Moon Landing Argument w/ the ten Pictures

Picture #1: The Flag

Fake: The flag appears to be flapping in the picture as if it is in the wind. There is no air of wind on the

Moon so the flapping flag is not possible on the Moon.

Explanation: The flag is moving like that because the inertia from when they put it in the ground. It is

possible for them to pull the flag through space and space relies on Newton’s first law; an object in

motion will stay in motion unless acted upon in equal or opposite reaction.

Real: The astronauts also accidentally bent the horizontal rods holding the flag in place several times,

creating the appearance of a rippling flag in photographs

Fake: If you look closely at the astronaut’s mask, you can barely see a face. It looks like it is coming from

behind the mask, but the golden masks could only be seen through one way. That way is from the inside

to the outside.

Picture #2: The Helmet

Fake: At the time this picture was taken, there were only two astronauts on the moon. They are both

visible in the picture but no one is holding a camera. Who took the picture then? Another flaw here is a

simple little white dot on the helmet. It is on the top of the mask above the man who supposedly took

the picture. It is unknown what it could be besides the camera taking this picture.

Explanation: The cameras were mounted onto the astronaut’s chests. That’s why you see Neil

Armstrong’s arms on his chest. There is no explanation from NASA yet what that little dot is though.

Fake: Another big concern in the picture are the shadows In the picture, Buzz Aldrin’s shadow points

toward Armstrong but it appears that the light is coming from the right of Aldrin. The shadows do not

match up.

Explanation: The shadow is pointing the way it should because the light is coming from the upper right

corner. Aldrin’s shadow points toward the bottom left.

Picture #3: The Sky

Fake: The astronauts made no such exclamation while on the moon, and the black backgrounds of their

photographs are missing the stars.

Explanation: the moon's surface reflects sunlight, and that glare would have made stars difficult to see.

Also, the astronauts photographed their lunar adventures using fast exposure settings, which would

have limited incoming background light.

Explanation: The pictures were taken pictures at 1/150th or 1/250th of a second. In that amount of

time, stars won't show up.

Picture #4: The Landing

Fake: The module is shown sitting on flat, undisturbed soil. There is no crater to be found underneath

the Lander. Nor is there any sign of the Landers presence in the soil. No dust was shot up, no nothing

Explanation: The Lander’s engines were throttled back just before landing, and it did not hover long

enough to form a crater or kick up much dust.

Picture #5: The Lunar Lander

Fake: Aldrin is seen in this picture in the shadow of the Lander. You would think that anything in the

shadow would be pitch black, but it’s not. He is yet visible even in the pitch black shadow.

Explanation: There was more than one light source. There was the sun and the light reflections from the

Moon, Earth, and the Lunar Lander.

Explanation: A popular show on Discovery Chanel called Mythbusters wanted to test this myth/

conspiracy to find out once and for all if it was real or faked. To test this myth, the Mythbusters built a

small-scale replica of the landing site, allowing them to take a photo which was nearly identical to the

original NASA photo. The Mythbusters explained that Armstrong was visible because of ambient light

being reflected off of the Moon’s surface.

Picture #6: The Ground

Fake: The astronaut’s prints are too clear for being made on a dry lifeless desert. Prints that well defined

could only have been made in wet sand.

Explanation: that's nonsense, said Bad Astronomy's Plait. Moon dust, or regolith, is "like a finely ground

powder. When you look at it under a microscope, it almost looks like volcanic ash. So when you step on

it, it can compress very easily into the shape of a boot."

Explanation: The Mythbuster’s also concluded this conspiracy by first testing what type of sand let a

footprint show up better; wet or dry. Of course it was the wet sand though. Then they tested it with a

real space boot, with the most moon gravel like substance that can be found on Earth, and a vacuumed

chamber. The test worked. The footprint appeared very visible and it had no moisture.

Picture #7: The instruments

Fake: With instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope capable of seeing into universe, surely

scientists should be able to see the various objects still on the moon. But no such pictures of these

objects exist.

Explanation: No telescope on Earth or in space has that kind of resolving power. Even with the biggest

telescope on Earth, the smallest thing you can see on the surface of moon is something bigger than a

house.

Explanation: Though it is not possible for a camera to reach the Moon, it is possible for a laser. The

Apollo 15 mission brought an invention into space just for that reason. They brought a reflective mirror

onto the moon. It is much like the one on a bicycle. It was specially designed so no matter where the

laser is coming from, it will reflect right back. Once again, the Mythbusters went to the Alameda Space

Center where they pointed a laser at the sight of the Apollo 15 sight and a frequence came back proving

that man has been on the moon.

Picture #8: The Lighting

Fake: In this picture you see the astronaut, the Lander, the moon and all of these crazy lights. The lights

don’t look like a reflection off of the moon or the Lander or something, they could only have been done

by studio cameras.

Explanation: The only explanation for this is the reflection of the sun off of the camera lens. It is very

unlikely that NASA would make such an obvious blunder if they had spent millions of dollars to fake the

moon landing.

Conclusion

After reviewing these eight photo’s, video’s, more pictures, T.V. shows, and a lot more evidence, I have

come to a decision in what I think happened. Though there were flaws in the photos and videos,

everything was backed up and had and explanation. I reviewed the vedence tons of times and I think

that the Apollo I Moon Landing was not faked.

Citations

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National Geographic News. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2011.

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"The Apollo Hoax." Cosmic Conspiracies - Europe's Largest UFOs and Aliens Database. N.p., n.d. Web.

28 Jan. 2011. <http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html>.

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<http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast23feb_2/>.

way, the, and NASA commissioned RCA. "MythBusters Episode 104: NASA Moon Landing."

MythBusters Results — Outcomes from all MythBusters Episodes. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2011.

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