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07-10-2007, 10:01 AM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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If you wish to discuss the Iraq war then do it in the many threads about the Iraq War. You got that? Now I suggest this thread gets back on topic....
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07-12-2007, 02:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bomber county UK
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| In James R Hansen's book First Man...The Life of Neil Armstrong ....there's quite a lot about fame and autographs.He states that Armstrong never gives them (pages 624 625) and its estimated 90% of autographs are fake. Another excellent book about the Apollo astronauts is Moondust by Andrew Smith where he tries to interview the surviving (at that time-2005) astronauts. If you do have Armstrongs autograph...its worth a fortune ......if you can prove authenticity. |
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07-12-2007, 02:52 PM
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07-12-2007, 06:11 PM
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07-13-2007, 11:38 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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But then again that was back in the 1980s I did a bit of research and it turns out that he apparantly does not sign autographs any more since 1994. This is from Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt as well. "Since 1994, he has refused any requests for autographs, after he found that his signed items were selling for large amounts of money and that many forgeries are in circulation. Often items reach prices of US$1,000 on auction sites like eBay. Signed photographs of the Apollo 11 crew can sell for $5,000. Any requests sent to him receive a form letter in reply saying that he has stopped signing. Although his no-autograph policy is well-known, author Andrew Smith watched people at the 2002 Reno Air Races still try to get signatures, even saying, "If you shove something close enough in front of his face, he'll sign."[54] Along with autographs, he has stopped sending out congratulatory letters to new Eagle Scouts. The reason is that he thinks these letters should come from people who know the scout personally" Neil Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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07-13-2007, 12:54 PM
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| Andrew Smith's book Moondust is an excellent read of what the moonrace means today. And what happaned to all the Apollo crew. He speaks to all the survivors or at least tries too! |
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07-14-2007, 06:02 AM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Donaghadee, Co.Down NI
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| Apologies for my earlier input. I was 'hopping' through the topics & got on to this one and missed that it was really dedicated to the moon landings only. Did you know that Sir Patrick Moore, whilst in tenure at Armagh Observatory, drew up the plans for the first moon landing and also advised NASA on the suitability of their choice of landing spot and also advised on what sort of surface the astronauts could expext there? |
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07-14-2007, 11:02 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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| I find it all amusing that anyone could even contemplate accusing the Moon landings as a fake. it was all just a money spinning exercise to sell books ect I remember watching it on TV it was brilliant, probably the most exciting live TV coverage of all time next to the 13 re-entry wait. |
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07-14-2007, 03:16 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Im sorry, but anyone who doubts the authenticity of the moon landings is a fu*kin moron who needs to stop humping on his pet llama, cause those fur burns are obviously producing some sort of amino acid that renders the cognizant reality portion of ur brain non-functional... Fu*kin retards....
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07-14-2007, 03:19 PM
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07-14-2007, 04:59 PM
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  | Les has pretty much summed it up perfectly (as he so often does). The only reason why people say it didn't occur is to sell books. Every major event in world history have different views (with all the morons holding the views that are just f*cking stupid --> contrails etc).
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07-14-2007, 07:51 PM
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07-14-2007, 08:07 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Like that big word cognizant??? U hardly ever get the chance to use that word, especially among u unedumacated meatballs...
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07-14-2007, 08:10 PM
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07-14-2007, 08:13 PM
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