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ken0042 · 09-06-2011, 09:53 PM

The wide zoom from Google Maps is a satellite image. I'm talking about if you can see Calgary and Toronto in the same shot.

Looking at that last shot where they supposedly faked the moon landing by going into orbit- I see a couple of issues:
- If the spacecraft is in orbit it would pass from day into night; as most spacecraft (that carry humans) in Earth orbit complete an orbit in 70-120 minutes.
- I don't see an issue with them lining up the shot of the Earth. They had 3 days to travel each way with a lot of time to kill. If you had endless hours just before you were about to make history; I'm sure you would also take some time to make sure you recorded it right.

09-06-2011, 09:53 PM	#31
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	The wide zoom from Google Maps is a satellite image. I'm talking about if you can see Calgary and Toronto in the same shot. Looking at that last shot where they supposedly faked the moon landing by going into orbit- I see a couple of issues: - If the spacecraft is in orbit it would pass from day into night; as most spacecraft (that carry humans) in Earth orbit complete an orbit in 70-120 minutes. - I don't see an issue with them lining up the shot of the Earth. They had 3 days to travel each way with a lot of time to kill. If you had endless hours just before you were about to make history; I'm sure you would also take some time to make sure you recorded it right. Last edited by ken0042; 09-06-2011 at 10:02 PM. Reason: Added the "carrying humans" part before some CT corrects me in saying that most spacecraft are communications satellites