What ? No nazi base on the Moon ?

[mapuc]

Have always thought that if they(the nazis) had a base it had to be on the backside of the Moon.

It doesn't look that way

http://www.iflscience.com/space/55-year-old-mystery-about-dark-side-moon-solved

When the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 transmitted the first images from the other side of the moon it was expected it would look pretty much like the side we are familiar with. Instead they saw none of the “seas” visible to Earthly astronomers with small telescopes

Markus

[Torplexed]

Personally I think the notion of a clandestine pre-Apollo mission to the moon would make a great science fiction story. Of course if you're going to pit Indiana Jones against the Nazis at their lunar base, you'll have to sneak in a lot of Fritz Lang references...maybe a female metal robot to boot.

http://prettycleverfilms.com/files/2012/10/Robot-gets-some-touchups-on-the-set-of-Metropolis1.jpg

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Personally I think the notion of a clandestine pre-Apollo mission to the moon would make a great science fiction story. Of course if you're going to pit Indiana Jones against the Nazis at their lunar base, you'll have to sneak in a lot of Fritz Lang references...maybe a female metal robot to boot.

Already been done by the French:Dhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Le_Voyage_dans_la_lune.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Voyage_dans_la_Lune_affiche.jpg/640px-Voyage_dans_la_Lune_affiche.jpg

[Torplexed]

Already been done by the French:D

O-la-la!

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Major-Tomgirl.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

You guys must have seen "Iron Sky" by now?

Anyway, while I was examining Markus' link, I found this as well: http://io9.com/nasa-totally-found-a-squirrel-on-mars-and-didnt-tell-a-510490870

[Jimbuna]

America were first with their B-24 but the Russians conveniently overlooked this.

http://i.imgur.com/kpCfZnJ.jpg

[Platapus]

America were first with their B-24 but the Russians conveniently overlooked this.

http://i.imgur.com/kpCfZnJ.jpg


I knew I should have made that left turn at Albuquerque...

[Sailor Steve]

Well, I have a nit to pick. The plane in the picture is not a B-24, but a Consolidated B-32 Dominator. :O:

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Well, I have a nit to pick. :O:

"Kill and scalp all, big and little; nits make lice."-Col. John Milton Chivington :03: I thought it was a P4Y-2 Privateer single tail variation of the Liberator myself! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg/1024px-PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg

[Rhodes]

Well, I have a nit to pick. The plane in the picture is not a B-24, but a Consolidated B-32 Dominator. :O:

See, I told you so. It's a hoax. No B-24 has the range to get to the Moon (Selene)!

[Eichhörnchen]

^:haha:

[Sailor Steve]

I thought it was a P4Y-2 Privateer single tail variation of the Liberator myself!
This got me looking. The wing is too high for a B-32, and the PB4Y-2 had two turrets on top and the "moon" pic doesn't have a turret on the nose. I'm now suspecting the Ford XB-24N.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/conso-yb24n_zpsghhdhryg.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/conso-yb24n_zpsghhdhryg.jpg.html)

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This got me looking. and the PB4Y-2 had two turrets on top
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/conso-yb24n_zpsghhdhryg.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/conso-yb24n_zpsghhdhryg.jpg.html)
Not all have the turrets on top anymore used as firefighters (extremely dangerous-wing failures) and returned to a museums etchttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg/800px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg)
WOW! Just discovered this fun site you can pick any plane and drag cursor-see you in a few hours!:O: :http://wikimapia.org/27909191/PB4Y-2-Privateer-BuNo-66261 (http://wikimapia.org/27909191/PB4Y-2-Privateer-BuNo-66261) Close up>http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/03/41/48/18_1280.jpg

[mapuc]

The question is

Could any one of these fly to the moon ?

Markus

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Properly altered.....yes:D https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/HuntersCover-Murbella%2BEdrik.jpghttp://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/azfwvudhswrvvt2qdcdu.jpg"One of these days Alice—pow! Straight to the Moon!":har: the return trip can be dicey!:doh:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Apollo_thirteen_movie.jpg/220px-Apollo_thirteen_movie.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_thirteen_movie.jpg)Houston We have a problem!

[mapuc]

Aktungbby if wiki is correct then this

"Houston We Have a problem"

Is incorrect

according to wiki it was

"Houston we had a problem"

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Aktungbby if wiki is correct then this

"Houston We Have a problem"

Is incorrect

according to wiki it was

"Houston we had a problem"

Markus :woot: that's "poetic License!":har: