Fetzer/Burton Moon Landing Debate Finale

[David Guyatt]

Nice photo:



I notice the crosshairs show nicely, which is well and good, as they were etched into a piece of glass positioned between the camera lens and the film.

But they do not always show, which is curious:



But I am aware that there are those who argue that this is simply due to washout from sunlight. And it seems to be a valid argument up to a point. The black etchings also disappear in darkness, as well as washing-out in sunlight. But they don't entirely disappear in sunlight, I think.

In the first of the above pictures showing the washout, a larger picture clearly seems to show that the crosshair line is eclipsed behind the collapsible rover. This larger picture also shows examples of how washing out in light does happen, albeit not entirely.

http://www.kuruvinda.com/img/apollo16/AS...7446HR.jpg

I have downloaded the last picture and, as a personal experiment, have magnified it until it loses focus. The left crosshair is definitely eclipsed by the Rover and not washed-out by the sun. Try it yourselves. Bullshit very often beats brains (as one of my former City colleagues used to say) but seeing is believing.

Lastly, I want to address what I regard as the unwise comment made by Peter Dawson about "one of the bad men at the other forum". I would strongly recommend that he refrain from making these sorts of sly remarks in the future. He is not at all familiar with how this forum was founded and why we went to to trouble of doing so, and should not, therefore, make judgments he does not fully understand.

Also is you point by point rebuttal of Jim Fetzer's arguments in any danger of being posted in the near future? :date:

Thought not...