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Sound on the moon?
nickrulercreator:
Note: Am not a HB. Just asking questions and looking for an answer. Pls. no hate, thanks. (also I'm typing quickly that's why my grammar sucks).
Came across this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=w5O43FkzYZc
Lot's of it is obviously explainable, usually just by the astronaut touching the object that's making the noise, but some of it is weird. Check out 1:48, for example. The object falls over and makes a metallic banging sound, but the astronaut doesn't appear to be touching it. There are some other noises like that, too, but not much. The footsteps are also explainable too because the feet act as a medium for the sound waves.
I have a few explanations, but they're not exactly solid.
1. The sound was caused by the astronaut touching the object. As for 1:48, for example, it may look like the astronaut's foot is touching the object, though that's iffy.
2. The sound travels through the ground. This is, IMHO, a more likely explanation for 1:48. Though, not for all the other parts.
3. Becuase there were 2 astronauts, it's possible the sound originated from whatever the other astronaut was doing too.
4. Because sound in mission control could also be picked up, it's possible that some sounds came from Houston.
and, lastly, i've seen another thread on this forum discussing the same ideas of sound. JayUtah had an excellent, and very technical explanation:
LM was mic'ed; it had a cabin recorder. It was not "powered down" in the least; it was the relay for the suit circuit. The suits used a sort of daisy-chained VHF circuit which was picked up by the VHF antennas on the LM and upconverted to the S-band to Earth. Outside the range of the LM, the LRV played the role of VHF-USB relay.
Though I can't make any opinion on much of the technical aspects, this seems reasonable.
I also know that electronics and vacuum tubes can sometimes act as microphones and send any sound data too.
Is there any other explanation? Which of these is most likely?
Apollo 957:
I assume someone, somewhere has gone to the original footage/soundtrack and verified that the sounds have not been added later by Team Hoax pranksters?
The internut is filled with Apollo stills which have been doctored by Team Hoax.
nickrulercreator:
--- Quote from: Apollo 957 on January 22, 2018, 05:50:35 PM ---I assume someone, somewhere has gone to the original footage/soundtrack and verified that the sounds have not been added later by Team Hoax pranksters?
The internut is filled with Apollo stills which have been doctored by Team Hoax.
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Good point. Where would one find all the original tapes, though. Surely they must be in an archive if this video contains them, or scattered over the internet. I must look into this.
Apollo 957:
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/video16.html
Journal text links have the dialogue, so if this is present in the YT version, you can track the video clip to match
nickrulercreator:
--- Quote from: Apollo 957 on January 22, 2018, 07:03:09 PM ---https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/video16.html
Journal text links have the dialogue, so if this is present in the YT version, you can track the video clip to match
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Found 1:48 here https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16.sta11.html#1670637 It begins around 1:55 in the video. A thud can be heard when the object drops, though I don't think it's the object. A soft, but high-pitched whirring noise also begins at the same time, so it's possible that the sound is either whatever the object is being picked up by the VHF signal as an electric current, or something else. It's weird, though.
If someone else with better knowledge on this than I would comment, that would be extremely helpful.
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