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“APOLLO 4 ON PAD AT DAWN----Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch. The huge 363-ft. tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), November 9, 1967.”
By any standard, an absolutely stunning image.
About that moon though, specifically, it's placement...
Compare with the below linked photograph...
Did the clouds really move that little while the earth rotated that much? Even if so, shouldn't there be a larger delta between the relative azimuth of the moon in both images? Our orbed maiden appears to have only seemingly translated horizontally.
I'm pretty certain both photographs were taken from the exact same position.
Something ain't right here.
You know, the more I read about the never ending SLS woes and now raptor engine issues & costs, this remarkable creation should’ve never been abandoned.
a04 (AS-501)_v_bw_o_n (S-67-50531)
“APOLLO 4 ON PAD AT DAWN----Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch. The huge 363-ft. tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), November 9, 1967.”
By any standard, an absolutely stunning image.
About that moon though, specifically, it's placement...
Compare with the below linked photograph...
Did the clouds really move that little while the earth rotated that much? Even if so, shouldn't there be a larger delta between the relative azimuth of the moon in both images? Our orbed maiden appears to have only seemingly translated horizontally.
I'm pretty certain both photographs were taken from the exact same position.
Something ain't right here.
You know, the more I read about the never ending SLS woes and now raptor engine issues & costs, this remarkable creation should’ve never been abandoned.