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In article <3d2d2739$0$823$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> "Terry Russell" <trochilus@optusnet.com.au> writes:
>It made no sense to send men to the moon at that time,

Except to get there before the Russians did (which they DEFINITELY tried
to do, and massively failed at) ... which is also why Apollo
was cut short with no followups.

>it was and is dangerous , expensive and of no scientific purpose.

... except to bring back clear and decisive evidence that resolved
once and for all the question of where the moon came from and ... by
way of its answer ... what sets the Earth uniquely apart from the other
known terrestial planets and other possible terrestial planets.

It resolved in clear and decisive fashion the question of the origin
of the craters on the moon -- along with the disturbing implications
this has for the Earth.

The movie 2001 was, much more than anyone realises, art imitating life
(with an ironic twist).

Both answers corroborated everything Schumacher (sp?) had been saying from
day 1 ... and the final nail on the coffin of his opponents was nailed
shut when the comet struck Jupiter.  Everything he said about the
crater in the Southwest of the US was dead on.

I mean, can you get any further to being the exact opposite of the truth?!
The moon mission brought back the biggest find in the entire history
of the field of geology and marked the dawn of planetary geology.

From then on because of that event and because of what was found on the
moon, we knew the truth.  Even more when the smoking gun to the slaughter
of the dinosaurs was found in the Yucatan.

>It was a public relations exercise, so all the above hold no weight.

... which, I guess, is why China is now pursuing their own moon mission
and why numerous companies are starting up with the goal of pursuing
future activity on the moon.

>As the conspiracy theorists pack up their digital videos in their
>velcro bags check their email and call HQ on the mobile phone
>they can be sure there is no evidence supporting a moon landing.

... except the evidence of the actual equipment STILL BEING THERE
along with the footprints.

The evidence is PERMANENT.  No weather will ever erase the first
footprints set on the moon.