Why is the Moon Landing such a scandal?

Question

Did we didn't we.. why was it such a contaversy , if we didn't go where did we spend all the money we raised?

Answer 1

Oh my, I haven't seen this idiotic question for at least 36 hours now.

FOR THE RECORD... and the ONLY reason I still answer this question is, I know that some day I will be dead and the misinformation will go on... hopefully I can pass my knowledge on so future people can tell future people what idiots they are for repeating this old "Conspiracy Theory" that was put out by the Flat Earth Society.

FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME.. AND FOR THE RECORD....

I was on a Tracking ship off the Azores for the first THREE Moon Landings. I know WHERE the DISHES were pointed and I know that the ONLY place the telemetry signals could possibly have been coming from WAS THE MOON...

Besides this... The U.S.S.R and England were MONITORING the signals too... and do you REALLY BELIEVE that they would have not blown the whistle and yelled "FRAUD"... if they had suspected the signals were coming from ANYWHERE but the MOON?

There were NO SATELLITES in orbit abound the earth when man went to the moon, so THE SIGNALS COULD NOT HAVE COME FROM SATELLITES.

WE WENT TO THE MOON... BELIEVE... IT'S TRUE... there were too many people who had the technology at that time, who could have yelled AND WOULD HAVE that the whole thing was a fake and a fraud.

I hope I at least shed some light AGAIN on this topic.

Answer 2

Ironic. I was just reading about this.

People like conspiracies. It lets them feel smart. Conspiracy Theorists are like Magicians: they both put on a show and try to make their audience awe at the wonder of it all.

A magician will admit that his magic is smoke and mirrors; it's meant to entertain. The theorists who claim that the moon landings were faked attempt to gain the spotlight. Do they at least accept, to themselves, that they don't really believe the smoke and mirrors they use? Or do they truly believe what they preach?

The real issue here isn't "Did we land on the moon?" or "Who really shot Lincoln/Kennedy/J.R.?" or anything of the sort. The issue is that people misuse the word "debate." Is the "Moon Controversy" a debate? NO. A debate requires two well thought out and researched positions. However, people will continue to refer to the "Moon Controversy" or "The Moon Debate," which fuels the conspiracy theorists into continuing their crazy positions. Read the Clavius site mentioned earlier. They step one-by-one through the "Debate", through the "talking points" and patiently explain why the "answer" given by the theorists is wrong.

Remember the moon rocks. Remember the laser reflectors. Remember the radar tracking, the hobby radio, the television coverage. Remember the technologies that have come out of the space program. Remember the nav computer. These are real products, real records, real discoveries, real PROOFS of the accuracy of a moon landing.

As was said on the Clavious site: you either have to believe in a conspiracy so big, so wide in scope, as to fail under it's own weight (you only need ONE whistleblower with ONE documented piece of evidence that can be verified to destroy a conspiracy...), or you have to believe in a conspiracy that completed every single goal necessary to land on the moon EXCEPT for the actual stepping out; in other words, a conspiracy that need not exist as the goal was accomplished.

Answer 3

It is not a big scandal. There are very few people who truly believe the landings were fake. Most of the people who doubt the landings were real don't really know or care. They simply hear some nut case say the landings were fake (Those people also say the Earth is flat) and say, "Oh! how about that!" and they don't bother to do any research to find out the truth. But the majority or people have no doubt the landings were real. Especially the people, like me, who are old enough to have seen it all and remember it. It was just WAY WAY to big a deal to have any chance whatsoever of being faked. People today have no clue how big a deal it was. Bigger then the super bowl and the war and American Idol all rolled into one.

Answer 4

There is no scandal. The only people who believe and perpetuate the conspiracy theories live in trailers, have over 50 cats (apiece), and have less than 8 teeth. The less time you waste worrying about whether or not the moon landing was real, the better off you'll be.

Answer 5

Jake, there IS proof. The Apollo astronauts left retro-reflectors (mirrors) on the moon, and we have bounced lasers off these mirrors to more accurately measure the distance to the moon. In fact it has been discovered that the moon is receeding from earth at a rate of 3.8 cm per year.

Answer 6

Actually, it was six MISSIONS that landed, carrying 12 men who walked on the Lunar surface.
I know that it was real, I studied it as it happened (I was 12 in 1969), and later I even met one of the astronauts who did it, Al Shepard.
But, I must say, that I've lived in a trailer with many cats (well, okay, 5 cats) and I have, let's just say, far fewer teeth than I should. So, watch who you're callin' trailer tra... uh... never mind.

Answer 7

It is not a scandal, or a controversy. NASA landed 6 men on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1975. Those who insist on clinging to the spurious notion that the entire project was faked are clinging to outdated information and wacko conspiracy theories. Please visit http://www.clavius.org for comprehensive information.

Edit: 12 men, not 6. 6 missions total, three crew per mission, two men per mission walked on the surface.

Answer 8

.....I would have take my hat off, if there wouldn't be a commitment...You are right...more than half of humanity is inclined to believe that was a fake "moon-landing". Maybe it is just too old, too wellknown, too boring...and foremost without any consequences for common people. However, encouraging the endeavoring human spirit it is a motivation, an explorative one, but once is enough...and I do detest disbelievers...and that's all...you shouldn't have asked that.

Answer 9

It will continue to be considered a conspiracy until they show proof of each of the landing sites, not provided by nasa!