05-08-2015, 04:15 PM
(04-08-2015, 06:29 PM)tiv48 Wrote: When I was at school I got to know a lot of the local ham radio guys most of whom had built a lot of there own gear .I have this weird theory that shocks a lot of people. The theory is technology especially in the late sixties was more advanced than today. I remain convinced nobody today could put a man on the moon in 2015 and that includes NASA. Maybe in another 10 years we may see another lunar landing but probably done an easier way than how it was done with Saturn V.
A few of these guys were great teachers and loved to impart that knowledge to us youngsters.
At the age of 14 I got a job helping at the local radio shop (my step father later bought it.)
my grand father used to build lots of complex crystal sets and my real father built a lot of hifi amps.
so maybe it was easier to learn in the 60's ?
Rob T
It would appear the German engineers behind the Apollo project and the team as a whole simply died and took their expertise to the grave. Russia retained a good deal of their rocket technology but the closest they got to a manned lunar landing was the mid seventies (or was it eighties) shuttle. Those are now rusting away due to the collapse of the USSR which stalled the project.
As you say, HAM was very popular in the sixties and kids were making their own sets. A lot of kids had an interest in science back then.
Sure, I know today we have I.T. and it's easier to spread technology but I think the bulk of modern technology is consumer based and consumer driven and not driven directly by science at the same level as was taking place in the late sixties. I mean, Richard Branson has been keen to continue the Space Program but that is again on a commercial basis.
