Why the Moon Hoax makes no sense : Part 8

Part 8 of 9 of 'Why the Moon Hoax makes no sense' presented by Peter Barrett of the Canberra Skeptics on Friday, 13 April 2007 at the Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Acton Peninsula.

There are people who believe that NASA faked the Moon Landings on a sound stage in Area 51, or Sudbury in Canada, or somewhere in Australia - and many people find Moon Hoax arguments superficially convincing.

But the logic which is used to support Moon Hoax arguments very quickly becomes self-contradictory. In fact, it requires NASA to be simultaneously brilliant and stupid. And although Moon Hoax supporters muster what appears to be strong technical evidence in support of their arguments, these arguments are surprisingly easy to demolish.

In this talk, Peter will examine a range of Moon Hoax arguments, explain why they make no sense, and discuss why the Moon Hoax matters. (Don't worry, no technical knowledge is required !)

Related links:

Canberra Skeptics: http://finch.customer.netspace.net.au/skeptics/

Australian Skeptics: http://www.skeptics.com.au/

Moon Base Clavius: http://www.clavius.org

Bad Astronomy: http://www.badastronomy.com

Apollo Lunar Surface Journal: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

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• Apollo
• Moon
• landing
• Hoax
• Nasa
• sceptics
• Canberra
• Skeptics

[Realpsychichere]

Man never went to the moon. Thats why there are no stars in any of the footage. Enough said

[mddawson1]

At night photograph a brightly lit area like a sports field making sure you include the sky in the picture. If the foreground is correctly exposed you won't see any stars as the exposure will be too short. Its basic photography, enough said.

[diuleeseafood]

why the moon hoax makes no sense??? because your american, you prefer to make yourself believe its not a hoax and feel better. as simple as that, simple psycology.

[mddawson1]

I'm Australian & so is the speaker. Your comment makes no sense.

[ApolloHappened]

You didn't actually watch this video, did you?

[superdaveXtreme]

Go live in the desert gronk

[superdaveXtreme]

Exactly, do you think if NASA and the US Government risked so much to hoax a moon landing they would have been so ignorant to make such a mistake?

In order to see the stars in the photograph, such a long exposure would have been needed that the subject being photographed would be completely blurred. We didn't go to the moon to take photos of the sky.

[jrobinson3k1]

Do you really think common Australians do what they do and say what they say because of economy? I hardly doubt a speaker would make claims like he is simply because he knows his country relies on the US in terms of economy.

Obviously you haven't watched the whole video, because the facts are presented clearly. Who cares if the facts are given by a speaker with an Australian accent rather than a Chinese accent.

[jrobinson3k1]

And what's so wrong with Man's accomplishments on Earth? Sure we're far short of perfect, and we always will be, but we continue to make better strides each and every day. Compare today to 2000 years ago. For a crime you commit today 2000 years ago, you could be executed rather than sent to jail for a couple of months or given a fine.

[holunhoyeah]

yes, it does, aussies are pro america, american's allies and they rely on US in terms of economy.