So, please, keep on topic (post #1).
You're a funny and creative guy, Heiwa, but I'm afraid that even your most ardent defender on this thread doesn't take you seriously.
Don't be afraid. Just try to win my 1M and when you fail, ask yourself why!
If you refuse to believe to believe all the answers available you'll never believe any new answers. That's why no one takes you seriously.
He already knows it's bullshit.
Rubbish! All Heiwa ever posts are silly reasons why we can't know these things but all he proves is that he is totally incapable is understanding any of this.
And the pathetic performance of both you and he in the Atlas-Mercury thread proves that you are as bad as he is.
So anyone claiming to have an answer is simply peddling more bullshit. Therefore he doesn't need to 'believe' any new answers. Right out of the gate it's already nonsense.
What trash you dream up!
Before giving your support to Heiwa, the peddler of nonsense, I suggest that you read the earlier parts of this thread then NASA's own reports on at least the Apollo 11 mission.
You could start with
SATURN V LAUNCH VEHICLE FLIGHT EVALUATION REPORT-AS-506, APOLLO 11 MISSION. As an aside, Heiwa goes on and on about how NASA know the exact position and velocity of spacecraft. Well read this about Apollo 11:
4.2.2 Tracking During the Parking Orbit Phase of Flight
Orbital tracking was conducted by the NASA Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN). Eight C-Band radar stations furnished data for use in determining the parking orbit trajectory. There were also considerable S-Band tracking data available which were not used due to the abundance of C-Band radar data.
The parking orbit trajectory was obtained by integrating corrected insertion conditions forward to the S-IVB second burn restart preparation event. The insertion conditions, as determined by the Orbital Correction Program (OCP), were obtained by a differential correction procedure which adjusted the estimated insertion conditions to fit the C-Band radar tracking data in accordance with the weights assigned to the data.
After all available C-Band radar tracking data were analyzed, the stations and passes providing the better quality data were used in the determination of the insertion conditions.
There are many other reports but the questions Heiwa asks make it obvious that he hasn't bothered to any read them.
Heiwa
might be an expert in marine engineer but he obviously knows nothing about nuclear weapon detonation, rocket science, orbital mechanics, atmospheric re-entry or astronomy.
So, hitch your waggon to Heiwa if you like - it's your loss not mine!