Moon Landing Hoax

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More on the moon hoax conspiracy, showing not only that the conspiracy theory is bogus, but that you can't trust a word that those hawking the theory say.

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Various Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo Project and the associated Moon landings were falsifications staged by NASA and members of other involved organizations. Since the conclusion of the Apollo program, a number of related accounts espousing a belief that the landings were faked in some fashion have been advanced by various groups and individuals.

Some of the more notable of these various claims include allegations that the Apollo astronauts did not set foot on the Moon; that NASA and others intentionally deceived the public into believing the landings did occur by manufacturing, destroying, or tampering with evidence, including photos, telemetry tapes, transmissions, and rock samples; and that the deception continues to this day are common to most of the conspiracy theories.

However, there is ample third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings, and commentators have published detailed rebuttals to the hoax claims. A 1999 poll by The Gallup Organization found that 89% of the U.S. public believed the landings were genuine, while 6% did not, and 5% were undecided.

A number of different hoax claims have been advanced that involve conspiracy theories outlining concerted action by NASA employees, and sometimes others, to perpetuate false information about landings that never occurred, or to cover up accurate information about the landings that occurred in a different manner than have been publicized.

Believers have focused on perceived gaps or inconsistencies in the historical record of the missions. The Flat Earth Society was one of the first organizations to accuse NASA of faking the landings, arguing that they were staged by Hollywood and based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke.

The most predominant idea is that the entire human landing program was a complete hoax from start to finish. Some claim that the technology to send men to the Moon was insufficient or that the Van Allen radiation belts, solar flares, solar wind, coronal mass ejections, and cosmic rays made such a trip impossible.

Bart Sibrel has claimed that the crew of Apollo 11 and subsequent astronauts had faked their orbit around the Moon and their walk on its surface by trick photography, and that they never got more than halfway to the Moon. A subset of this proposal is advocated by those who concede the existence of retroreflectors and other observable human-made objects on the Moon.

British publisher Marcus Allen represented this argument when he said "I would be the first to accept what [telescope images of the landing site] find as powerful evidence that something was placed on the Moon by man." He goes on to say that photographs of the lander would not prove that America put men on the Moon. "Getting to the Moon really isn't much of a problem the Russians did that in 1959, the big problem is getting people there."

He suggests that NASA sent robot missions because radiation levels in space would be lethal to humans. Another variant on this is the idea that NASA and its contractors did not recover quickly enough from the Apollo 1 fire, and so all the early Apollo missions were faked, with Apollo 14 or 15 being the first authentic mission.

French author Philippe Lheureux said that astronauts did land on the Moon but, in order to prevent other nations from benefiting from scientific information in the real photos, NASA published fake images.

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[TheCockmeister]

@imaginepeace63

1, Yes the Saturn rocket was launched but it didn't go any further than low Earth orbit. 300 to 400 miles up. There they stayed for the duration of the so called trip to the Moon and back.

2. Yes the astronauts landed as normal in the Ocean .

I don't believe we went to the Moon because of the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the Earth but these are at a higher level than what the Apollo missions flew up to.

[imaginepeace63]

If someone believes the moonlanding was a hoax, he must be able to answer these two questions.

1 Where did the rocket really go when it was launched?

Many people watched the rocket launch live so the question, if you believe it was a hoax is where did it go?

2 Where did the landing pod return to Earth from?

How was the landing to Earth faked?

[dwarvenater]

You know, if we didn't actually go to the moon, there would be a certain group that may have pointed it out. Know who? The Soviets! We were in a missive pissing contest with them for years. Don't you think that if we announced that we landed on the moon and didn't then the Soviets would've been ALL OVER THAT? And if the government faked the landing to trick us, don't you think that they would have put enough effort into it to NOT have a coke bottle roll across the set?

[RRHINE13]

ARE THERE REALLY PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO DEFEND LANDING ON THE MOON? REALLY? AND I'LL BET MOST OF THESE PEOPLE THINK ARAB GUYS WITH BOX CUTTERS TOOK OVER 3 PLANES AND FLEW THEM INTO BUILDINGS .......................AND THINK A 4TH PLANE CRASHED IN A PENNSYLVANIA FIELD.

[mradam2]

Do you guys pay attention to any of these videos or photographs, or know anything at all? The lies pointed out here ARE clearly lies, as demonstrated. You have no case, as usual. And as expected, you're completely vague about exactly WHAT is so easy to see. The evidence of the moon landings is everywhere. They landed on the moon. That's it.

[Pashatube]

@DrHooty911---- No human has yet to set foot on moon. Where is the proof that they did? It does not take a genius to see all the evidence and figure this one out. To do this you must first have an open mind and away from any bias. Then begin to look at the evidence. Movies, photos, interviews, etc. It is very easy to see that based on those fake attribiutes no one can realistically conclude that such belief is real.

[yourmajezty]

moon landing was fake. and youre a fag. stop with the hand gestures

[DrHooty911]

@GUNS4MIKE1234 I didn't understand that, but OK.

[GUNS4MIKE1234]

@DrHooty911 I know that but I want some good arguements to retort with I can't figure out myself because it's just to stupid of a concept for me I just can't make the connections for these retards lols.