Was the cameraman the first man on the moon?

Question

The first man on the moon seems to have been the cameraman who was filming the other guys moonwalk. Is this true?? Doesn't this make sense?

Answer 1

The lower part of the lunar module included a section called the modular equipment stowage area (MESA). While Armstrong was on the porch of the lunar module he pulled a handle that opened the MESA so it folded out and down on hinges on the bottom edge. Inside the MESA was a spring-loaded arm on the end of which was a TV camera, set up in such a way that it pointed at the ladder when the MESA opened. Inside the LM, Aldrin then pressed a switch that activated the camera, and pictures were transmitted back while Armstrong descended the ladder. Simple really.

Answer 2

Even in 1969, the technology existed to bolt a camera to the leg of the LM (Lunar Module) and turn it on and off by remote control. So, no, it doesn't make sense.

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 3

No the first man on the moon was not the cameraman since there was no cameraman there. Infact the first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong. The astronaut stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft. The historic moments were captured on television cameras installed on the Eagle that was turned on by Armstrong. At the end of the day I can say that the first man on the moon was the cameraman according to you and astronaut according to me i.e. "Neil Armstrong"

Answer 4

You obviously haven't seen the video of the first moonwalk.

Answer 5

Moon landing was faked by Stanley Kubrick.

Answer 6

Camera men are fantastic . They seem to get into the tighest corners to film almost anything.

Answer 7

Buzz Aldrin.

Answer 8

Cameras were on lunar model that landed. Some were on steps that deployed. Forget how many, but they must of had backups for the backups.

Answer 9

no!!! that was filmed in a studio