the moon landing?

Question

if neil armstrong was the first man
on the moon then who filmed the
moon landing

Answer 1

his wife, Tessa.

Answer 2

There are whole sites dedicated to the hoax and conspiracy theory on this. Go and look it up there. They will also talk a lot about why is the flag waving in a still photo. What makes them think a still photo of a creased flag is moving, I have no idea, but there ya go! Some of the sites make interesting reading. Some are plausible, some are stupid. Go have a read.

Do remember that more than one person landed & that is would not take a lot for the two of them go land, set up the camera then show themselves climbing out of the Lander as if it was the first time getting out.

Answer 3

C'mon it's just like all those show where the host has to crawl into some tunnel or whatever and they build the tension and drama at the entrance by saying how cramped, dark, scary, dangerous etc it is. Then all sudden like you see him climbing down into the cave towards the camera that's already down there. There's just some un-credited, under-paid camera operator down there making the star look good.
Okay joking around time is over now. In truth there are cameras all over the landers--inside and outside of the crew's "living" area. NASA, and the rest of the world, realised what an historic event the landings represented. Since they had the technology available to record it with them new fangled moving pictures and sound, of course they made full use of that technology as much as possible.

Answer 4

The moon landing is not fake. The camera was indeed on the module, and if you look closely at the spacesuits, there are cameras on it too. Americans landing on the moon was a direct answer to the Russians being the first people in space; so I really doubt that the Russians would keep quiet if they could find evidence to believe the landing was staged. Anyway, if you have a decent telescope, you can see the 6 U.S. flags scattered over the moon's surface, one planted by each Apollo mission (11,12,14,15,16,17).

Answer 5

Why do so many people seem to think that someone needs to stand behind a video camera for it to work? Do they think someone is crouching in the ceiling working those CCTV cameras in shops or on railway platforms?

The lunar module contained a section called the MESA (Modular Equipment Stowage Area), which was essentially a fold-down pallet with equipment in it. When Armstrong was by the door of the LM he pulled a release handle and the MESa folded down. Inside the MESA, mounted on a spring-loaded arm, was the TV camera. It was set up so that it sprung out and pointed at the ladder. Since it ran off the LM power and was connected by a long cable coiled up in the MESA, Buzz Aldrin flicked the 'On' switch in the cabin and the camera started transmitting images as Armstrong walked down the ladder.

Later on, Armstrong removed the camera from its mount on the MESA and set it up on a tripod, uncoiling the long cable as he went. He transmitted a 360 dgeree panorama of the site with it, then left it pointing at the LM so it would continue to transmit pictures while he and Aldrin did their work on the lunar surface.

Answer 6

A camera was mounted on the leg of the lander. I'm getting tired of these half-baked conspiracy theories.

And before anyone takes out their telescopes, the flags on the Moon are far too small to be resolved by any telescope, amateur or professional. Do a little trig, calculate the resolution limit of your scope, and you'll find this to be true.

Maybe NASA should have sent 10-mile-wide US flags to the Moon so that people could see them from Earth with ordinary telescopes.

Answer 7

In average twice a week this Q keeps repeating itself. The most frequent answer is : the camera was mounted outside of the lunar module.

Answer 8

A camera set up on the landing module!

Answer 9

I think if you'll note, the film of the moon landing is taken from *on board* the Lunar Module, as it descended...

Jeez. Can't you guys come up with better things to worry about?

Answer 10

They took a camera crew with them who, under the contract, had to remain anonymous.

Seriously, there was a camera mounted on the lunar module. If you ever go and look at one of the NASA models of the lander, you'll find the camera. Unfortunately, that part of the module never left the moon.

Answer 11

There was a camera mounted on the outside of the lunar module.