After watching the second video and making at least an
attempt at genuine scrutiny and skepticism (what's your excuse, Tom?), I am even more convinced that the communication delays were real. All that the author is doing is finding especially confusing clips where two people are interrupting and talking over one another and interpreting it in a way that 'proves' his argument. Confusion, interruption, and talking-over are not at all what I'd expect to hear from actors reading a script. It's exactly what I'd expect to hear from two people talking on full duplex radios with a time delay. Do you not see the literally beautiful irony here?
Video 2, example 1I took the mp3 audio from
this NASA archive and made
this clip.
Cernan is speaking when Houston interrupts to say they have a picture. 2.5 seconds after the end of the word "Hey" is Cernan's "Yeah?" 2.5 seconds after the end of Houston's sentence is the beginning of Cernan's "Beautiful, babe." This is
exactly what I would expect to hear from someone who just got interrupted over a full duplex operation with a time delay of 2.5 seconds. It is not what I'd expect from actors reading a script.
The video author asserts that Cernan's "Yeah?" is actually, "You have?" This isn't entirely unreasonable since
NASA's own transcripts record Cernan as saying "You have? Beautiful, babe." After listening to the audio myself, I think he's saying "yeah?" in response to being interrupted by Houston.
Video 2, example 3 or 4 or whateverI ripped the audio from the MPEG from
this NASA archive and made
this clip.
Cernan's first "Yeah" follows the end Houston's first sentence by nearly three seconds. Cernan's sentence stops when he hears Houston's second sentence in the middle of his own.
You can even hear Houston's echo in the audio! As expected, the echo is heard just a little more than 2.5 seconds after it was said by Houston.
I just don't see where the 'FTL' communication is happening. I've examined three of his examples so far and found
exactly what I would expect from full duplex radios on a 2.5 second delay. His examples, if anything, directly contradict the hoax narrative.