Do you really believe?

Question

The conspiracy theories about NOT going to the moon? It amazes me how close minded these people are. They watch one TV show and that's it... They are convinced. Does this bug you as much as it does me?

Answer 1

Let's see, so far that's 14 answerers that believe we did land men on the moon, 8 that doubt it, and 3 that's given non-answers. Does it bug me that we would have so many people, particularly the younger ones, that don't believe we've ever landed men on the moon? Well, yes, it does, if I wanted to keep believing that America stood at the forefront of scientific advancement, and that our people exercise critical thinking that keeps us from sliding back to the Dark Ages. Unfortunately, the hard reality is that every new generation of kids are born with blank minds, and their capacity for falling back to the level of thinking in the Dark Ages is ever present. It takes surprisingly little to reverse centuries of scientific understanding and advancement. So, I just sit back and watch what happens next with the successive generations.

Answer 2

Yes, it bugs me quite a bit.

And, for the hoax lovers ...

1) Twelve 12 American astronauts have walked on the moon.

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 12: Pete Conrad & Alan Bean
Apollo 13: << failed to land on the moon >>
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard & Edgar (Ed) Mitchell
Apollo 15: David Scott & James Irwin
Apollo 16: John Young & Charles Duke
Apollo 17: Eugene (Gene) Cernan & Harrison Schmidt


2) Why haven't we been back?

a) American astronauts visited the moon on six occasions.

b) The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't. Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.

c) I used to travel to Crested Butte, Colorado every year to ski. Because I don't go anymore, does it mean that I never went?


3) What about the Van Allen radiation belts? Wouldn't it have killed the astronauts?

The existence of the Van Allen radiation belts postulated in the 1940s by Nicholas Christofilos. Their existence was confirmed in *1958* by the Explorer I satellite launched by the USA.

The radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts is not particularly strong. You would have to hang out there for a week or so in order to get radiation sickness. And, because the radiation is not particularly strong, a few millimeters of metal is all that is required for protection. "An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminum will receive about 2500 rem (25 Sv) per *year*."

"In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [6]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation." When the astronauts returned to Earth, their dosimeters showed that they had received about as much radiation as a couple of medical X-rays.


4) The U.S. government scammed everyone?

In 1972, there was a politically motivated burglary of a hotel room in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were only about six or eight people who knew about it. However, those people, including Richard M. Nixon, the President of the United States, failed to keep that burglary a secret. It exploded into a scandal that drove the President and a number of others from office.

If six or eight people couldn't keep a hotel room burglary a secret, then how could literally thousands of people could have kept their mouths shut about six faked moon landings? Not just one moon landing, but six of them!


5) What about the USSR?

Even if NASA and other government agencies could have faked the six moon landings well enough to fool the general public, they could NOT have fooled the space agency or military intelligence types in the USSR. The Soviets were just dying to beat us. If the landings were faked, the Soviets would have re-engineered their N-1 booster and landed on the moon just to prove what liars Americans are. Why didn't they? Because the landings were real and the Soviets knew it.


6) Why does the flag shake? Where are the stars? Who took the video of Neil Armstrong?

Take a look at the first two websites listed below. They deal well with all of the technical questions.


7) Finally, please tell us what you would accept as definitive evidence that the six moon landings were real. Is there anything?

Answer 3

I sort of think they might be true, I have not seen that show - I just saw some photos in a journal. Things like the flag moving in the wind and that in some photos one of the astronauts will be stood in front of the cross etched into the camera lens.
Basically I am not 100% either way. I don't agree with the conspiracy theory but I don't think NASA might be giving the whole truth either. I would need a lot more evidence to come up with a concrete conclusion.

Answer 4

I find it baffling that people think up all these crazy, convoluted theories about how the moon landings were faked. It actually isn't that hard to get to the moon - you do the necessary maths for calculating velocity changes and then stick a life support bubble on top of a rocket. (Rockets have been around for thousands of years.)
I recall reading watching one of these conspiracy theory/debunking programmes on TV. They had the results of a survey asking people whether the moon landings were faked and whether they believed in ghosts. Actually more people believed in ghosts than believed that we landed on the moon. Take from that what you will.

Answer 5

it sort of bugs me but then again, if i was bugged by every person i met with a science misconception i would have had a heart attack a long time ago!

it would cost billions of dollars to go back to the moon - is that how you want your tax dollars spent? (not me and i'm a scientist) it's a world made of basalt that's lifeless and barren so why would we go back there? the only reason i could see is to study the craters or possibly to build a telescope that would be outside of earth's atmosphere.

also, there's lots of samples and evidence that we have been to the moon, you just have to look in the right places. sure, the government has done a lot to not earn our trust but the moon landings being faked is just a joke, we've been there and really there is no reason to go back.

Answer 6

I tell ya the evidence of this deception is over whelming they staged it. Actually them getting away with staging the moon lading was the prelude to 911. The moon lading proved to the government the American public can be duped. Most people will not do there own research. The masses think: "That could never happen in the United States?"

Wake up America you are going get us killed.

Answer 7

I don't like being closed minded, but at least they stick to something, instead of changing their mind all the time. Going to the moon isn't a religious thing for me, so it doesn't bother me that people believe one way or the other. I don't really trust media all that much either to be honest, they make news political and try to sway people a certain way. In the mean time, I do believe people have been to the moon. That's my answer, thanks for reading. God bless.

Answer 8

don't let it get too you hun really

just think of it this way
ppl have way to much time on their hands and have to come up with the most stupidest things so ppl think they actually did something.. just like all those woman who sit around watching cartoon movies...

oh god if you pause Fantasia at the right spot the pink elephant looks like he is sniffen the others butt
and if you play Pocahontas real slow backwards you can see the word F**K in the smoke in the fire
good god my kids just watched it and not slow or backwards

and when Fantasia came out the never even had equipment to make subliminal messages

ppl with nothing to do thats all it is

Answer 9

yeah well obviously tv shows r suppoed to be convincing and entertaining, they only provide one side of the story, most of these crazy conspiracies have direct contradictions that they conveniently leave out

i heard this one, where history or discovery channel did about the world ending in 2012 (predicted by myans or something and they're supposdedly always right)

my friend fell for it and its so funny cuz a few days later i saw a show that said its a common misconception, in fact the myans abbreviated their calanders by 5 decimal points hahahahahahaha SEE they just left that thing out?

THe moon thing i dont believe, but there are aleins out there man! ive been abducted and probed SAVE URSELF

Answer 10

We asked my uncle that question once...about it being a conspiracy...he was almost asleep in his chair, but jumped up, spilled his drink and starting yelling about how that was a darn lie!! It was kind-a funny...he was a NASA engineer...BTW I believe we went to the moon...I don't understand why folks believe all the crapola they see on TV....and all the junk they read.