Moon Landing Hoax Theory
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Was the Moon Landing Faked?
Conspiracy theorists argue that NASA's Apollo moon missions were faked, they present some interesting information and theories which are explored here. Examine the evidence and decide for yourself, was the moon landing a hoax?
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1960's Technology
Was the technology of the late sixties sufficient to deliver men to the moon? At that time digital computers were in their infancy, huge noisy machines that filled rooms with their bulk. The Apollo module would have had less computing power then todays pocket calculators. With little room for error in the millions of calculations needed for a manned moon mission the computers of the day seem questionably adequate.Battery technology was also much bulkier and less efficient then what we now have. Today a laptop battery provides about 4 hours of use between charges, a cell phone might last a couple of days if not used too much. The Apollo space craft would have required a weeks worth of continuous power to vital systems such as communications, navigation, heating and cooling from batteries that would be adding precious weight to the craft.
Timeframe
It was less then ten years after president Kennedy's monumental announcement in 1961 of his desire to put a man on the moon that this amazing mission was supposedly accomplished on July 20, 1969 by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 mission. Five other Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last one in 1972. These six Apollo spaceflights are the only times humans have ever landed on another world.It has been 35 years since we last went to the moon, why have we not returned? A NASA estimate in the 1980s projected that it would take up to 20 years to put a man on the moon again.
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Photographic Anomalies
Although NASA say the Apollo astronauts did not bring artificial lighting to the moon, analysis of the numerous photos and video footage taken on the moon indicate multiple light sources. These anomalies can be seen in various shadows and highlights that are inconsistent with each other as well as the natural lighting that would be available on the moon.For example, in this photo of Astronaut Ed "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. coming down the ladder on the Lunar Module Eagle. The picture was supposedly taken on July 20, 1969 by Neil Armstrong, who, moments before, had just become the first man to step on the Moon. If you observe the shadows on the ground it is clear that the Buzz and the Lunar Module itself should both be in shadow, however they are clearly illuminated. Is the proof in these details?
Photographic Evidence Analysis
Photo image expert, Dr. David Groves, concludes that the Apollo 11 photos allegedly taken on the moon were staged.
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Astro-nots on Wires
Video evidence suggests that the Apollo Astro-Nots achieved the look of walking on the moon with the assistance of suspension wires and slow motion playback.
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The Van Allen Radiation Belt
The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's magnetic field. Energetic electrons form two distinct radiation belts, while protons form a single belt. Within these belts are particles capable of penetrating about 1 g/cm2 [2] of shielding (e.g., 1 millimeter of lead, no where near what the light weight apollo capsules had). Humans, solar cells, integrated circuits, and sensors can be damaged by radiation and even modern space shuttle flights have not approached these areas. The apollo missions supposedly ventured through these highly radiated areas both traveling to the moon and returning without effect. Where's the Blast Crater?
You would think that the blast from a 9,870 LB thrust rocket engine would cause a blast crater under an Apollo Lunar Module, not to mention a trench dug out the length of it's approach. Strangely there is no evidence of this on the photos and videos that show the LM neatly sitting on the moon's surface.
How those Astro-nots ever managed any sort of communication with the noise is also a mystery.
This is a demo of a 7500 LB thrust Lox/Methane rocket engine so you can see the raw power and resulting clouds of dust.
How those Astro-nots ever managed any sort of communication with the noise is also a mystery.
This is a demo of a 7500 LB thrust Lox/Methane rocket engine so you can see the raw power and resulting clouds of dust.
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The Footage We Weren't Meant to See
Amazing leaked NASA footage shows astronauts in low earth orbit faking filming the earth from space.
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Suspicous Astronaut Behavior
Are the Apollo Astronauts simply fed up with confrontations with conspiracy nut jobs or are they trying to hide something?
The last video shows what Buzz Aldren thinks of these conspiracy theories!
The last video shows what Buzz Aldren thinks of these conspiracy theories!
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Why Fake the Moon Landings?
At the height of the cold war in the sixties much was to be gained in winning the space race. The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.Though its roots lie in early rocket technology and in the international tensions following World War II, the Space Race effectively began after the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The term originated as an analogy to the arms race. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Space technology became a particularly important arena in this conflict, both because of its potential military applications and due to the morale-boosting psychological benefits.
It is interesting to note that when the Soviets finally developed the tracking technology to observe American missions to the moon, the program was terminated.
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The Great Moon Hoax - NASA Science
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POLL: DID WE LAND ON THE MOON?
So you've seen some of the evidence, now let us know what you think, did we land on the moon? Vote Now!
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Do you think the moon landing was faked?
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PeterStreep
Dec 20, 2011 @ 6:26 pm | delete
- There is more proof of man landing on the moon then the existence of a god. Is God a hoax ?
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Tillhund
Jan 2, 2012 @ 9:51 am | delete
- I beleive you on to something... LOL
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ChrisGray
Sep 19, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
- How many thousand people were involved in the Moon landings? Keeping them all quiet would have been impossible.
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mogulmedia
Jan 12, 2012 @ 4:33 pm | delete
- It would have been easy, only a few actually went up into space! How would any of them actually know of their real whereabouts?
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gregoryolney
Aug 22, 2011 @ 1:00 pm | delete
- No, I don't think it was faked - too much evidence. But I do suspect that some of the evidence may have been faked as they wished to convince people that it really did happen and didn't think they had enough. Some of the photos are a bit suspicious..
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dannystaple
Aug 6, 2011 @ 1:15 pm | delete
- There's always conspiracy theories. While this one is kind of fun, I think we really did land there. But perhaps the video didn't turn out well and needed redoing? Maybe a hollywood version would be far less boring than the real thing (a grey barren landscape may have been pretty uninspiring and dull in the end). Try that - the landing was real, but the video is a fake, because the real video wasn't good enough...
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Till Hund
Jan 2, 2012 @ 9:55 am | delete
- Dust on the moon is key to understanding the moon landing was faked. I'm a former Marine Corp repel spy-master, I've spent a fair share of time under various types of air craft. Trust me with the blast from Lox methane rockets on the moon surface videoing any part of the decent or launch of the Lander would have been imposable.
Let me help you to understand; Remember the first foot print. Remember how soft and thick the dust seemed to be; Understand that this would be consistent across the entire moon surface so, when the Lander launched off using the Lox Methane Rocket engine a tidal wave of dust would have engulfing the Lander and destroy anything close by.
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TechDad
Jul 4, 2011 @ 12:19 am | delete
- Besides joking (previous comment) I am very intrigued! I noticed something in the 'Astro-nots' video. Around 2.28 when the Astronaut is seemingly gets up off the ground Matrix-style, something drops from his suit. And it seems to drop at 'normal' speed? And that NASA reel where they obviously fake a far away earth shot from within the space craft ... my reaction to that was ... WTF?! How can anyone explain that? Interesting stuff.
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TechDad
Jul 3, 2011 @ 11:35 pm | delete
- Now that Transformers 3 is out, we know the truth. We did go to the moon, and there was a cover-up. ;)
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karmicchristian
May 10, 2011 @ 2:05 am | delete
- The clincher of evidence is from the camera on the moon following the lander's take-off. Amazing spoof. :)
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dannystaple
Aug 6, 2011 @ 1:24 pm | delete
- Umm - not really. When weight is such a factor, and getting back is pretty important, then it would make sense to leave it behind. However - that footage there was documentary footage made later in a studio, not part of the original sequence - so it is not evidence either way.
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TheWhistler
May 9, 2011 @ 8:46 pm | delete
- It would be nice if you added a few more options to your poll. Instead of making it a yes or no answer, how about, "I hope not," I don't think so but....,"Or possibly." Frankly I don't know either way.
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kitty222
May 6, 2011 @ 9:35 pm | delete
- You didn't include that video of Buzz Aldrin belting the ABC gonzo! C'mon, you can't have a moon hoax Lens without it! Get an eyeful here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUI36tPKDg4
LOL.
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Timewarp
May 9, 2011 @ 7:43 pm | delete
- Ok, I wasn't sure if that video really advanced any theories but it's pretty awesome so I added it under the suspicious astronaut behavior section :)
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Moonwalk
Feb 20, 2011 @ 2:23 pm | delete
- Well, do you know what would be the cost of faking the Moon landings? Not just to make pictures but to keep mouths shut!
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GonnaFly
Feb 3, 2011 @ 2:27 am | delete
- What a well presented lens! I too saw the Mythbusters episode on the moon landing which Greek mentions below. So I gotta say I don't think it was faked.
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EuroSquid
Jan 27, 2011 @ 2:26 am | delete
- Amazing that most people visiting this lens believe the landing was faked! I believe that the landing was real, but I like the debate and this lens. Blessed.
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Greekgeek
Dec 21, 2010 @ 2:15 am | delete
- The unmanned camera zoom was hooked to the rover. The technology was up to the task then, especially because they knew in advance exactly where and how fast the craft was going to take off. It was preprogrammed to track so they just had to hit start.
I haven't had time to look at all of these, but have you seen the photos of the moon landers from space? Not just from the satellite we've put in orbit around the moon in the last year. One of India's spacecraft also photographed one of the Apollo landing sites.
Of course, now that we've got a satellite orbiting the moon like those on earth, it can take images much like those on Google Maps. Sure enough, even though the spacecraft are pretty small, they're visible. There's even footprints.
I suppose people will keep arguing and arguing that it's all fake until we go back and trip over the landers, and then they'll claim that they were planted.
Also check out the Mythbusters special examining the main moon hoax conspiracy theories. The one about the shadows being at different angles? Nope. Uneven terrain. They showed that you can get the effect of multiple light sources very easy with bumpy ground. The wires? Nope. They put a flag in a vacuum and it behaves the same way. A lot of other hoax myths "busted" too.
Also, one of the Apollo missions left a mirror on the moon. There are a number of lasers powerful enough to bounce off of it. The Mythbusters visited one, and sure enough, when they pointed the laser where the mirror was supposed to be, they got light reflected back in a way that wasn't true elsewhere because the moon's surface is not a mirror.
Again, one could argue that was faked.
It just makes no sense to me that the government would be better at covering up a hoax this elaborate than getting men to the moon in the first place.
Of course, I have the advantage that a lot of my family were astronomers, and my dad's a rocket scientist, so I know the technology worked. It was clunky and simple and expensive as heck, but yes indeed, it was possible then. It was just difficult. (After all, they were doing spacewalks from spacecraft orbiting Earth... the only challenge was getting to the moon, which really isn't that far away.)
When the funding is there, it can be done. Usually the funding isn't.
I hope that I'll be able to afford going up in space before I die.
Anyway. I respect ya, Timewarp, but I think that there conspiracy theorists need to stop looking for a conspiracy here and start celebrating one of the few times our country got its act together enough to do something difficult that wasn't strictly for war (although alas, even then, there was a tactical reason for it).
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Timewarp
May 9, 2011 @ 9:00 pm | delete
- Thanks for taking the time to leave this thoughtful comment, Ive set this module to display more messages so it can stay on the front page longer :)
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KDimmick
Dec 13, 2010 @ 5:19 pm | delete
- Never really thought about it before. Interesting lens! Blessed by an angel :)
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