Mark, get this straight and don't be foolish about it any more, okay? The basic technology required for a manned flight to the moon was developed in Germany in the late 1930s through the mid 1940s. This technology needed a lot of refinement to make a safe manned flight a reality.
We worked on that technology through the 1950s and 60s, and made the first manned moon flight in 1969. It all fits together, and if you read all the history and don't let the wackos lie to you, it will be impossible for you to continue to be fooled into believing that the moon missions did not take place.
The American people were much better educated and more intelligent in the 1960s and 70s than they are now, and it would never have occurred to NASA engineers and managers that 35 years later a bunch of ignorant dolts with nothing to do would come up with a stupid conspiracy theory stating that the moon landings were faked.
If that had occurred to them, I suspect the engineers would have gone to the trouble to create a larger and more visible object of proof, to compensate for the decline in the quality of the American mind and its education that occurred during and after the Reagan presidency.
But there is a real physical proof available. The astronauts who landed on the moon left behind reflectors that are used every day by astronomers to measure the irregularities of the moon's orbit. This is done by bouncing laser beams off reflectors at known locations that were left by the astronauts. Ask your science teacher for information about these experiments. You can arrange to see this done with your own eyes.
Let me put the question to you this way: If you think the moon landings were faked, when did they become "fake?" When did the idea become popular that NASA had invented the idea of an imaginary moon mission and created a huge technological empire to fool people? When was all this fakery done? In the 60s? 70s? 80s?
And why? What was the point? And how did they fool all the people that reported the news, operated the machinery, built the moon rockets, and watched them take off and land?
Do you realize that one American in 500 was a part of the Apollo program? Millions of them are still alive. Are they fooling you? Why? If you go out to a football game, look around you. In the stadium there are people who worked on the Apollo program.
Ask around. You are surrounded by people who know for sure that American astronauts stood on the moon more than 35 years ago.
2007-08-22 05:45:14
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answered by aviophage 7
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Manned mission to the moon ?... Let's be honest...
It was impossible then and it is still impossible now.
2014-05-06 09:27:01
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answered by dnl 3
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You actually have there a very good piece of evidence that it was NOT faked. With no air on the Moon, and therefore no wind, the flag will not wave is it would on Earth. It is held out in a horizontal position by a rod sewn in across the top for precisely that reason. On the other hand, it is nearly impossible to stop a flag held out in such a manner from waving in an air-filled room. Even the slightest breeze will cause it to move. Therefore, that is pretty good evidence that the flag is in a vacuum, just as it would be on the surface of the Moon.
2007-08-22 11:40:20
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answered by Jason T 7
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Heres the big reason you can tell the landings are "not" a fake.. The Russians would have had a field day if we tried to make such a false claim ...... They were tracking Apollo as well, if it didn't make a landing on the Moon and take off they would have known and used it to embarrass the U.S.A. Would have been to tempting for them not to....
In fact National Geographic did a show on it and easily manage to discount everything the leading conspiracy theories had come up with to try and prove it was faked,....
All this really stems from is that the moon landing to this day seem such a feat that it still seems little unbelievable....
But you can trust in the FACT that it did HAPPEN!
2007-08-22 12:05:03
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answered by the_gunfighter_45acp 2
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Do you really think that the government could be so stupid as to fake it? Some day going to the moon will be an everyday occurrence and it would become obvious that there was no sign of the landing.
I remember a story about the atomic bomb being a fake and the whole thing was done with explosives and radioactive material. We were looking for a quick way to end the war.
2007-08-22 11:10:11
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answered by Barkley Hound 7
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This conspiracy has been going on for a while now.
Personally, I don't think its a fake. As far as the flag not moving- there isn't any wind on the moon. The atmosphere on the moon is much different then here on earth
2007-08-22 11:09:27
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answered by liz 2
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I have no direct knowledge of such a coverup and don't know if the moon landings were faked, however, the theorists who challenge the moon landings put together a very cohesive set of arguments.
When I first saw a 1960's era space capsule and space suit, I was shocked at the very thin layer of protection provided by the capsule and suit. Having studied radiation, it occured to me that there is no way that astronauts could survive in the Van Allen belt and on the face of the moon. I was puzzled.
I'm also puzzled by the vigorous defense of the landing theory. NASA and others are vigorous in their defense, but their arguments are weak and depend on such things as "we'd had to have fooled thousands of technicians on the ground or keep a secret among thousands of people" or other such nonsense.
Somehow, the articles and videos on the Internet present a reasoned and well-thought-out position. If nothing else, you must respect the logic and materials those people were able to put together.
To me, the 'conspirator theorists' have put together good questions. The defense of the moon landings seem weak. Are independent film makers just that much more competent than NASA?
2007-08-22 11:19:31
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answered by Skeptic 7
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God, don't you people ever read back through the questions? This same idiotic question is asked about once a day. NO, THE MOON LANDING WAS NOT FAKED.
2007-08-22 12:13:09
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answered by Ryan H 6
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It was not faked sorry it was real. This site is dedicated to debunking the whole fake thing so here's a link http://www.clavius.org/
2007-08-22 15:58:22
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answered by Seth W 3
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there is no atmosphere and therefore no wind on the moon, the flag is held by a wire, not waving.
2007-08-22 11:03:59
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answered by disco legend zeke 4
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