Did you ever have the dream of being an astronaut while
growing up? To be able to walk on the moon? Let’s face it, we all thought about
it. Well what if I told you that mankind had never walked on the moon in the
first place? That it was all a hoax. Sounds pretty crazy, right? For many years,
people have questioned whether or not the moon landing even happened. It is
said that NASA and other organizations that were involved (in moon landing
programs) have lied to the public about Apollo astronauts walking on the moon.
It is also said that all evidence (mostly photographic evidence) are not real
and have been made here on Earth.
Now how could fake moon landings benefit the U.S. government
in any way? Well think about it. The primary reason for the U.S. to be involved
in moon landing programs was to be ahead of Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The U.S. had found it necessary to win this “Space Race” against them.
The most common theory about the fake moon landings is that the
U.S. government couldn’t risk attempting such an expensive and highly
improbable mission. This resulted in NASA faking the first alleged moon landing
back in 1969 in order to be ahead of Soviet Union. (1)
Many conspiracy theorists claim that the pictures taken from
the moon landing are fake and edited. One picture that got people talking is
the following:
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| Photograph released from NASA |
Notice how the shadows shown on this image are heading in different
directions. Now how is that possible
when the only possible light source available is the Sun itself? Clearly there
are other light sources around to cause such angles. People believe that this
was taking on a film set, which resulted in shadows heading in different
directions. (2)
Another claim would be that NASA used the moon landings as a
way to raise billions of dollars to their benefits. An estimation of 30 billion
dollars was raised for moon landing programs but may have been used for other
things. It is also said that NASA didn’t want to risk any more humiliation after
the Apollo 1 incident (crew got killed by a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal). (1)
Personally, I find it hard to believe that the moon landings could
have been faked. I really do think that man had walked on the Moon. How about you?
Source: (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
(2)http://listverse.com/2012/12/28/10-reasons-the-moon-landings-could-be-a-hoax/
I also believe that the moon landing was real because if we were able to send Mr. Felix to the edge of space with only helium balloon. I’m sure we have the technology to actually get into space and land on the moon. Whereas, I also thought that the moon landing was a hoax because I was reading online that it didn’t make sense that the American flag that they placed on the moon was waving when there isn’t any air in space. This is a very interesting and good subject for a debate!
ReplyDeleteThe moon landing hoax drives me crazy... To me, being one of the biggest space nerds alive, this is obviously not fake. The myth concerning the shadows was busted on an episode of MythBusters along with other popular myths. I have much more to say about this topic but I'm extremely lazy and I get a little carried away when it comes to people going against my thoughts on space... Haha
ReplyDeleteI am like you, I believe there was a real moon landing, we wouldn't be talking about mars landings now if we hadn't landed on the moon. We are a planet that takes baby steps, we must land on the moon first, to know what mistakes to avoid before starting to land further away. Great post
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