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Do you think the moon landing was faked?

From the lens Moon Landing Hoax Theory.



  • JaguarJulie May 8, 2012 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Oh wow, I never contemplated that it was a hoax ... on some large sound stage in California? Or some studio in the desert. Somebody knows the answer!
  • Johnson Apr 27, 2012 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    "It was less then ten years after president Kennedy's monumental" Please, how can we take arguments against the moon landing seriously when the writer can't seem to figure out the difference between "then" and "than". It was less THAN ten years.
  • Janine Apr 27, 2012 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    "The Apollo module would have had less computing power then todays pocket calculators." First of all, "then" should be "than". Lack of electronic calculators didn't keep the pyramids from being built. The fact that there was less technology then than now doesn't mean it wasn't possible.
  • Williams Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:29 am | delete
    Heres a new one, why dont people ever look at it this way.

    Only some of the the video was faked, the moon landings were REAL. There was a reason they did not want people to see what was on the moon. This is the real conspiracy. What did they want to hide? Perhaps buildings or ancient high tech? They prefer people arguing about real or fake moon landings because it helps protect a bigger secret.

    Lets step out of the box for a moment. What would YOU do if you knew there was something strange and unbelievable to see on the moon and did not want the world to see. I would do exactly what NASA did... hide it, by faking video. They were reconing something there while the fake video streamed.

    Trust me my friends, at least some of the video was in fact "faked", but the landings were "real" and we may never know what they saw there or why they feel it needs to be kept secret, but I think the moon had been visited before us. As a race we may still be to primitive, self centered and arrogant to consider this possibility just yet. We learned the earth was not flat, later we learned the universe did not revolve around the earth, I think we will also learn that we were not the first to travel into space. If proven true, I believe it will be a tough one for some to swollow.
  • SayGuddaycom Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:42 am | delete
    Fun lens.
  • goo2eyes Apr 17, 2012 @ 3:35 pm | delete
    i think the moon landing was not a fake because if you use a high-resolution telescope, you will see the flag of the u.s. on the moon. the object is shining. i used to say it was a fake but now, i believe that the moon had been conquered.
  • Sharon Apr 23, 2012 @ 11:07 pm | delete
    It would be nice if we could, but sorry, no, we can't see the flag. It's simply too small for earth-based telescopes to resolve, and the Hubble Space Telescope doesn't have the right type of equipment.
    Check here: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070109a.html
  • nevets_sdoow Apr 8, 2012 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    Was the moon landing faked? No way. Getting to the moon isn't even a really complicated process (not as complicated as it seems, I mean) it's just a very expensive one!

    It would be great if we'd go back to the moon already (or better yet, go to mars) but it seems the only thing that ever motivates the government to get on this stuff is wars and social conflicts (if it weren't for us trying to beat the Russians, we would have never went to the moon in the first place). Which is depressing. :(
  • Sharon Mar 5, 2012 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Although this "lens" claims to present the evidence so the reader can decide, nearly all of the "evidence" here is written so the reader can reach only one conclusion (the moon landing was faked). This is a poor use of a supposedly educational site.

    The writing is heavily slanted (don't we get that enough from politicians and today's media?) with no "decide for yourself" impartiality. The books referenced are all conspiracy theory doodoo.

    Yes, there are 3 links - and note, please, they are links, not text like the rest of the "evidence" written about above, and Phil Plait is one of the best sources on debunking the moon hoax theory.

    My very serious suggestion to squidoo is to remove this page. Not only is it biased and wrong, but it is not educational. In fact, it does harm.
  • Edutopia Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    I love it when hoax nutjobs bring this stuff up. With out even having to address a single piece of their ridiculous claims I like to point out that if they had a sufficiently strong enough laser and proper FAA clearance to point it up into the sky they could shot a laser directly at the moon. The laser, once reaching the moon and given precise enough coordinates, will with out fail bounce of a mirror placed there by astronauts on the moon and return to you on Earth.

    Apparently The Big Bang Theory showcased this in one of their episodes but this has all been public knowledge since the day the mirror was first laid on lunar soil.
  • 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 ?
  • Tillhund Jan 2, 2012 @ 9:51 am | delete
    I beleive you on to something... LOL
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 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..
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • Mark Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:47 am | delete
    Quote: "During the descent, the lunar lander would have fired its rocket to slow it down. So, why is there no blast crater on the surface of the Moon? The lander had a very power rocket, capable of 10,000 pounds of thrust. But they didn't need to use all 10,000 pounds of thrust to land the module, in fact they needed only about 3,000 pounds. Concentrated all in one place it should have produced a noticeable crater. But there is no air on the Moon, therefore there is no pressure causing the exhaust gas to go straight down onto a concentrated area. It would have spread out over a wide area. If you calculate the pressure on the surface, it would have been only 1.5 pounds of pressure per square inch; not enough to cause a blast crater."

    http://space.about.com/od/frequentlyaskedquestions/tp/LunarLandingHoax.htm
  • 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.
  • 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. ;)
  • 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. :)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 :)
  • 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!
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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 :)
  • KDimmick Dec 13, 2010 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    Never really thought about it before. Interesting lens! Blessed by an angel :)
  • pmolinero Oct 13, 2010 @ 5:32 am | delete
    Spending a lot of time on your lens and on youtube and I still don't know if we have been on the moon or not. What I know is that this is a great lens and that it is worth thinking about.
  • APOLLOREALITY Sep 29, 2010 @ 7:42 am | delete
    With over 79% of forum members claiming it was a hoax, I think it is high time that NASA came out with the truth instead of continually making themselves look ridiculous.

    www.nasascam.bravehost.com

    Check out the above website and ALL the links. The website answers all your questions.
  • bconnor11 Sep 9, 2010 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    I've always thought that the moon landing was real but this lens really got me thinking. I'm still not sure though...
  • Pukeko Nov 28, 2009 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    I generally am a huge Conspiracy theorists, but not in this case. I am sure we really landed on the moon. Really good presentation of an interesting controversial topic. Blessed by a Squidoo Angel (if you want, you can add your link at Angel Blessings from Pukeko)
  • science_fiction_novels_cyberpunk Sep 11, 2009 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Interesting and intriguing lens. I top rated it!
  • May 22, 2009 @ 4:59 pm | delete
    I've always wondered if the moon landing was faked.

    I think they faked it as a threat.

    If they can build a rocket that will get a man to the moon they they have the technology to launch nukes at the russians.

    Here's a question for you if you like moon mysteries.

    Does the moon exist only when someone is looking at it?
  • Spook May 21, 2009 @ 8:09 am | delete
    Oh they landed on the moon all right, no question about that.
  • JanTUB May 21, 2009 @ 7:12 am | delete
    I watched the landing on TV with my toddlers who never forgot it as they grew up. I refuse to believe that id never happened, Are we getting that cynical?
  • Janusz May 21, 2009 @ 6:54 am | delete
    I saw a Documentary on this, it was proved beyond doubt that the landing DID take place. Definately no hoax, apart from which taking into consideration the amount of personel involved... someone would have talked. Blessed by a Squid Angel :)
  • kab May 7, 2009 @ 11:45 am | delete
    The flag blowing in the wind did always bother me.
  • LindaJM Apr 8, 2009 @ 12:29 am | delete
    Very illuminating discussion of hoax theories and evidence. You get a 5 from me and an angel blessing. I found this lens thought provoking and will lensroll it to my John Titor lens... another hoax?
  • JDJ Mar 10, 2009 @ 5:01 pm | delete
    The Russians were tracking spacecraft quite well in 1959, when their Luna 3 probe took the first pictures of the far side of the moon....
  • Snozzle Feb 2, 2009 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    The theories are interesting but I feel that man has landed on the moon. It's all fascinating stuff though.
    Mike.
  • RolandTumble Jan 6, 2009 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    I disagree with your premise, but the presentation is great. 5*
  • TheSmokinFrog Jan 6, 2009 @ 5:23 am | delete
    Funny stuff. Or maybe it should say, Funny Stuff? Hmmm... I know someone that keeps saying this stuff.
    I guess "the truth is out there." Where's Mulder when you need him?
    Great lens.
  • totalhealth Aug 12, 2008 @ 9:21 am | delete
    An interesting lens.
  • The_Homeopath Jul 24, 2008 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    Why do I read your lenses? I end up spending an hour pouring through YouTube stuff. Every single time!!!
  • The_Homeopath Jun 23, 2008 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    An interesting read. Thank You. :-)
  • mulberry Mar 16, 2008 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Interesting topic and supporting arguments. Nice job!
  • thomasz Feb 14, 2008 @ 1:04 am | delete
    Interesting lens. Nice info.
  • N376 Jan 27, 2008 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    I like the way you have collected and presented the information in this lens. It certainly does give food for thought.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Dec 30, 2007 @ 6:39 am | delete
    Very amusing lens!
  • Timewarp Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:39 pm | delete
    Maybe, but because the astronauts were in space orbiting the earth (just a fraction of the distance to the moon) they could still fool the Russians. In fact when the Russians finally developed the technology to track spacecraft the apollo missions stopped.
  • calyxa Oct 5, 2007 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    No, the moon landing was not faked. If we had faked it, the Russians would have called us on it. Because the Russians were able to monitor communications between ground control and the astronauts on the moon, they knew it was real.

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