Apollo 11
§ 28. Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 mission did not land on the Moon. In 1969, the Apollo 11 Saturn rocket, containing more than four million kg of fuel was used to launch the 45,702 kg Command/Service Module and Lander (CSML) into space. The CSML was said to have achieved the escape velocity of 11.186 km/s (25,022 mph) which is 10 time faster than a high velocity bullet which is physically unrealistic. The time that the CSML propagated to the Moon (4 days 6 hours and 45 minutes [364,900 seconds]) and the distance to the Moon (363,104 km) are used to calculate the average velocity of the CSML while propagating to the Moon,
v = (distance)/(time) = (363,104,000 m)/(364,900 s) = 983 m/s................................................................................102
The CMSL escape velocity (25,022 mph) is ten times greater than the CSML average velocity (2,199 mph). The Earth’s gravity is said to reduce the 11 km/s CMSL escape velocity forming a 6.5 km/s (14,540 mph) velocity after propagating the distance of 2,000 miles from the Earth but the Apollo 11 astronauts are said to be weightless during the voyage to the Moon; consequently, the Earth's gravitational force would have a negligible effect on the CSML. If the Earth's gravitational force where reducing the CMSL's 24,000 mph escape velocity, the astronauts would not be weightless. Without the Moon’s gravity helping (sling shot), Apollo 11 would have needed to use five rocket engine thrust instead of the single thrust to return back to the Earth from the Moon. The four thrusts is far more fuel than the CMSL is carried, making the mission impossible. The gravitational force on the CMSL by the Earth saves fuel by bending the trajectory without using additional fuel; consequently, only a single thrust for the return voyage is required but the weightlessness of the astronauts during the voyage to and away from the Moon proves the sling shot is not physically possible. To reach the Moon the CMSL would have to propagate on a straight path and, at the Moon fire a thrust (10,000 kg of fuel) to stop the CMSL and another thrust to rendezvous with the Moon that is orbiting the Earth-------- It would require approximately 10,000 kg of fuel to decelerate the 1 km/s CSML after reaching the Moon, and an additional 7,000 kg of fuel to allow the CSML to rendezvous with the Moon that is orbiting the Earth at 1.1 km/s. On the return trip back to the Earth to extradite the CSM from the Moon orbit would require 6,000 kg of fuel. For the return trip to the Earth at the velocity of 983 m/s and CSM weight of 30,000 kg, less the lander weight, it would require approximately 8,000 kg of fuel, and 6,000 kg of fuel to decelerate the CSM at the Earth which represents a total fuel load of approximately 37,000 kg yet according to NASA, the CSML contained a total fuel load of 18,410 kg - 8,165 kg = 10,245 kg (less the lander fuel).
The Apollo 11 mission did not land on the Moon. In 1969, the Apollo 11 Saturn rocket, containing more than four million kg of fuel was used to launch the 45,702 kg Command/Service Module and Lander (CSML) into space. The CSML was said to have achieved the escape velocity of 11.186 km/s (25,022 mph) which is 10 time faster than a high velocity bullet which is physically unrealistic. The time that the CSML propagated to the Moon (4 days 6 hours and 45 minutes [364,900 seconds]) and the distance to the Moon (363,104 km) are used to calculate the average velocity of the CSML while propagating to the Moon,
v = (distance)/(time) = (363,104,000 m)/(364,900 s) = 983 m/s................................................................................102
The CMSL escape velocity (25,022 mph) is ten times greater than the CSML average velocity (2,199 mph). The Earth’s gravity is said to reduce the 11 km/s CMSL escape velocity forming a 6.5 km/s (14,540 mph) velocity after propagating the distance of 2,000 miles from the Earth but the Apollo 11 astronauts are said to be weightless during the voyage to the Moon; consequently, the Earth's gravitational force would have a negligible effect on the CSML. If the Earth's gravitational force where reducing the CMSL's 24,000 mph escape velocity, the astronauts would not be weightless. Without the Moon’s gravity helping (sling shot), Apollo 11 would have needed to use five rocket engine thrust instead of the single thrust to return back to the Earth from the Moon. The four thrusts is far more fuel than the CMSL is carried, making the mission impossible. The gravitational force on the CMSL by the Earth saves fuel by bending the trajectory without using additional fuel; consequently, only a single thrust for the return voyage is required but the weightlessness of the astronauts during the voyage to and away from the Moon proves the sling shot is not physically possible. To reach the Moon the CMSL would have to propagate on a straight path and, at the Moon fire a thrust (10,000 kg of fuel) to stop the CMSL and another thrust to rendezvous with the Moon that is orbiting the Earth-------- It would require approximately 10,000 kg of fuel to decelerate the 1 km/s CSML after reaching the Moon, and an additional 7,000 kg of fuel to allow the CSML to rendezvous with the Moon that is orbiting the Earth at 1.1 km/s. On the return trip back to the Earth to extradite the CSM from the Moon orbit would require 6,000 kg of fuel. For the return trip to the Earth at the velocity of 983 m/s and CSM weight of 30,000 kg, less the lander weight, it would require approximately 8,000 kg of fuel, and 6,000 kg of fuel to decelerate the CSM at the Earth which represents a total fuel load of approximately 37,000 kg yet according to NASA, the CSML contained a total fuel load of 18,410 kg - 8,165 kg = 10,245 kg (less the lander fuel).
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