Moon Landing

[NAKID]

I didn't mention that. But it's easy to explain. Think of it as if you are trying to see the stars from the city, and then the country. The bright lights of the city mask the light from the stars. If we really did go to the moon, the lights from the cameras would have a similar effect. I don't agree with that particular argument...

[Triple J]

I think there are some compelling arguments for the "faked" side. One in particular is radio conversations between ground control and the landed craft with no delay in the conversation...

Please buy and read the book "Bad Astronomy" by Philip Plait. It is actually a very interesting read if you're at all interested in physics (i.e it isn't written like a text book). It also has a good portion of it dedicated to the so-called moon landing hoax.

He also has a blog...and a part of it is dedicated to the moon landing. Also included are many links from other scientists (including a Russian). http://www.badastronomy.com/info/logo.html

[NAKID]

I'm not beyond convincing, but based on what I have read, I believe we didn't do what we said we did...

[Kopfjäger]

Mythbusters Moon Landing photo hoax 1

[He Man]

Japan and the NASA have recently photographed the site...

[Airborne]

Not to open a can of worms here, but do you think 9/11 was a govt job too?

Those guys put their lives on the line for this country, the Apollo I crew even died lest we forget, albeit on the launchpad.

That guy slapped Buzz in the face and he reacted appropriately.

[Kopfjäger]

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/new-nasa-photos-show-apollo-leftovers-on-the-moon

http://www.space.com/news/090717-lro-apollo11-images.html

[erkishhorde]

JFK vowed to beat the Russians in the space race. They were the first to make it to the moon, we were going to be the first manned mission to the moon. When it proved unfeasible, we did the only thing that was left without admitting defeat....

Ah, thank you. I don't know much about it. 

[roy-nexus-6]

I can't believe that people think it was faked. Unbelievable.  

+11 tyb

I find it odd that a lot of people who profess to be scientific 'sceptics' become devout advocates when it suits them. For example, those same 'sceptics' will (without thinking) practice safe sex (re condoms & HIV), be careful in the sun (re skin cancer), will daub antiseptic on a child's cut finger (re disease causing bacteria) etc etc etc even though it is not difficult to find people who will argue that all of the above practices are NOT supported by 'science', and that therefor the is no consensus!!!

lol - 500 000 people were immediately involved in the moon shots - no one noticed anything odd. 1000s of papers have been publicly published in peer review journals based upon the moonshots (everything from material sciences, analyses of the moon samples, etc etc) - no one noticed anything odd. And yet 'sceptics' opinions are given weight eg "the sky in that moon photo is black, so it must be night... yet there aren't any stars!!!).

[Triple J]

I think there are some compelling arguments for the "faked" side. One in particular is radio conversations between ground control and the landed craft with no delay in the conversation...

How much of a delay are you looking for?

I'm no expert, but some googling reveals that radio waves travel at essentially the speed of light through space (vacuum). 186,000 miles/sec.

The center to center distance from the earth to the moon is about 239,000 miles.

Therefore, neglecting the radius of the earth and moon, a radio transmission from the earth to the moon should take about 1.3 seconds. Not much of a delay.

[Rufus120]

I'm not beyond convincing, but based on what I have read, I believe we didn't do what we said we did...

I'm on the fence as well.  I don't really want to get too far into everything, but I do feel we had way too much to loose to not have made it.  If we had that much to loose, I could see the motivation for people to fake it. Just sayin......

[zarn02]

We most certainly didn't land on the moon.

And I, for one, can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Now, who wants a drink of rainwater, and grain alcohol?

[He Man]

that makes sense! Red blood....red flag.....commuism... holy crap.

[Raux]

Seriously. the Moon landings were real. no reason (real reason) to fake them. the idea of one uping the russians and faking it doesnt make sense, cause if the russians could do it, we could do it better... we put a man in orbit, not a chimp.

the other is that although the goverment has their lamebrain moments, when it puts its collective brain trust and unlimited money together... it does awesome things. problem is.. those great moments are few are far between.

[somegirl]

I'm only the 5th person to vote that NAKID is on crack?  WTF?