>>55944
How in the fuck did we have advanced enough robotics to make bipedal human-sized robots in the 60s?

What is happening today? Conspiracy theories are becoming true one by one.

It's not that the Van Allen belts can't be passed - it's that people and electronics can't linger in them. The Apollo astronauts each spent an hour or two at most in the belts as they passed through them. They got a little irradiated, but not all that much. The ISS by contrast is constantly orbiting the Earth in more or less a circular orbit, and astros stay up there for 6 months at a time or longer, so they couldn't put the station in the belt or else they would get fried due to the rad exposure.

It basically boils down to duration of exposure.

The Apollo missions were super risky when it came to radiation. If there had been a particularly bad solar flare aimed at us, they pretty much would have died of radiation poisoning.

>>55944

Also, did you even read your own links? The nasa.gov page you linked to has this to say:

>Two donuts of seething radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts, have been found to contain a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents the fastest, most energetic electrons from reaching Earth.
>that prevents the fastest, most energetic electrons from reaching Earth.

They're talking about the belts being a barrier to some kinds of charged particles, not to astronauts.

>>55944

>Apollo 9 tested that astronauts could survive in low earth orbit below the 1,000 km mark where the Van Allen Belts begin.

No, Apollo 9 tested manned operations of the lunar lander.

Where do you find this bullshit?

>>55944

Alright, listen dude... it's very simple...

In 1986, to prevent global environmental catastrophe, the very best of the world's robotic technology was sent to Ukraine, to assist in the rapid cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. These robots were useful for only so long, before they went haywire as a result of the effects of radiation on their circuitry. Time was of the essence, and it was ultimately necessary to send human "bio-robots" onto the roof of the destroyed reactor, to clear away the radioactive debris.

OF COURSE they suffered health problems. They still do. Many of these guys are STILL ALIVE.

The lesson of Chernobyl is very much a part of what inspired our drive to improve our robotic, and microprocessing technology.

In the 1960s, America was focused on beating the Russians to the moon. The sophisticated robotic machinery you are describing simply DID NOT EXIST in 1969. You idiot.

>>55944

>Does anyone have more info on this?

Yes. If you're keen to learn more about the history of robotic space exploration... you can ask any kid on his high school's FIRST robotics team.

>>55944
http://vanhalenbelt.ytmnd.com/

OP is a retarded autistic conspiracy cunt that should just slit their wrists and hang themselves.

>>55955
lol nice one haven't seen a good ytmnd in a long time.

>>55956

A bit over the top there, Penrose.

disinformation agents pls gtfo
https://youtu.be/9BEylTGOlQ8

The real truth is, it is scientifically impossible to travel beyond LEO without suffering severe exposure to farts.

>>55968
This is a well known fact.
The only reason Apollo astronauts made it through is via improvised CO2 filters and extra pine-tree-air fresheners. Look it up.

>>55968

That's true of any space mission, really. Imagine how the guys in Gemini felt.

>>55949 they must like their electrons fast and energetic then...
because how else are aliens going to contact us?
anyway's I was originally thinking they need clear space for experiments, and forgot about the Van Allen's.

>>56056
The Van Allen belts would flash cook a person trying to go through them in a capsule

>>56092
Really?
Then how did the Apollo astronauts get through them?

>>56099
It's called space dipshit