The moon landing was an essential part of the Space Race. We had finally got ahead of Russia and had claimed first in the race. Many Americans in 1969 were watching the moon landing. How could the U.S. fake a moon landing? It was televised and astronauts brought back moon rocks and photos they had taken many pictures. Still, some people believe the moon landing is fake.
One argument is that there are no stars in the pictures the Apollo 11 crew took. In the pictures, you wouldn’t have the effect of the light pollution and foggy atmosphere from Earth, so many people believed there should be plenty of stars. However, this argument relies heavily on the photos taken during the lunar phase. This would mean that sunlight illuminating the moon would overpower starlight.
The most convincing theory according to people is that if the moon landing was real, then the astronauts would have been fried by radiation. There are two belts surrounding Earth made up of highly energetic charged particles from solar wind. These are called the Van Allen belts. Some people believe that humans cannot withstand being exposed to such high levels of radiation. The belts were a big worry for the Apollo mission. Scientists had to work very hard to make adequate protection for the astronauts. Many people believe that no one could survive going through the Van Allen belts, hence, this theory.
In my opinion, the moon landing was 100% real. I don’t think that it is possible to fake such a huge thing. There are 8,400 public photos and many thousands of hours of footage from the mission. There are also full transcripts and audio recordings of air-to-ground conversations. Not to mention the 382 kilograms of moon rock that was brought back by the Apollo astronauts. The rocks have been tested and verified independently as lunar by labs from all over the world.
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- Do you think that the moon landing was fake? Explain your answer
- What conspiracy theory do you think is most credible?
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Have you seen the cgi capabilites they had back in the 60's? 3d rendering wasn't even around for another 15 or so years. To suggest it could have been faked recently, I:E 5-10 years ago is at least somewhat believable. Additionally, we went to the moon multiple times afterwards in the 70's. What will you say when artemis lands in 2025? will it be faked then? Or what about in a couple hundred years when we have cities on other planets? By then people will conspire that earth doesn't even exist! What do you say to the martian/human residents in the year 2200 who say that earth is just a myth and that you never exxisted? A lack of evidence proves nothing.
I agree with you. I don't know how they would have faked the rocks being labeled as lunar.
detractors of these facts will claim it was made using cgi, what specifically do you say to contradict these claims? Additionally, some sources say that the moon rocks as well were faked. Do you have substantial enough evidence for these claims?
Whats interesting to note is that the smaller the conspiracy theory is, the more believable it is. For me, a somewhat disputed fact of the moon landings is the ways that it was photographed. Many pointed to small blemishes and "water droplets" in the corners of the original photographs. Many claimed it was cgi, but it was later proven these disturbances were caused by the presence of air bubbles in the low-g environment of the moon, disturbing the developement of the pictures.
Wow, you know a lot about the moon landing!
I think the moon landing could've been faked to help the Americans win the space race. I believe this because we were trying to beat Russia to the moon and the President at the time (JFK) stated that he would have a man on the moon by the 70s. Maybe we realized we couldn't do this in time or something else happened like we couldn't actually go to the moon. They wouldn't have wanted the people to be let down and lied to because no one would then trust them. So we could have faked the moon landing using fake space gear and a fake moon surface.
I agree that it could have happened, and your theory is well thought out. I just don't think the landing could have been faked with all the photos and hours of footage they have.
I dont think the moon landing is fake because there where many people at mission control and citizens at there homes that physically watched the astronaughts get inside the spacecraft and watch the rocket fly into space.
I agree with you, they had lots of evidence, and many people were apart of the moon landing. I don't think they could have faked it because someone would have told someone.
Hi Zach. I Kinda disagree with you. I agree that they went to space but i feel they didn't reach the moon like they said. But there are some things in the footage that show signs of it being staged. But there could be things to explain those signs.
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