod in the balloon. It aligned itself with the earth's magnetic field, giving him a fixed alignment for aiming all his pictures.<br /><br /><br />This technique is now employed on some satellites.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>
 
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rfoshaug

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That <i>was</i> quite clever indeed, turning the entire balloon into a compass! Even more clever than the trained monkey method. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff9900">----------------------------------</font></p><p><font color="#ff9900">My minds have many opinions</font></p> </div>
 
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