Neil Armstrong's Moon Landing?

Question

Do you think it was staged? A lot of people have been telling me that it was staged because the flag simply "did not move." I don't know what to believe, any sources that its fake? Give me opinions or sources please.

Thanks!

Answer 1

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?

On the subject of stars, take a look at the first link. Sorry, but there *are* stars in that photo. For the rest, visit "badastronomy" and "clavius". 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 2

Moon landing: real.
Histories that it was staged: fake
Claims that the flag was weaving: bogus; it was not weaving, it was wrinkled (and if it was fimed indoors -- to prevent birds from flying in, then there would not be any wind either, would there be?)
Cost to stage such a perfect "bugus" moon landing: several times the cost of a real moon landing.
Probability that a "fake" landing would not have been exposed before: zero.
People with the capability to prove it was wrong (if it was) and the desire to do so (because it woudl humiliate the US and allow them to be first for real): the Soviets (that was the cold war, back then).
Reason why the Russians did not prove it was staged: because it was real, and they knew it.

Answer 3

If anyone else answers this kind of question with claims that they can see the flag through a telescope I'll go mad! The flag is WAY to small to be visible from here in any telescope, let alone one that the majority of users here might be able to get their hands on.

As for the landing being staged, it certainly was not. There is a huge pile of evidence for the reality of Apollo, and nothing but innuendo and ignorance of basic science to suggest it was faked.

Answer 4

People claim that it was staged because the flag DID move. Meaning that there must be an atmosphere to make the flag move and the moon does not have an atmosphere. If people are saying that it didn't move, then that means it COULD be true.

Answer 5

It was real. The flag didn't move because there is little atmosphere on the moon, meaning no wind.

Answer 6

what is up with you people and the moon of course it was real get a telescope and have a look at the moon and guess what youll see (100% gauranteed) the U.S flag
and of course it wont move HELLO no atmosphere oblivously its not going to move

Answer 7

i have heard similar things, but since it happened under Kennedy who was considered a very ethical man with spotless reputation, i would say it was real. he won't play such a joke on his own public, i think.
but hey, i might be wrong.

Answer 8

It was the real thing. There are always people who believe in conspiracy.

Answer 9

this is the first time i heard it was fake...

of course it was REAL!