Buzz Aldrin is quoted somewhere as claiming to be the first to urinate on the moon. He did so in the bag attached to him shortly after taking his first steps on the lunar surface.
And not only did they throw it out, they threw out almost everything they didn’t need to bring back. If you read the Lunar Surface Journals online, you’ll see they did another depressurization of the LM after the moonwalks to toss out the garbage before blasting off to leave.
So they did not practice no-impact camping on the moon.
A number of posts have in fact given real answers to the question posed in the OP (e.g., post #7 by Leaffan, #10 by Chronos and #16 by LonesomePolecat).
Hey, look–this thread is not about the U.S. presidential election! It is therefore worth its weight in fine rubies*. And look how SDMB’ers of all stripes are coming together on this one–Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers.
Core44–he’s a uniter, not a divider!
*Although thinking about it, I’m not really sure what the weight of a thread on an Internet message board would be.
I think we discovered recently that data on a drive doesn’t “weigh” anything. 1 apparently doesn’t weigh any less than 0, even though 0 is fat and 1 is skinny.
If the Moon landing was faked, I guess my idea for Celebrity Survivor: Tranquility Base is going to be a tough sell. I already had Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise and Dana Carvey lined up.
It’s true, NASA did almost run with the hoax scenario. They weighed the logistics of constructing a moon set in a sound stage that would be believable enough for, not only the general public, but all the nations, scientists, and experts across the globe. They also realized they were way behind on digital CG technology, and realized that must be invented first, before they could even think about simulating zero-G, all the launch and flight sequences, let alone the figures bouncing and bumping around on the actual surface. The sets, the props, the production design, getting the science close enough to pass at least high-school level physics, the cast, the crew, the mediocre state-of-the-art filmmaking technology of the 60s… fucking craft services!
Yes, it became a logistical nightmare. Finally, after all the top filmmakers in Hollywood processed everything that would need to be coordinated and accomplished in order to pull off such a hoax, they unanimously said, “Shit. Why, it’d be easier landing a man on the moon!”
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth, after he has peed there, onto the lunar surface itself. We must do this, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.”
Actually when it’s hard it’s almost impossible to pee anywhere.
Thais tend to be gullible, and they love a good conspiracy theory. The moon landings were gone over on TV a few years ago as hoaxes. I’ve had a Thai or two make tsk-tsk noises and shake their grinning heads at what a child I am for believing in them.
Thank you all for participating in this thread explaining how the moon hoax… I’m sorry, I mean how the moon landing was not a hoax. Your check for $57,000 from the General Foods Cold War Monetary Fund will be delivered this week personally via a concubine of your choosing. Remember, if you betray the Tang Conspiracy you will be dragged off and severely beaten.*
For your participation, some of you are eligible to receive a “pony.” For those of you eligible to receive a “pony” instead please claim your reward at the [del]Roswell Alien Spaceship Lab[/del] usual location.
*Actually, we’ll just make a film that makes it look like you were dragged off and severely beaten. Let’s not get crazy.
Thank-you, Moon,
Blessing of the night sky,
You light the misty fog we dance in,
And so we sent a bunch of guys in spacesuits to pee on you,
You’re welcome.