Le Voyage dans la Lune
The moon landing was faked on a soundstage (in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis in 1902)!
Show Notes
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune.
Topics
- Science Gripes (5:36)
- Space gun?
- "Raspberry jam" problem
- 600 km long gun
- Pressure suits, life support?
- Breathable air? Snow? Aliens?
- Anthropomorphic... everything?
- Return trajectory... by falling off a cliff.
- Two solar eclipses?
- SCIENCE Shine (21:30)
- Academic Dress
- Man in the Moon
- Mythology
- Ice and caves on the Moon!
- Celebration parade.
- Earth rise
- What did we know about the Moon in 1902 (36:00)
- Robert Hook (1665): Moon made of rock, modified by volcanism.
- No atmosphere, limb darkening
- Did not know what process made the craters.
- Did not know how the moon was formed.
- Of It's Time (41:36)
- Ratings (49:30)