by Tyea Miller-Ruble
Some people believe the U.S. moon landings either weren’t real or happened later than NASA and our government claim. These people think that rather than actually go to the moon the United States filmed a fake moon landing in a movie studio and made it look like the real thing. The United States supposedly landed on the moon in 1969 when many scientists worked hard to get us to the moon before Russia. Due to the race between Russia and the United States over who would make it to the moon first some people think the United States faked our first moon landing so we could win the space race. Other people take this a little farther in believing that the United States didn’t just fake the first moon landing but that all moon landings claimed by the United States since then are also fake. Some reasons for this belief other than the space race are that NASA was worried about losing its reputation and funding and also to distract the public from the Vietnam War which was very unpopular at the time. Theories about the moon landing being faked started in the 1970s and are still popular theories today. While only about 6% of Americans believe the moon landing was fake this still translates into millions of people who believe that a man has never walked on the moon. This 6% also only includes people who totally deny the moon landing every happened, there are plenty more people who have their doubts about the landing but are unsure of whether it happened or not.
People who believe the moon landing was fake give several explanations for why they believe the landing wasn’t real. One of the reasons that is often brought up is that astronauts couldn’t have made it through the Van Allen belts due to the radiation that is omitted. There is a lot of radiation coming from these two belts and it was thought that there was no way a spaceship could make it through here on the way to the moon without being fried by the radiation. While this theory does make sense, during the Apollo 11 moon landing NASA timed the voyage so that the radiation was at its lowest, allowing the ship to pass through the belts with little radiation. Another claim people make to prove that the moon landing was fake is that the flag in the video clip from the moon is waving which should be impossible since there is no air on the moon. Again, this claim makes sense since the flag shouldn’t be waving on the moon but if you look closely at the video it isn’t waving. The flag actually stays stationary in the moon landing video, it appears to be moving because there is a horizontal stick stuck into the top of the flag to make it stick out so you can see the whole flag. While people make interesting points as to why the moon landing is fake there is a decent amount of evidence saying otherwise. Many people have pointed out that while it may not seem that way it actually would have been harder for NASA to fake the moon landing then to actually go to the moon. In 1969 there wasn’t the technology to fake a moon landing and have it look as realistic as it did. Not only did they not have the technology to fake the landing but they also would have had to keep thousands of people quiet about it. There were thousands of people working on the moon landing and if it would have been faked they would have had to somehow keep all of those people from telling anyone about it which would have been nearly impossible. On top of this we have sent unmanned space crafts to the moon to take pictures since the landing and you can still see the astronauts footprints and the American flag on the moon.
Some research has been done on why people don’t believe the moon landing really happened and why people believe other conspiracy theories. This research found that a lot of these people believe this without having a lot of information to back it up because their lack of trust in authority. These people tend to just not want to believe what their being told by the government. Conspiracy theory belief has also been linked to the rejection of science. Studies found that people who reject science such as climate change also tend to believe in conspiracy theories. I think both of these things play a role in why people don’t believe the moon landing really happened. Many people who believe the moon landing was faked seem to nit pick at the video of the landing trying to find things that could cause it to be fake and ignore contradictory evidence when presented to them. It seems like despite being presented with scientific evidence showing that the landing did in fact happen that the idea is still rejected possibly because these people don’t believe in our government to give us truthful information. It’s also possible that people have trouble believing the moon landing was real because it was such a major accomplishment for the United States at the time, it was something no one had ever managed to do before and it may have seemed unreal that we actually did it.
I think part of the reason that this belief has continued to be around since the 70s is because of the media. Since the moon landing there have been many documentaries made about how the moon landing is fake. There have even been stories on news channels such as Fox News showing videos and presenting theories about how it’s possible that the moon landing never really happened. When major news outlets are showing things like this on television I think its easy for people to keep believing that they’re true and for new people to start believing them. Its actually been shown that there are many young people who weren’t even alive for the moon landing that don’t believe it was real due to the things they’re hearing on television and reading on the internet.
Overall I believe most of the people that deny the moon landing are people who don’t typically believe in science and that don’t have respect for authority. Some people that don’t believe in the moon landing may also be misinformed but a few google searches and you can find a decent amount of information proving that the moon landing did in fact happen. What’s been shown by research and what I believe to be true is that people who choose not to believe in the moon landing do so because they distrust our government and scientists and therefore don’t want to believe what they tell them. It’s easy for them to continue believing these things when they can find other likeminded individuals online that back up their beliefs and also when documentaries and news outlets are reaffirming their beliefs.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
http://news.gallup.com/poll/3712/landing-man-moon-publics-view.aspx
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/news/a28814/moon-landing-faking/
https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/know-moon-landing-really-happened/
Tyea,
I was excited to read your post and this is a topic that has always interested me. If its true, do you think that there is harm in it? It is just something interesting to think about, because if it was faked and we still “beat” Russia did that benefit us?
Charlie
You can find out the truth about NASA’s fake Apollo missions by visiting the NASASCAM site at:-
nasascam.atspace.co.uk.
The reason behind faking the missions can be found at :-
apollotruth.atspace.co.uk
Once you look at all the evidence, it becomes blatantly obvious to anyone that those Moon missions were faked.
I enjoyed reading this post because the apollo scam is something that has always interested, yet shocked me. It’s hard for me to believe that people think we did not land on the moon and that this was all made up. I also had never heard of the reason for this conspiracy being to distract the public from the Vietnam war, which makes sense in my mind since this war was so unpopular. I also like how you pointed out the role of the media and how this likely caused the popularity of this belief. It seems people sometimes trust the media more than real evidence and science.
You can find out the truth about NASA’s fake Apollo missions by visiting the NASASCAM site at:-
nasascam.atspace.co.uk.
The reason behind faking the missions can be found at :-
apollotruth.atspace.co.uk
Once you look at all the evidence, it becomes blatantly obvious to anyone that those Moon missions were faked.
This is a belief that still amazes me. With all the proof we have and the fact that we have made several trips to the moon, how do people still believe that it is all fake? I understand those that do not trust the government and already believe in conspiracy theories involving the government may believe this, but are there others outside of this group that believe this as well?
You can find out the truth about NASA’s fake Apollo missions by visiting the NASASCAM site at:-
nasascam.atspace.co.uk.
The reason behind faking the missions can be found at :-
apollotruth.atspace.co.uk
Once you look at all the evidence, it becomes blatantly obvious to anyone that those Moon missions were faked.
Are you people now convinced that the Apollo Moon landings were faked for propaganda purpose.