But thats the whole point Paul.. I can only report from personal experience of a past time. Reports of what I read at the time.. I am not a conspiracy nut.. I worked for Nasa under contract via the Australian Government. What I believed about the Van allen belt at that time, everybody I knew believed the same.. I would have been going against the stream had I said anything to the contrary.. Manned space travel would be extremely difficult if not impossible, except via a polar exit.. this was extremely depressing back then .. During my teens I was always ridiculed as a nut.. yes, a space nut.. long before sputnick, which eventually vindicated me, but nary an apology. Of course I have googled.... I had no reason to keep those ancient reports. today I find no real evidence other than vague mention of the danger in Wiki, with it being as you said, insufficient to prevent a manned expedition.... then why do they not mention that they were wrong back then? That Van allen and all were mistaken? I find no mention of ancient history re this subject.. I will today dig deeper.... But I am confident, failing someone having an old document , there will be nothing.. Public libraries in this day and age regularly destroy older books,,,, to their shame... Philip. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Deema To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Indian satellite Philip M You said -- From philip madsen Sun Nov 9 20:51:20 2008 ... but The appollo program .... Now that is not so cut and dried... Somebody is lying about the radiation belt, to such an extent that records have been expunged from the history. I can only ask why? I have to make the point Philip, there is another possibility, which is that you are mistaken. I ask you -- please, PLEASE -- do some Googling on the subject of the van Allen Radiation Belt in the context of the Apollo program. I will only be impressed with results from mainstream sources -- conspiracy sources won't do it for me. My sister, when she was dying from cancer, received radiation therapy. This was not expected ultimately to help her, but might postpone death for a short while. This therapy caused burns which took some time to heal. While I really don't understand Roentgens et al, my understanding gained from those who do -- or at least should -- is that van Allen Radiation Belt irradiation for the very limited time to which Apollo astronauts would be exposed to it, would be rather less severe. I have some confidence that, if you do make the effort, you will report fairly on the matter. Paul D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Search 1000's of available singles in your area at the new Yahoo!7 Dating. Get Started.