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Offline Luke Pemberton

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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2015, 02:40:25 PM »
Is this a rehash of the claim made by Stanislav Pokrovsky?
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2015, 04:09:30 PM »
Is this a rehash of the claim made by Stanislav Pokrovsky?

Kind of, although in that one they use a NASA supplied clip and seem quite happy with the timings that gives.

http://www.aulis.com/pdf%20folder/Pokrovsky1.pdf

I'd also like to point out that the basis for assuming that 26000 feet is the right height for cirrostratus is because that's the height they were for Apollo 13. These clouds never form at any other height over Florida, ever  ::)

Surely then the obvious thing to do would be to verify their data with Apollo 13's launch - right?

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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2015, 04:10:50 PM »
Is this a rehash of the claim made by Stanislav Pokrovsky?

Probably, because I tried to find my comments in the old Popov/Bulatov thread, only to discover they were made toward Pokrovsky instead.
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2015, 04:20:01 PM »
Probably, because I tried to find my comments in the old Popov/Bulatov thread, only to discover they were made toward Pokrovsky instead.

That's why I asked, as I was sure that you, sts60, Bob and others have discussed something similar at length. I couldn't find the thread, I thought it was in the archive at the Proboard site.

Did Pokrovsky also claim that the Saturn was travelling an order of magnitude slower at staging than the speed claimed by NASA, and he based this on using shadow to measure distance?
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2015, 04:53:42 PM »
He claimed the Saturn V was less powerful than advertised, but not by an order of magnitude.  He analyzed the frames of film (read:  he drew some lines on them and waved his hands vigorously), and determined that at a certain moment in the canonical video the rocket could not be at the altitude NASA claimed.
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2015, 06:12:08 PM »
That's why I asked, as I was sure that you, sts60, Bob and others have discussed something similar at length. I couldn't find the thread, I thought it was in the archive at the Proboard site.

I found the old thread here:  http://apollohoax.proboards.com/thread/2732/pokrovsky-theory


Did Pokrovsky also claim that the Saturn was travelling an order of magnitude slower at staging than the speed claimed by NASA, and he based this on using shadow to measure distance?

He claimed it was traveling about 1/2 the velocity reported by NASA.  I don't think it had anything to do with a shadow; I seem to recall it being based on observations of the exhaust plume.  It was the same type of nonsense, however.
 
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2015, 07:41:03 PM »
Ah, sure enough. I knew the topic seemed familiar. I even contributed to the thread.

We're getting so old we're starting to repeat ourselves.

And we're saying a lot of the same things more than once, too.

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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2015, 10:02:44 PM »
Not only that, we're saying a lot of the same things too.
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2015, 10:19:23 PM »
Not only that, we're saying a lot of the same things too.
Sorry, but didn't you say that before?

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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2015, 10:56:05 PM »
They really are grasping at straws these days. So the several million people along the Florida coast saw what launch on July 16, 1969 exactly?
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2015, 11:29:45 PM »
Just for fun, I'm still thinking of ways that one could build a rocket that would have the readily verifiable characteristics of the Saturn V, yet still be unable to make it to the claimed cutoff velocity for the S-IC stage.

The fatal flaw that makes it impossible, of course, are the readily observed shock clouds forming just as the stack approaches Mach 1. But let's say NASA has some fiendish way to fake those too. Besides, the average person doesn't understand supersonic fluid flow, therefore all that science is bogus and can be ignored.

"Readily verifiable" includes the external dimensions of the entire rocket, the height of the launch tower, and the liftoff acceleration. We can include the known physical properties of kerosene and liquid oxygen, and we can assume Newton's laws of motion and Tsiolkovsky's rocket equation are correct. It would not include any mass, thrust or engine Isp figures as those are obvious NASA propaganda. Dummy upper stages (e.g., containing extra propellants for sub-performing first stage engines) would be permitted as it's assumed the eyewitnesses could not verify proper operation of the S-II and S-IVB stages.

We can assume that NASA would not secretly sabotage their rocket to lower its performance, as the whole point is to fake a better-performing rocket than the one they were able to build.

Have at it...
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #26 on: February 10, 2015, 12:45:45 AM »
Ah, sure enough. I knew the topic seemed familiar. I even contributed to the thread.

Nonetheless, I read through the thread again and seemed to understand a bit more this time around.

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And we're saying a lot of the same things more than once, too.

At least you are consistent. That's more than can be said for CTs.
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #27 on: February 10, 2015, 11:40:15 AM »
Not only that, we're saying a lot of the same things too.

I'd just like to say good luck.  We're all counting on you.
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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #28 on: February 10, 2015, 12:41:13 PM »
And don't call me Shirley.

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Re: The Popov/Bulatov "analysis" of Apollo 11's velocity vs time
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2015, 01:38:40 PM »
Ah, sure enough. I knew the topic seemed familiar. I even contributed to the thread.

We're getting so old we're starting to repeat ourselves.

And we're saying a lot of the same things more than once, too.
It can't be all blamed on our advancing ages; the HBs trot out the same old arguments so often that you're forced to use the same old rebuttals.

Now what were we talking about again?
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