I am thinking may be NASA had made jsut a stunt to prrofe that we are more intellegent then the Soivet,,,,,?

Question

Around at 1968 when the Russians and americans, both were trying to get the moon, at that time, i am thinking may be NASA had jsut made the stunt that we got moon already, jsut to prrofe that we are more intellegent then the Soivets(Russians) do i am thinking right????

Answer 1

You are thinking not right.

Answer 2

It is Dana M (answerer 6) who has the right slant on this.

Yes, the moon landing made the Russians look a little bit dumber than the US. But they would have been desperate to show it up as a hoax if there had been the slightest possibility of doing so. What a propaganda coup that would have been for them! So, how could it have been so good a hoax that even the Russians couldn't expose it then, but it is "obvious" to conspiracy theorists now? Shadows, moving flags, footprints, photograph backgrounds, all the crap that gets posted here over and over again - whatever these conspiracy theorists think that they can prove from them, the Russians didn't think they could prove back in 1969.

So go figure, who are the really dumb ones? 1969 Russians, or 2007 conspiracy theorists?

And anyway, if was a conspiracy, where are the whistleblowers from among the tens of thousands of NASA staff who would have had to know about it?

Answer 3

A stunt proves nothing except the ability to perform stunts. The Russian space program was a series of stunts. They launched Vostok missions in pairs on intersecting orbits in order to imply they were working on rendezvous, when in fact the Vostok craft was incapable of rendezvous. They redesigned the interior of their one-man Vostok capsules (at the cost of any and all crew safety considerations such as the ability to wear pressure suits or to eject from the capsule if something went wrong on the pad) to cram three men in, then further modified it to bolt an airlock on to allow the first man to walk in space. They were really making no progress, just trying to give the appearance of progress. And so their program stalled.

Apollo, on the other hand, was extensively documented and followed a very logical developmental progression, from suborbital to orbital flight, to gradual extensions of duration, the rendezvous, to docking and manoeuvring, extensive work on EVA, unmanned test flights of lunar spacecraft, manned test flights, then finally a landing. It was conceived as a sort of stunt to demonstrate technological superiority, but was executed as a real space program that did just that.

Answer 4

NASA could not have gotten away with it for a day. Even without spies, it would be extremely obvious to the Russians. And to so many others.

Answer 5

OK..try spell check..but honestly.. I think the whole "Man on the moon" thing was a major con game. Did primarily to "beat" the Russians and fool the public.
It never happened (moon landing) or they would stop at nothing to prove it.
I mean..give me a break..If I was on the moon....for real..I would do whatever it took to prove it... Not like NASA...we were ther because...we said so..lmao

Answer 6

I don't think it was a test of intelligence, it was more a case of the USA thinking it was more capable.

Answer 7

"Your average Ruskie may have a lot of guts, but quite frankly we don't think they have the technical know-how...."

Answer 8

you are not the only one who thinks so, it might be a truth that US never put a man on moon, future will clear that