This is a news article I read this morning and I'm a bit confused..
Best HOAXES of all time- 1-25
15. Apollo Moon Landing Hoax (1969)
You're aware that we never landed on the moon, right? It was all just an elaborate hoax designed to score Cold War points for the United States against the Soviet Union in a world of falling dominoes. The whole lunar landing thing? It was a video staged at movie studios and top-secret locations.
Okay, you can stop laughing now, but some sites, such as Apollo Reality and Moon Landing, still insist that the Eagle never landed. Of course, enemies of Flat Earthism will point to the Rocket and Space Technology site, which does an in-depth job of debunking the hoax. But true disbelievers should check out this terrific video spoof, complete with outtakes showing lights and cameras.
2007-05-21
06:14:52
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Are they trying to say it was a hoax- or people saying it wasn't real was a hoax??
2007-05-21
06:15:51 ·
update #1
Hmmm. Apparently the term "news article" is also used to describe entertainment.
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?
2007-05-21 06:44:55
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answered by Otis F 7
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You can be assured that it was not a hoax. There are ways to prove it. Several other moon landings had taken place after Apollo 11.
2007-05-21 06:32:18
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answered by cidyah 7
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TV shows usually start out by saying its a hoax to get you to watch it. In reality, they know it was real, they are just showing that some people believe it was not real. Even when a normal person knows there are satellites and space stations and has no reason to doubt a trip to the moon, they will make up theories to get attention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon_Landing_hoax_accusations
2007-05-21 06:26:42
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answered by russ m 3
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The Apollo missions were definately not hoaxes!!! We really went to the moon. I have personally met ans asked Neil Armstrong and he confirms it. Something that big would not be able to be kept a secret for long, don't you think. Where did you see that article? I want to know. It's all false.
-D4L incorporated
2007-05-21 06:45:03
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answered by BIGdesi1294 2
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I don't know what they are trying to say but I tracked them to the moon and have Sean the data of the moon track from the special mirror on the moon. When the Lazar gets to the moon it lights about 5 miles on the surface and they bounced a Lazar off it and thus tracked the distance to the moon to an accuracy of 3 ft.
2007-05-21 08:13:47
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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Ok we did land on the moon. Ok first they say if was faked then they tell us to stop leaughing because people really belive it so they know we landed on the moon but are just pointing out that people think it was faked.
2007-05-21 10:01:29
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answered by Mr. Smith 5
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It wasn't a hoax. I remember it well. I also remember the other landings that came after.
2007-05-21 06:23:11
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answered by SapphireSeaFairy 3
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No it wasn't a hoax.
Here's a good explanation of why it wasn't a hoax...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_hoax
hope this helps,
JT
2007-05-21 06:27:57
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answered by John T 5
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Not a hoax.
2007-05-21 06:22:45
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answered by Michael B 5
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NO!!
2007-05-21 06:54:10
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answered by Wedge 4
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