Why didn't cosmic radiation from the stars and UV radiation kill the crew of Apollo and friends half a century ago?

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[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

You think that "Cosmic rays! Gotcha!", but it's old news, scientists worked all this out long before the Apollo programme. We're talking 1940s and 50s science here. You're seventy years out of date.

Seventy years later, and they still haven't solved this technical obstacle.

This is checkmate. You got rekd.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Five thousand years of civilisation, and we still haven't solved the technical problem of people drowning. Obviously boats, bridges and life-preservers are all HOAXES because people can still DROWN if they fall into the water. Checkmate NASA!

Yes, if the astronauts had been hit by a particle storm while in flight, they would have got a dangerous dose of radiation, possibly even a fatal dose. Nobody said that space exploration wasn't dangerous. But they didn't, and the radiation dose they got was well within reasonable limits: about half a years worth of radiation in less than two weeks.

If the air seals on the command module had failed, and they lost all their air, they would have died. And if the rocket had blown up on launch, they would have died. And if they fucked up the calculations and crash landed on the moon, they would have died. If they had hit the earth's atmosphere at the wrong angle, they would have either burned up or bounced off into space. There were lots of things that could have gone wrong, but didn't. What's your point?

Every time I drive my car, there are lots of things that might kill me. The engine might catch fire and I get trapped in the car and burned to death. I might drive off a bridge into a river and drown. (Wait, no, bridges are a hoax, nobody has any clue how to cross water without drowning.) A truck might lose its load which falls on me and crushes me. I might be hit by a speeding car coming from the other direction. Obviously cars are a hoax and nobody actually drives anywhere! Checkmate Ford and Toyota!

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Five thousand years of civilisation, and we still haven't solved the technical problem of people drowning.

You have run out of valid arguments.

Feel free to continue to fool yourself, but you aren't fooling anyone else.

Bye.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You have run out of valid arguments.

I'm literally using your arguments. You've just acknowledged that they aren't valid. Which is the whole point I am making, duh.

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean, seriously dude, what exactly do you think this argument is? There's radiation in space, therefore... what? There's radiation on earth too. Do you think that means nobody's gone to the earth? Oh wait...

There are venomous snakes in Texas, and nobody has solved the technical problem of not being bitten by snakes, so therefore nobody has been to Texas. Checkmate Greg Abbott!

I mean dude, that is literally the level of your argument. It's just sad and embarrassing to even see it.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's radiation on earth too. Do you think that means nobody's gone to the earth?

You have run out of valid arguments.

Feel free to continue to fool yourself, but you aren't fooling anyone else.

Bye.