Has anyone ever been to the moon, support your answer?

Question

well, did the U.S. really make it there or was it a hoax? do we have the technology to make a lunar landing today?

Answer 1

If they really went there, they would know it's all made of cheese, so it has to be a hoax.

Answer 2

The effectiveness of keeping a conspiracy intact is completely dependent on the number of people involved; the more people there are, the less likely the conspiracy will hold over time. There were literally tens of thousands of people involved in the Apollo program, and it has been over thirty years since the last lunar landing; faking the landings and keeping the people silent would have been more difficult than actually performing them.

On three of the Apollo missions, laser reflection dishes were set up which scientists use to this day to accurately calculate the distance between the Earth and the Moon. This equipment could only have been set up manually; no robotic missions could have performed these tasks.

The Clementine lunar satellite was able to take a picture of the Apollo 15 landing site, but the resolution was too low (100 meters) to be considered overwhelming evidence. The Indian space program plans to send a remote sensing spacecraft in 2007, called Chandrayaan I, which has a five meter resolution. Assuming the craft is successful, its images should provide definitive evidence that the moon landings were real.

No matter what evidence one provides, however, someone will always come up with an excuse to negate it. "The scientists are in on the conspiracy with the laser reflector experiment", or "The images from the satellite are fake", or "They set up the Apollo landing sites afterwards using robots". One has to set their own limits on when evidence becomes definitive, and then stand by that limit.

Answer 3

There are objects on the Moon that can be struck with a laser and a signal received. They were placed there on one of the Apollo missions.

There are rocks that have been brought to the Earth that are similar to Earth rocks in composition but different in structure, because they are igneous rocks solidified where there is no air.

Someone took the laser targets to the Moon and brought the lunar rocks to the Earth. Spontaneous teleportation? Starving Alien Students moving company? Or maybe basic physics laid out by Tsiolkovsky in the 19th century and demonstrated by Goddard in the 1920's might actually work.

Hmm.

Answer 4

This question is a joke. We made it.

If we didn't don't you think the USSR would have published books and the proof we didn't. After all this was the goal of the space race and the USSR lost when they didn't make it first. Had their been real proof we didn't make I am sure it they would have been the first to publish it. Also if it was a USSR secret they we didn't make it, they wouldn't jave stopped their own lunar program. The USSR would have continued until they made it to the moon and then debunked our fake landing.

As for the rest of this theory that we didn't make it to the moon, NASA has published a book that states the holes in all the "proofs" the folks who claim we didn't make it.

One last proof...if you google "Buzz Aldrin Punch" you will see how passionate Buzz is about risking his life for his country to bring back a couple of pounds of the moon.

Answer 5

12 men have set foot on the moon in a total of 6 lunar landing missions. Taking Occums Razor into effect, whats simpler, that yes we did land, or no, we didn't and 100's of thousands of people have been lying.

Answer 6

I don't have to support my answer, you numbskull! The lunar landings are universally known historical facts, and there are millions of people still alive who remember. Only a few dimwits question the historical reality, and they do that because they are stupid. That includes you.

Yes, we have the technology. We just don't have a reason at this point.

Answer 7

You really should know better than to be asking that question in this day and age.

That 'fake moon landing' theory is bogus pseudoscience.

I think that if you already believe that NASA did not go to the moon, then no evidence provided by anyone, especially the government will alter your opinion simply because:

A ... You want to believe that for whatever reasons.

B ... You don't understand science very well and have fallen for the absurd pseudoscientific 'evidence' in favour of that belief.

C ... You don't trust the government and will believe nothing they say regarding the matter, no matter how true it may or may not be.

Most people are really bad at science and easily fall for pseudoscience simply because it aligns with their already confirmed beliefs and uses realistic scientific terminology. It sounds so perfectly reasonable sometimes that only a REAL scientist can see it for what it truly is - junk science in its grandest glory. This makes the general public gullible and easy to fool. Sad, but true. The public as a general whole is dumb!

When intelligent people who know the truth of the matter speak out, they are too often ignored in favor of the con-men who spread bogus conspiracy theories disguised in terms of real science while getting rich in the process.

It can be very confusing trying to separate true science from false science, especially nowadays. This I know from long-term experience and observation.

Not understanding science very well is nothing to be ashamed of. Science simply is not for all people any more than playing the piano is for all people. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.

The main problem with pseudoscience is that it is like fool's gold - it looks very real at first glance, but fails all scientific tests of validity.

Many of the people who write that trash fully know it's false, but they also know that public ignorance, popular paranoia and distrust of the government will sell books by the millions and that's really the only single thing they care about - the money they make from the fools who believe them.

If you believe that the moon landings were faked, then you have fallen for a hoax that fails every genuine scientific test of validity as well as defies common sense.

You would be well advised to listen to real scientists who know what they are talking about rather than pseudoscientists who spread their nonsense using the same terms that real scientists use in their work. They only write that nonsense so people like you will buy their books and make them rich. That's all they care about.


Have you ever noticed the general stereotype of the majority of the people who most strongly believe the moon landings were faked?

They typically have almost no significant understanding of science, so they cannot see the falsity of the argument nor will they believe those who can. Most of them believe in just about every conspiracy theory they hear about as well as UFOs being from other worlds or other dimensions and all sorts of other mystic and pseudoscientific foolishness. They want mystery in their lives and do not want any real facts to burst their fantasy bubbles. They will not accept ANY evidence counter to their beliefs.

People with this mindset are easy to fool and very profitable to those who fool them. The things they readily believe in without any apparent attempt at critical thinking are undeniable proof of it.

I hope you are sensible enough not to fall into this category.

My argument probably won't change your mind if you already believe the landings were faked, but at least I tried.

:o)


Here's NASA's official word on the subject:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm

Another good source of information on this is:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html

 

Answer 8

Yes, Moon is now way far behind as man is trying to reach Mars and beyond.

Answer 9

Yes. And the visible technology, I'd say, is about as archaic as the crossbow.

Answer 10

Sure, I've been to the moon; the moon dust all over my shoes should have been obvious to you!