Are the Earth moon and Mars moon Phobos hollow and fake?
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Asimov was a very talented sci-fi writer, but he was a biochemist. Vasin and Sherbakov sure knew a surprising amount of stuff about the structure of the moon and its constituent rocks for Soviet citizens in 1970 (the date of publication of their book) considering that it wasn't until the end of that year that the Luna 16 probe got any moon rocks at all back to earth, don't you think?
None of the others are scientists.
On the whole, not the best choice of authorities.
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If Jesus didn't make the Moon, then why do dogs worship it?
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why have images of Mars been censored? what are they hiding?? ------Outside commentary on target photo:
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evid ... nozzle.htm
Note that this area of Mars has been censored in Google Earth (Mars option). To see this in Google Earth, click on View>Explore>Mars. Then type in M11/00099 or M11-00099 in the "Fly To" bar.
-----------It is possible to get around the censoring and see the base/anomaly by doing the following. Once you "Fly To" M11/00099 as described above, in "Layers" select Primary Database > Global Maps > CTX Mosaic.
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evid ... nozzle.htm
Note that this area of Mars has been censored in Google Earth (Mars option). To see this in Google Earth, click on View>Explore>Mars. Then type in M11/00099 or M11-00099 in the "Fly To" bar.
-----------It is possible to get around the censoring and see the base/anomaly by doing the following. Once you "Fly To" M11/00099 as described above, in "Layers" select Primary Database > Global Maps > CTX Mosaic.
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It's been censored altogether now, gorgeous - "This site can't be reached".
This is surely evidence that you have, indeed, been correct all along.
Well, maybe not.
This is surely evidence that you have, indeed, been correct all along.
Well, maybe not.
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I am correct....9.1% ?? been downgraded.....
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Yep, they probably found something truly extraordinary - Drumpf's hair farm!Poodle wrote:It's been censored altogether now, gorgeous - "This site can't be reached".
This is surely evidence that you have, indeed, been correct all along.
Well, maybe not.
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Correct. Downgraded.gorgeous wrote:I am correct....9.1% ?? been downgraded.....
What is it with you people and those ratings...

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Walt Disney built Pluto.
The site's still down. MIBs?
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How do I see that here?gorgeous wrote:why have images of Mars been censored? what are they hiding?? ------Outside commentary on target photo:
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evid ... nozzle.htm
Note that this area of Mars has been censored in Google Earth (Mars option). To see this in Google Earth, click on View>Explore>Mars. Then type in M11/00099 or M11-00099 in the "Fly To" bar.
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https://www.google.com/mars/
or here?
http://mars.nasa.gov/maps/explore-mars-map/fullscreen/
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Don't push Buzz Aldrin on hollow anything. While I think Buzz was TOTALLY justified in punching the guy, I don't think any court would agree. Probably only $1 dollar damages should the guy sue....unless he had fallen to the floor and bumped his head causing death. The head...more like an egg shell than you might think. I saw a guy killed by hitting his head on the street.
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Explain the age of craters on the moon? (two billion years old)gorgeous wrote:Is the moon the creation of intelligence? ]
Explain why Earth and the moon share isotopes from our collision over four billion years ago?
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Intelligent pimples.Matthew Ellard wrote:Explain the age of craters on the moon? (two billion years old)gorgeous wrote:Is the moon the creation of intelligence? ]
Intelligent littering.Explain why Earth and the moon share isotopes from our collision over four billion years ago?
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why wouldn't Buzz swear he actually did walk on the moon?....because he didn't walk on the moon...
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Don't be silly, gorgeous. There's a good girl.
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Was it a crazy person demanding that he that? If he did what the crazy person demanded, then Buzz would look like a weak silly person.gorgeous wrote:why wouldn't Buzz swear he actually did walk on the moon?....because he didn't walk on the moon...
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sure because NASA and the govt have never lied or manipulated the public...
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Here is a photo of Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Why do you lie all the time?gorgeous wrote:why wouldn't Buzz swear he actually did walk on the moon?....because he didn't walk on the moon...
PS : Answer my question. Why are there 2 billion year old craters on the moon, if it is an alien spaceship?
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Wait for it ...
Gorgeous will now claim that you can't prove that's Aldrin. More probably it's someone else in a spacesuit standing on the Moon and the photo was taken during the Moon landing project undertaken solely to fool the world into thinking that Buzz Aldrin went to the Moon.
It's all logical when you think about it. Like the huge but very early genetic program to create kangaroos just to convince the world that Australia exists. Of course, we all know it can't because the world is flat and there's therefore nothing underneath us. It says so on that note that Monster has pinned on his cubicle wall.
Gorgeous will now claim that you can't prove that's Aldrin. More probably it's someone else in a spacesuit standing on the Moon and the photo was taken during the Moon landing project undertaken solely to fool the world into thinking that Buzz Aldrin went to the Moon.
It's all logical when you think about it. Like the huge but very early genetic program to create kangaroos just to convince the world that Australia exists. Of course, we all know it can't because the world is flat and there's therefore nothing underneath us. It says so on that note that Monster has pinned on his cubicle wall.
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wait - if the Moon is hollow...
... who sucked out all the jelly?
... who sucked out all the jelly?
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you can't prove that's Aldrin or on the moon....NASA has lied before about how old stuff is...maybe it is 2 billion years old and fake...
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Aha!!!! I win the jellybeans!gorgeous wrote:you can't prove that's Aldrin or on the moon....NASA has lied before about how old stuff is...maybe it is 2 billion years old and fake...

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"You can't fool me, sonny it's turtles all the way down."Poodle wrote:... the world is flat and there's therefore nothing underneath us....
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You can't prove there's a turtle beneath the Earth, even if it IS called Buzz.
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Man I glad it's a Buzz and not a Charlotte, otherwise things might get uncomfortable if we run into a male Space Turtle.Poodle wrote:You can't prove there's a turtle beneath the Earth, even if it IS called Buzz.
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-------------didn't want to disappoint you...Poodle wrote:Aha!!!! I win the jellybeans!gorgeous wrote:you can't prove that's Aldrin or on the moon....NASA has lied before about how old stuff is...maybe it is 2 billion years old and fake...
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Yes I can. I can ask Buzz Aldrin. Here he is in the L.E.M. about to land on the moon.gorgeous wrote:you can't prove that's Aldrin or on the moon....
Why do you lie all the time?

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So you are now claiming that aliens built a fake moon 2 billion years ago and left it parked outside earth?gorgeous wrote:..maybe it ( the moon) is 2 billion years old and fake...
So Gorgeous?
1) Why would aliens do this?
2) How exactly would that work, concerning the solar system's gravity equilibrium 2 billion years ago?
3) Even odder, why does the moon share the same isotopes, in age, as Earth?
4) Why do you lie all the time?

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idk if it was aliens...could have been God...without the moon --it's size, shape, location, effect------ all life on Earth wouldn't happen...not an accident..
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Gorgeous claims the moon is fake.
There are 172 other moons in our solar system, because that's how planets and moons form.
Did aliens also build the other 172 moons?
It wasn't aliens. There is no evidence and the moon is 4 billion years old.gorgeous wrote:idk if it was aliens..
There is no such thing as 'god".gorgeous wrote:.could have been God...
You really are a complete idiot aren't you?gorgeous wrote:...not an accident..

There are 172 other moons in our solar system, because that's how planets and moons form.

Did aliens also build the other 172 moons?
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Of course they did. That's what caused the Late Heavy Bombardment; the aliens were clumsy and dropped some stuff.Matthew Ellard wrote: Did aliens also build the other 172 moons?
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for the ignorant who mock something they don't know....yes, fake...
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Glad you admit that you are fake.gorgeous wrote:for the ignorant who mock something they don't know....yes, fake...

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You're the one who's ignoring facts. You claim our Moon is hollow and was artificially-created. These facts* contradict your claim and prove it to be wrong:gorgeous wrote:for the ignorant who mock something they don't know....yes, fake...
1. The Moon and Earth are genetically related and formed from different proportions of a common reservoir of materials. The distinctively similar oxygen isotopic compositions of Moon rocks and Earth rocks clearly show common ancestry.
2. The Moon is slightly asymmetrical in bulk form, possibly as a consequence of its evolution under Earth's gravitational influence. Its crust is thicker on the far side, while most volcanic basins -- and unusual mass concentrations -- occur on the near side. Mass is not distributed uniformly inside the Moon. Large mass concentrations ("Mascons") lie beneath the surface of many large lunar basins and probably represent thick accumulations of dense lava. Relative to its geometric center, the Moon's center of mass is displaced toward Earth by several kilometers.
3. The Moon is not a primordial object; it is an evolved terrestrial planet with internal zoning similar to that of Earth. The Moon is made of rocky material that has been variously melted, erupted through volcanoes, and crushed by meteorite impacts. The Moon possesses a thick crust (60 km), a fairly uniform lithosphere (60-1000 km), and a partly liquid asthenosphere (1000-1740 km); a small iron core at the bottom of the asthenosphere is possible but unconfirmed. Some rocks give hints for ancient magnetic fields although no planetary field exists today.
4. The Moon is ancient and still preserves an early history (the first billion years) that must be common to all terrestrial planets. The extensive record of meteorite craters on the Moon, when calibrated using absolute ages of rock samples, provides a key for unravelling time scales for the geologic evolution of Mercury, Venus, and Mars based on their individual crater records.
5. State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest the moon possesses a solid, iron-rich inner core with a radius of nearly 150 miles and a fluid, primarily liquid-iron outer core with a radius of roughly 205 miles. Where it differs from Earth is a partially molten boundary layer around the core estimated to have a radius of nearly 300 miles. The research indicates the core contains a small percentage of light elements such as sulfur, echoing new seismology research on Earth that suggests the presence of light elements -- such as sulfur and oxygen -- in a layer around our own core.
* All data from NASA's current website, not random, uncredited copypasta from 50 years ago, or out-of-context quotes.
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So you are now claiming that all 172 moons in our Solar system, including Earth's moon, are fake hollow moons built by aliens?gorgeous wrote:for the ignorant who mock something they don't know....yes, fake...
So where is the gravity force coming from, that causes tides on earth, if the moon is hollow and has no mass?
You really are a total idiot Gorgeous.

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all the moons could be hollow or most of them...it seems to have some mass..but more and more it seems it was put there for our benefit...
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No Gorgeous. It has exactly the right mass for a normal moon otherwise it would not orbit Earth as it does.gorgeous wrote:..it seems to have some mass...
Have you ever heard of the word "mathematics"?
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LunaNik wrote:You're the one who's ignoring facts.gorgeous wrote:for the ignorant who mock something they don't know....yes, fake...
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Gord wrote:

"An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof."—Marcello Truzzi
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."—Christopher Hitchens
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."—Christopher Hitchens