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Theodore John Kaczynski

James E. Webb, who convinced Kennedy, that a manned mission to the moon can be done resigned ~9 months before the first moon landing. Webb led NASA through most of the Apollo program and was instrumental in securing political and financial support for the Moon landing. He resigned about nine months before Apollo 11. Makes you go hmm.

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Theodore John Kaczynski

The following guy resigned immediately *after* the first moon landing:

Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight. George E. Mueller, was a key architect of the Apollo program’s success, introducing the β€œall-up” testing philosophy that accelerated the Moon landing timeline. His resignation was announced after the Moon landing, but rumors and planning for his departure began before Apollo 11.

A simpler explanation is that they realized it couldn't be done
and wasn't done, so they resigned.

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@Theodore John Kaczynski @Autumn The fact that we've got Siesmic sensors, a reflector for precise laser measurement, moon rock samples, all argue for the existence of the missions. Particularly interesting was the Hasalblad camera left there that was later retrieved and it was discovered some bacteria survived albeit in a suspended state, several years of lunar vacuum and ultra-violet radiation. And speaking there of, the gold plated visors, the three second radio delay, the crappy video from vidicon tubes, having worked with these types of cameras from that era, they are what I'd expect. The round-trip radio delays, these were things that I think went beyond Kubrick. The use of hypergolic fuels in the lander, the rupture of the oxygen tank on the way back for Apollo 13, and the way they made it back in spite, the details of how they worked the power budget, these are details the best sci-fi's don't contend with. I liked 2001, it was a great movie, but still it was clear that it was a movie.
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@Theodore John Kaczynski @Autumn yes 1962 optics still left something to be desired, though I was pretty impressed with some last 60's satellite photos where I could read the license plates on cars from 200 miles up, at a pretty steep angle to boot. But yea, you can get approximate values from just shining off the regolith but not exact. And Seismic data, sensors needed to be placed, but yea I understand people today not understanding that level of ambition. If you didn't live in that era you couldn't possibly understand.
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@Theodore John Kaczynski @Autumn It's the sum total of what was done. And robotics were less a thing in 1969 than 1976. Beyond that I love sci-fi, I've seen lots of it, and 2001 was probably the most technically realistic ever, even so it paled by contrast. I don't think Hollywood was up to the task. By the way, did you know Holly Wood is what witches made their wands out of?
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