i read the radiation on the moon is 100 times that of earth,so does that mean the moon landings were a hoax?

Answer 1

One has nothing to do with the other. If the radiation on the moon was harmful, the astronauts were shielded by their protective space suits.

Answer 2

The radiation on the surface of the moon is highly variable. It is much more exposed to solar flares, and when a big solar flare occurs, the radiation levels on the moon's surface are high---high enough to be life-threatening.

In the various moon landings, the astronauts were lucky. There were no serious solar flares while the astronauts were actually on the moon, and so it was not a problem. This was, of course, just one of the many risks of the Apollo program.

In future, longer stays on the moon will require some kind of shelter, perhaps an underground room dug into the lunar soil, to protect against solar flares.

There is an easy way to prove that there were landings on the moon: get a moderate-sized telescope, aim it at the lunar landing sites, and shoot a laser through the telescope at the moon. Then, look through the eyepiece. You'll see the laser light bounce back after a few seconds. That's because the astronauts left optical retroreflectors at the landing sites. Explain that, you conspiracy nuts! At the very least, it demonstrates that equipment was soft-landed on the moon.

Answer 3

It depends what kind of radiation you're talking about. Overall, the Moon actually doesn't have that much more radiation than the Earth, so what you read was false. However, certain kinds of radiation, such as cosmic rays, ARE present in much higher quantities on the Moon.

At any rate, there's little doubt that people did indeed land on the Moon. No serious hoax theory has stood up to the evidence. As for the radiation argument specifically, the spaceships and space suits they were using protected them from most of the harmful radiation they encountered that wasn't present on Earth.

Answer 4

Although my wife's father performed fuel calculations for the original Apollo landing, I'll spare you that speech. Instead, I will encourage you to watch two programs. The first show is called Conspiracy Moon Landing that it currently showing on the National Geographic Channel and it pretty much obliterates all of the popular conspiracy theories.

I would also encourage you to watch a movie called Capricorn One. Made it 1978, it is a fictional story about a fake mission to Mars. Although it is a science fiction story, it is a good example of how utterly impossible it would be to fake a moon landing for any length of time.

12 men walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972 and we have neither the resources nor the technology to pull off that big of a hoax for so long. Hundreds of thousands of people have worked on the space program. It would be far easier to put someone on the moon than to try and fake it and keep it secret for nearly 40 years.

The landings came at a time when our space program was ultra competitive with the former Soviet Union. Remember how big of a deal it was when Sputnik was put into orbit? They had the technology to monitor our moon shots and transmissions. Don't you think they would have called us out if they had evidence that it was all fake?

Perhaps the most definitive proof of our trip to the moon is what we left behind. For the last 35+ years, scientists have been beaming lasers to the moon and measuring the return times. How are they doing this? The beams are reflected back by equipment left on the moon on at 3 different locations.

Case closed.

Answer 5

The reason solar radiation is higher on the moon then on the Earth is that the moon does not have an atmosphere which is what filters out much of the sun's radiation. While on the moon or in space the astronauts are protected by their equipment, space suits, the shuttle, etc.

Answer 6

Why would that mean that the moon landings were a hoax? Presumably the space suit would protect the astronaut from radiation. It's not like the astronaut would instantly blow up like an overcooked hot dog in a microwave.

Answer 7

Supposedly, the astronauts were protected by their suits. And remember there are different kinds of radiation, some can be blocked by a sheet of paper while others require a 6" wall of lead to halt them. Even at a hundred times, exposure time to radiation makes all the difference too.

Answer 8

How do you figure one has anything to do with the other. Radiation levels on the moon are not relevant to that discussion even if you believe it's a relevant discussion to start with. Any one and any thing we send to the moon is shielded from any harmfull radiation.

Of course radiation on the moon is high. Earth is shielded by the atmosphere and by an elecro magnetic field surrounding it.

Answer 9

No they were not a hoax. Space suits are made to protect the person inside from all that radiation, extreme heat, extreme cold, harmful gases, etc. The radiation has nothing to do with us landing on the monn.

Answer 10

there have been therories that it was a hoax... and some good evidence to say it might have been, but keep in mind, they were also waring "top of the line" space suits, so it may be possible that the effects of the radiation exposure will not develope for many years still. maybe the astronauts already have cancer.