Because the video camera was left on and was live streaming the video back to Earth. Just like when they were walking around on live TV taking video jumping, collecting rocks, and driving the moon buggy. The video technology of the time was just barely up to snuff to do stuff like this. Interestingly, it was not good enough to fake footage by taping the video and then editing it later. That technology simply didn't exist, but live transmission tech did exist. That was literally how all TV was back in the 50's, 60's, and most of the 70's actually. How can you seriously not know this?
You're regurgitating the "response" others have given as an explanation to this question. Here's another question: why did NASA lose/destroy the technology to get to the moon in the first place?
They didn't "lose it", but they did "destroy it" in that there are fixtures and other equipment that were obsolete. When that astronaut said we used to have the equipment to go to the moon but we don't anymore, he was talking like an engineer would. Sure, we used to have those fixtures to machine parts for the Saturn V rocket engines, but not anymore. They are obsolete and useless. And we're not building rockets currently that can take men to the moon (at the time he spoke.) We know how to though. We're just not doing it right now. That's all he meant. It's not that hard to understand really. Any modern moon rocket would be very different from the Saturn V, which was amazing for the time but totally not the most efficient way to do it today.
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23163643? ago
Read your Bible. Open your eyes. Pull your head out of your ass.
23164721? ago
IF you believe in the moon landing. You MUST defend this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQfauGJaTs
HOW DID WE GET THIS VIDEO BACK IF ALL OF THE ASTRONAUTS ARE IN THE SPACE POD?!?!?!?!?!?!
23164825? ago
Because the video camera was left on and was live streaming the video back to Earth. Just like when they were walking around on live TV taking video jumping, collecting rocks, and driving the moon buggy. The video technology of the time was just barely up to snuff to do stuff like this. Interestingly, it was not good enough to fake footage by taping the video and then editing it later. That technology simply didn't exist, but live transmission tech did exist. That was literally how all TV was back in the 50's, 60's, and most of the 70's actually. How can you seriously not know this?
23167821? ago
You're regurgitating the "response" others have given as an explanation to this question. Here's another question: why did NASA lose/destroy the technology to get to the moon in the first place?
23172783? ago
They didn't "lose it", but they did "destroy it" in that there are fixtures and other equipment that were obsolete. When that astronaut said we used to have the equipment to go to the moon but we don't anymore, he was talking like an engineer would. Sure, we used to have those fixtures to machine parts for the Saturn V rocket engines, but not anymore. They are obsolete and useless. And we're not building rockets currently that can take men to the moon (at the time he spoke.) We know how to though. We're just not doing it right now. That's all he meant. It's not that hard to understand really. Any modern moon rocket would be very different from the Saturn V, which was amazing for the time but totally not the most efficient way to do it today.