Thomas S. Doherty #conspiracy home.bluemarble.net

was fortunate to watch the first Apollo on live TV. Knowing that there would be a "canned" statement when the Astronaut stepped onto the surface of the moon, I was attuned to the first 'real' comment he would make. I was somewhat shocked to CLEARLY hear that first observation, "It's solid!" So shocked, that I turned to my parents and made a sarcastic remark, 'What did he think it was made of, Green Cheese?' So, after all these years, I can clearly remember the incident. One of the most important pictures (I bought a set at the time) was the shot of the footprint on the moon with only a minimum of dust showing.

Not long ago, I recalled the event and did a search on the Internet and found a Transcript of the radio transmissions. I had my second shock of that event. The statement that I remember so well was edited OUT of the transcript and replaced with a remark that the transmission was garbled. See (the link for) Transcript segment below. There was NOTHING garbled about that transmission, the statement came through NATIONAL TV as clear as a bell.

Furthermore, if anyone really thinks that NASA was not worried about the lander sinking. Then they owe it to themselves to take a trip to Washington and see the craft in the Smithsonian. The first time I saw the module I though that the design was very odd. After seeing it in person, I understood the design. NASA was so concerned about the vehicle sinking that they put it on stilts, had HUGE floats attached to the legs and also equipped it with a mechanism to only allow the engines to shut down if there was a solid base. Just looking at the vehicle and then considering that it was landing in a gravity 1/6th Earth's convinced me that NASA was paranoid about the lander sinking.

I believe that at the time of the Apollo missions, it was common knowledge that one of the expectations was to PROVE the age of the moon was very old. I now realize that this was the Evolutionist/Creationist battle in full swing back then.

The reason I bring this to your attention is I am a FIRST SOURCE, and I hate to think that this important information will be lost when I die. It clearly documents the lengths that evolutionists will go to ELIMINATE documentation that supports Creation. I should further mention that AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED, I WAS AN EVOLUTIONIST. Fortunately, I came to know the Lord a short time later.

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