Moon Missions Faked?

[TeleMad]

I just watched a program on the National Geographic channel about the claims of the moon landing being faked. They interviewed people from both sides, and also setup a mock with a single source of light to test some of the arguments. Off the top of my head, here were some of the arguments and their undoings.

1) The flag flapped, indicating there was a wind.
The flag had two rods: one the pole that was jammed into the ground and a perpendicular one from which the flag itself hung. The act of sticking the pole into the ground setup motion in the rods and with no air to offer air resistance, the flag moved for a longer period of time than it would have on Earth.

2) Could see both sides of the flag clearly: stripes, stars, colors.
The single-source experiment at night also showed both sides of the flag clearly.

3) Shouldn't see details on space suit that is on opposite side of light source.
The single-source experiment at night also showed excellent detail of a space suit "in the shadow". Light bounces off surface and illuminates the shadow regions.

4) Shadows going in different directions, indicating multiple sources of light.
The single-source experiment at night showed shadows converging, for example, because the terrain was not flat.

5) No stars in the photos.
The single-source experiment at night also showed no stars in the pictures, even though stars were out.

6) Radiation would have killed the astronauts.
Not so. The time spent in the radiation belt was only a few seconds and it was calculated that it would take weeks, I believe, to be lethal. Also, NASA was worried about solar flares: they figured they would have enough notice to have the astronauts take off and point the bulky bottom of the craft towards the sun to block.

And some others. It was a good show.

[Brinnie]

this controversy is a walk in the park compared to Scientology...

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

i used to believe that america stepped foot on the moon, but i just read that entire page and am now disgusted.
what's going to happen when america loses it's spot as being the highest power on earth?
it's going to pull some bullshit like this because it's jelous.
once again, disgusted.

No, we are going to nuke every one else on the earth with non existant weapons that kill every one but leave all the cities standing with no radiation! England reported hearing the astronaunts from the moon, even the Soviets listened in and admitted the USA was on the moon. If there was a shred of evidence to the contrary you can believe the Soviets would have screamed to high heaven. I've read the mentioned site and all the things they say are proof are easily refuted by unbiased scientists. Give it up people, the USA went to the moon, it was very close a couple of times with solar flares and such but we made it. I'm sure luck played a role but determination and the human spirit made it happen. By the way I don't consider the moon landing a strictly American acomplishment, it was the sum total of human desire and knowlege acumulated for hundreds if not thousands of years by all peoples that made it possible.

[Theory5]

At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at
the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish.
The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant
tortoise."

No,no,no. The world is supported by four elephants which in turn are on the back of a turtle hurtling through space.(Terry Pratchett's Disk World series) That much is obvious.

As it was said in the forum, getting people into space is the hard part. That much is true. After reading many science fiction books such as "Orbit" by John J. Nance and others, very specific math and science is required to correctly launch rockets into orbit. Have you ever been to Huntsville Alabama? Where they had the first NASA center? they have a bunch of rocket stages (I forget from what flight) and they are huge.
Why would the government spend so much money on NOT sending someone to the moon, when the same amount of money could be used to send someone to the moon. The government would spend less money if they weren't sending someone to the moon. The actors would be Barbie's wrapped in tin foil :-P
And the crosshairs missing? Ever play a First Person Shooter? Every gamer knows that your crosshairs will merge with the scenery sometimes. And thats especially true if the crosshairs are nothing more than a piece of plastic like paper placed over the camera lens.