Googling for "Neil Armstrong's boots" returns tons of photographs of the protective outer overshoe boot cover...
Just sayin... :-) On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > Sound like rather compelling questions to me. > But I'm not a physicist, and I never worked for Nike or a boot maker, so > I couldn't begin to say how ripple soles got left behind on the Moon. > > Bah humbug ... prolly someone conspired to think of a theory. > > > ----- Forwarded message from Gil May <[email protected]> ----- > From: Gil May <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:21:54 +1000 > Subject: Neil Armstrong's Boots > > No one has answered my simple question, instead of providing an answer they > want to call me names and say I am a conspirator--I am not, I am just > asking a fair question. > > When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface he left a deep footprint > in the dust showing a *ripple soled imprint, *the photo was shown all > around the world. The landing module was about 3 meters in diameter and the > thrust rocket central: from “NASA Launch Vehicle/Spacecraft Key Facts > <http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-13_Launch_Vehicle-Spacecraft_Key_Facts.htm>, > LM descent stage maximum rated thrust = 9,870 lbf (43,904 N)”. This > massive thrust would have blown the dust away from the landing area > creating a massive dust cloud, so why was thick dust still on the ground > and no massive dust cloud? Please explain NASA. > > [image: Inline image 3] > > In July, 46 years to the day after the first moon walk, the *Smithsonian's > National Air and Space Museum* in Washington, D.C., started its first > Kickstarter campaign, asking for money to preserve the spacesuit Neil > Armstrong wore when he stepped off Apollo 11 onto the moon in 1969. Oct 15, > 2015 > > How the Smithsonian Will Save Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit > <http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a17583/neil-armstrong-spacesuit/> > *www.popularmechanics.com/ > <http://www.popularmechanics.com/>space/moon-mars/a17583/neil-armstrong-spacesuit* > > [image: Inline image 2] > [image: Inline image 1] > NASA verified this was the actual space suit worn by Neil Armstrong, > interesting to see the boots have no ripple sole. Please explain NASA. My > father often said “Do not ask difficult questions you upset folk and get > called names”. > > > Oh Dear! > Cheers
