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Were the moon landings faked??
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The Moon Landings Were Faked.
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We're the moon landings faked? Many people want to know,
It's now been nearly four decades since Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" if, that is, he ever set foot off this planet. Doubters say the U.S. government, desperate to beat the Russians in the space race, faked the lunar landings, with Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin acting out their mission on a secret film set, located (depending on the theory) either high in the Hollywood Hills or deep within Area 51. With the photos and videos of the Apollo missions only available through NASA, there's no independent verification that the lunar landings were anything but a hoax.
The smoking gun? Film of Aldrin planting a waving American flag on the moon, which critics say proves that he was not in space. The flag's movement, they say, clearly shows the presence of wind, which is impossible in a vacuum. NASA says Aldrin was twisting the flagpole to get the moon soil, which caused the flag to move. (And never mind that astronauts have brought back hundreds of independently verified moon rocks.) Theorists have even suggested that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick may have helped NASA fake the first lunar landing, given that his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odessey proves that the technology existed back then to artificially create a spacelike set. And as for Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee three astronauts who died in a fire while testing equipment for the first moon mission? They were executed by the U.S. government, which feared they were about to disclose the truth.
Far-fetched as the hoax theory may seem, a 1999 Gallup poll showed that it's comparatively durable: 6% of Americans said they thought the lunar landings were fake, and 5% said they were undecided.
Let me know what you think,
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--Scott--
It's now been nearly four decades since Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" if, that is, he ever set foot off this planet. Doubters say the U.S. government, desperate to beat the Russians in the space race, faked the lunar landings, with Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin acting out their mission on a secret film set, located (depending on the theory) either high in the Hollywood Hills or deep within Area 51. With the photos and videos of the Apollo missions only available through NASA, there's no independent verification that the lunar landings were anything but a hoax.
The smoking gun? Film of Aldrin planting a waving American flag on the moon, which critics say proves that he was not in space. The flag's movement, they say, clearly shows the presence of wind, which is impossible in a vacuum. NASA says Aldrin was twisting the flagpole to get the moon soil, which caused the flag to move. (And never mind that astronauts have brought back hundreds of independently verified moon rocks.) Theorists have even suggested that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick may have helped NASA fake the first lunar landing, given that his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odessey proves that the technology existed back then to artificially create a spacelike set. And as for Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee three astronauts who died in a fire while testing equipment for the first moon mission? They were executed by the U.S. government, which feared they were about to disclose the truth.
Far-fetched as the hoax theory may seem, a 1999 Gallup poll showed that it's comparatively durable: 6% of Americans said they thought the lunar landings were fake, and 5% said they were undecided.
Let me know what you think,
Thanks
--Scott--
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I honestly can't tell wether it was faked or not.
However I do believe there is no conspiracy what so ever as to why they didn't go back upto the moon.
Nasa's money got cut and they couldn't find anything on the moon.
Therefore they moved their research to Mars!
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However I do believe there is no conspiracy what so ever as to why they didn't go back upto the moon.
Nasa's money got cut and they couldn't find anything on the moon.
Therefore they moved their research to Mars!
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There is absolutely no credible evidence that any of the moon landings were faked. Everything you see in the videos and pictures and documentation (of which there is a LOT!) brought back show exactly what someone would expect to see in a low-gravity, airless environment. The flag does not "blow in the wind". It does, however, swing around like a pendulum (which is what you would expect the flag to do when there is no atmosphere) as the astronauts jostled it into place.
The Soviets had every reason to want the moon landings to have been faked. They would have had some of the best minds in the world looking for an indication that it didn't actually happen. They would have screamed to the entire world that the United States never actually put a man on the moon if there was even the slightest shred of evidence that it wasn't so. But they didn't. They begrudgingly congratulated the United States (their most bitter rival) on its monumental achievement.
The Soviets had every reason to want the moon landings to have been faked. They would have had some of the best minds in the world looking for an indication that it didn't actually happen. They would have screamed to the entire world that the United States never actually put a man on the moon if there was even the slightest shred of evidence that it wasn't so. But they didn't. They begrudgingly congratulated the United States (their most bitter rival) on its monumental achievement.
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We'll yes that's one thing, but there's hard evidence there too support it,
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Pens wrote I strongly believe that the moon landing are faked.
My main point is that the flag is waving
This has always gotten me. How is the flag waving when there is no air in space.
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xTriickz wrotePens wrote I strongly believe that the moon landing are faked.
My main point is that the flag is waving
This has always gotten me. How is the flag waving when there is no air in space.
The flag was held upright by a rod along the top.
If you're talking about the flag moving, every time it's moving, it is either being touched, or has just been touched, by one of the astronauts.
In one of the more famous shots, the astronauts had been twisting the flagpole back and forth to get it deep enough in the soil, which twisted the pole slightly. Once the astronauts let go, the flag moves back and forth, but it's not moving like any flag ever has when it's been blown by the wind. It's moving back and forth in a pendulum motion, exactly like you would expect if you twisted the staff. The fact that it keeps moving is actually proof that it's in a vacuum--if there had been air, air resistance would have quickly damped the motion.
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Pens wrote I strongly believe that the moon landing are faked.
My main point is that the flag is waving
Its not Waving, It wont just be a flat rectangle, they had to physically move it causing the flag to move when planted, and it wont straighten out cause its in space
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xTriickz wrotePens wrote I strongly believe that the moon landing are faked.
My main point is that the flag is waving
This has always gotten me. How is the flag waving when there is no air in space.
No idea man. But I've heard when the pole slammed into the ground it caused vibrations to run up the pole.
Causing it to wave!
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LAL wrote There is absolutely no credible evidence that any of the moon landings were faked. Everything you see in the videos and pictures and documentation (of which there is a LOT!) brought back show exactly what someone would expect to see in a low-gravity, airless environment. The flag does not "blow in the wind". It does, however, swing around like a pendulum (which is what you would expect the flag to do when there is no atmosphere) as the astronauts jostled it into place.
The Soviets had every reason to want the moon landings to have been faked. They would have had some of the best minds in the world looking for an indication that it didn't actually happen. They would have screamed to the entire world that the United States never actually put a man on the moon if there was even the slightest shred of evidence that it wasn't so. But they didn't. They begrudgingly congratulated the United States (their most bitter rival) on its monumental achievement.
We'll said, but why did they congratulate America, was there more to the story pm did they have an agreement, also this was years ago it happened when technology was not at it's most advanced state, so in my opinion it's hard to believe. Please share your views
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Pens wrotexTriickz wrotePens wrote I strongly believe that the moon landing are faked.
My main point is that the flag is waving
This has always gotten me. How is the flag waving when there is no air in space.
Haha, you tell me bro.
Definetly filmed in a warehouse with cooling systems
I disagree with the warehouse art I'm afraid, I would of thought they would be more discrete than using a warehouse, look more into the Area 51 side of it,
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