Apollo Moon Landing

Apollo Moon Landing While the controversy regarding the Apollo 11 Moon landing of 1969, isn’t as a discussed a topic, like child abuse, it is an important part of American history and is vital, concerning achievements in space exploration. Many people are skeptical of the moon landings validity, but the facts point to only one conclusion, the Apollo Moon Landing was real. The common theory is that the moon landing was filmed on some secret Hollywood sound stage. Now, here are some of the reasons why this theory could be perceived as correct; “the great variations in temperature that the film would have had to endure whilst on the lunar surface,” or the question of, “How can an astronaut cast a shadow several feet taller than his colleague who is standing a few feet away from him?” (Cosnette). Now, some of these concerns are actually viable. However, how many people who believe in these things, actually bothered looking up this information? We don’t know. We don’t know if the source is reliable, and if the source isn’t reliable, then how do we know if the theory used to support the claim is? All these claims can be disputed because of the actual facts, which were obtained from reliable sources such as NASA. We can trust NASA. For all anyone knows, the “reasons” people use for believing that the moon landings were faked could have been cooked up by anyone with an internet connection. One of the pieces of information supporting the controversy is when the flag was placed onto the moon’s surface and it, seemingly, waved in a breeze. But, wait! There’s no air in space! How can there be a breeze? Well, that’s a good question, Captain Obvious. The answer comes from Mr. “Roger Launius, [a] spaceflight historian of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.” His title certainly seems to be an indicator that this man knows what he’s talking about. Launius says, “the video you see where the flag's moving is because the astronaut just placed it there, and the inertia from when they let go kept it moving… The astronauts also accidentally bent the horizontal rods holding the flag in place several times, creating the appearance of a rippling flag in photographs.” (APOLLO 11 HOAX PHOTOS: 8 Moon-Landing Myths – Busted). Concerning this particular issue, I would have to agree with Mr. Launius. This answer makes sense, and considering the opposite answer of secret soundstage, which sounds more believable? Wait a moment though, why would NASA lie about going to the moon in the first place? Is it because of “Money. NASA gathered about 30 billion dollars pretending to go to the moon”? Well that seems highly illogical considering “That [the money] would be [going to] all of the aerospace companies and their workers who built the rockets, spacecraft, rovers, spacesuits, launch pads, etc. as well as those who supplied them with the raw materials they needed. We spent that money on our own people - not one cent was spent in space or on the Moon.” (Scotti). Inconsequently, if the soundstage theory was true, they wouldn’t do it for the money. Wouldn’t the secret government agents who headed the project have to pay the people in the film lot off? It would take A LOT of money to keep something like that quiet. All of the “evidence” supporting the falsehood of the Apollo 11 moon landing has been disproven, torn apart by the facts told by trustworthy sources. Sadly, the truth about July 20th, 1969, the day the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon, is out there. While the controversy surrounding it isn’t as popular as something to do with children, or movie stars, it’s a big part of science and altogether history. People are distrusting all of these accomplishments without a just cause or a reliable source. If people are going around distrusting everything they are told without a moment’s thought to look at the facts, then what’s that say about the state of our society? At least look at the facts, before making claims that may or may not be true. The truth about the moon landing is that it did happen, not because that’s what we’ve been told, but because that’s what the evidence supports.