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The first flight/step on the moon was a fake?, why many scientists think so?

Many people including known scientists say that the first flight & step on the moon was a fake; a theory says that the footage was previously filmed on a desert of some southern state of USA. They say there are some inconsistencies: the lunar module's shadow; the way the flag was waving; the way the astronauts were walking; the look of the theoretical moon's surface; there was no sign of burning or flames under the lunar module due to the propeller that impulses it... etc.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    as it is not possible to post pics i would assume that u understand

    1.Since the Moon has only one light source, the Sun, the shadows must be in line. But in this cases, it looks as if there are multiple light sources in moon, which is not possible.

    2.The foreground of many images of the astronauts on the Moon are filled in with light, while the shadows remain absolutely black, again proving that there are multiple light sources.

    3.There are no stars in the background from pictures taken on the Moon.

    4.In some images, a huge light source can be seen reflected in the astronaut's visors. This has to be a very bright, nearby source. There is no possibility of external light source in moon

    5.How could NASA take TV images of the LM ascending on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 if there was no one on the Lunar surface to man the camera?

    6.There can't be any pictures taken on the Moon because the film would melt in the 250° temperatures. Any film exposed to 250° would indeed melt at that temperature

    7.The LM engine was very powerful. How come it did not leave a crater below the spacecraft? Why didn't it kick up any dust when it landed?

    8.The footprints left by the astronauts are proof that the Moon landings are fake. This one is also essentially a two pronged argument. First, the Fox show charged that the LM engine was so powerful that the upper layer of dust should have been blown away around the LM, so there should not be any footprints. Others have charged that the footprints should not be there since in the absence of water as a bonding agent, they should not maintain coherent shapes and sharp outlines

    9.There is no dust on LM footpads. -- According to Kaysing and Fox, this is the strongest evidence that the Moon landings are faked. They allege that with the swirling dust from LM descent engine, the foot pads should be covered with dust

    10.The pictures below show that flags are waving. And they never will. The flag was on the airless Moon, just as we all knew

    THERE ARE MANY MORE ISSUES ON THIS,

    BUT

    THOSE ARE TOO TECHNICAL FOR US.

    …..NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO LAND ON MOON

    check the refrences on these sites

  • 2 decades ago

    Yes, I just heard a podcast "mysterious Universe" that went into this in detail. I have heard this before and was a skeptic but this podcast really made me think.

    There is a theory that they really did land on the moon but NASA new that they would find evidence of Alien life on the moon so they also shot this fake footage beforehand so that they didnt have to show the world that aliens actually had some presence on the moon. I think from what I have heard the footage shown to the world was fake as you can see in one shot a coke bottle in the background and a letter "C" clearly visible on a moon rock.

    Its very interesting. I recommend listening to the podcast. You can find it in iTunes store its episode 19 released on 29/1/06

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Every scientist knows that the moon landings (multiple) were 100% real. It is a fact, and not something that you choose to believe or not - it is simply the truth. To deny that is like saying that you have a choice about believing that the sun rises in the East, or that you were alive at the time you typed that question. It is a fact that is beyond any dispute. It is true that every single thing that has been said to prove that they were fakes is very easily debunked, and has been debunked multiple times.

  • 2 decades ago

    So much stupidity in your statements I don´t know where to begin... Oh well.

    Not all rockets require flames. The lunarmodule was powered by hydrogen peroxide. What you see is steam!

    There is one more massive lightsource on the moon besides the sun. It´s called EARTH! (Albedo 0,37. Don´t know what that means? Of course not! It´s a scientific term! The moon itself only has an albedo of 0,07. That doen´t mean it doesn´t reflect any light at all. Especially when you are standing ON it!)

    The camera operators were controlling the tv cameras from Earth via REMOTECONTROL! (Invented some 50 years earlier by Nicola Tesla). And so on and so on...

    No scientist has ever claimed that the moon landings were fake. The ones that claim that it is and that also claim to be scientists are in realty just conspiracy nuts in dire need of an income. So they prey on suckers like yourselves to sell their books while cashing in from appearences on FOX (and iTunes)...

    A REAL scientist have enough knowledge about SCIENCE to know when the "proof" of the hoax are too ridicolous to even be dignified by a debate...

    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10apolloho...

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  • 2 decades ago

    Wow. I can't believe that after all these years people still believe that the moon landings were a hoax.

    Check out Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy page. He's an astronomer that been debunking these faked moon landing theories for years.

  • 2 decades ago

    "Many people including known scientists say that the first flight & step on the moon was a fake"

    Name one scientist (scientist in a field which confers expertise to evaluate such claims, not pseudoscientists or scientists in irrelevant disciplines) who says this. I don't think you can.

    hmm... maybe we can convince all the moon-hoax believers that man has been to the moon by launching them at it?

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    I strongly believe that no human has ever landed on the moon. For all the reasons listed above and more.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    how did the photographer get ahead of him ? why is the American flag fluttering when there is not atmosphere on the moon ? how did they come up with such advanced technology way back then ?

  • 2 decades ago

    If that was indeed the first step, then how did the photographer get ahead of him .. and yes all the above reasons and totally valid.

  • 2 decades ago

    (sigh...)

    They did go to the moon, but the footage was shot on earth, for photographic reasons.

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