Apollo 11 Moon Landing/ Conspiracy Paper
Sarah Sams Honors English 10/Mr. Brown 10 April, 2011
Apollo11 Moon Landing, Was it Just a Fake? Many accomplishments throughout the years, in the United States have formed our country to a nationalist society. On July 20th, 1969, the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas received the call, “Houston”, which confirmed the landing of these three astronauts on the moon. Recently though, many discussions of the Apollo 11 mission have astonished thoughts of many Americans. Conspiracy theorists are looking at the Moon Landing as a hoax and one big set up that Americans were fooled into believing actually happened. In 1974, Bill Kasying wrote a book entitled We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, which explained in full detail that the whole Apollo 11 mission was a fake (The Apollo Hoax). Not only did this spark many people’s interest then, but now more than ever. If the citizens of the United States actually did believe that American actually won the “Space Race”, perhaps understanding evidence that it was a hoax could change some minds. The loss and destruction of evidence, absence of a clear plan for takeoff and a safe return to earth, curious and mysterious actions of astronauts upon their return and deficiencies in the technology required for the Apollo 11 mission, prove that the lunar landing was a hoax. When closely watching the moon landing video, the viewer can see that many mistakes are made to hide the public from believing the landing was actually a real event. NASA and the government hid evidence of the technology used in the moon landing and used cover up stories that they had lost any evidence of the landing that many conspiracies can prove were non-existent to begin with. In the very first airing of the moon landing video there is clear evidence that a hoax could be justified at any means. First of all, there are no stars in the sky, just a clear black sky or
Apollo11 Moon Landing, Was it Just a Fake? Many accomplishments throughout the years, in the United States have formed our country to a nationalist society. On July 20th, 1969, the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas received the call, “Houston”, which confirmed the landing of these three astronauts on the moon. Recently though, many discussions of the Apollo 11 mission have astonished thoughts of many Americans. Conspiracy theorists are looking at the Moon Landing as a hoax and one big set up that Americans were fooled into believing actually happened. In 1974, Bill Kasying wrote a book entitled We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, which explained in full detail that the whole Apollo 11 mission was a fake (The Apollo Hoax). Not only did this spark many people’s interest then, but now more than ever. If the citizens of the United States actually did believe that American actually won the “Space Race”, perhaps understanding evidence that it was a hoax could change some minds. The loss and destruction of evidence, absence of a clear plan for takeoff and a safe return to earth, curious and mysterious actions of astronauts upon their return and deficiencies in the technology required for the Apollo 11 mission, prove that the lunar landing was a hoax. When closely watching the moon landing video, the viewer can see that many mistakes are made to hide the public from believing the landing was actually a real event. NASA and the government hid evidence of the technology used in the moon landing and used cover up stories that they had lost any evidence of the landing that many conspiracies can prove were non-existent to begin with. In the very first airing of the moon landing video there is clear evidence that a hoax could be justified at any means. First of all, there are no stars in the sky, just a clear black sky or
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