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by VivaNOLA on February 21st, 2007
I am a special effects professional with extensive experience in scene construction and photo manipulation. I am a court certified expert in both fields and have testified numerous times.
My verdict is this - there are two points of which I am 100% certain:
1) The footage was shot in a vacuum, and in an environment where gravity is consistent with that of the moon. These two conditions combined account for the "hopping" of the astronauts being significantly slower than what you would see in Earth's gravity, while the "snapping" of various tethered tags affixed to the pressure suits whip about significantly faster than what you would see if their motions were dampened by a fluid such as oxygen or water - all in the same frame and same footage. This precludes other theories that have suggested slow-motion photography or underwater stages. Only a vacuum and reduced gravity can account for these two speed differences.
2) Several of the NASA images were, in fact, manipulated. Most of the popular questions that have been brought up are easily and legitimately explained. For example: The idea that the dark side of the astronauts is too well lit to have been taken with a single light source (the Sun) is incorrect. Photons bounce a lot - a phenomenon called Global Illumination. It's why you can see just about everything in a room with a single window and no internal lights on a sunny day - you don't just see pitch black and a glowing square where the light hits directly. Of the many issues that have been brought up regarding the images, the one that sticks is the fact that in a few images where the camera is pointed in different directions, the same dramatic mountains or other geological features loom in the background, which is, of course, impossible. The explanation for this is more of a political one. This was a moment of glory for the US at the height of the cold war. "Juicing up" images of this kind was not uncommon for either the US or the USSR. I'm pretty sure that that is what was going on for the few retouched images.
Over all there can be no doubt that we went to the moon and that the motion footage of that event is genuine.
by Mawgan on February 21st, 2007
Conspiracy theorists say it was fantastically difficult to put a man on the moon. Fair enough, but surely it would be even more fantastically difficult to ensure the silence of the hundreds of thousands of people involved over the past four decades.
by nevets - badgicide on January 5th, 2007
Nope, because I see no reason to not believe that the US landed on the moon, and I certainly don't think it is plausible that a hoax was staged simply to "raise more money for other uses such as weapons and other technology's to take over the world."
by McCAIN PALIN 2008 on August 31st, 2008
Put down the bong, and go to bed.
by H on December 5th, 2007
Yes, America did land on the moon.
How do I know?
They left a big fkin mirror there that we still experiment with to this day.
by Sunblynd 5.0 on February 21st, 2007
It has yet to be officially ruled out if the landing was faked or not, though there does exist some questionable evidence to the contrary that the lunar landing was faked, it has yet to be offically authenticated.
by tripwire on February 21st, 2007
I don't know but, ahhh how do you explain this?
by rusty2 on September 22nd, 2008
no but men did
by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on August 19th, 2008
Of course.
Not only is there ample documentation, but the Lunar Rover and other things left behind on the surface of the moon can be seen with a powerful telescope.
Besides, for a "Moon Hoax" to be true, literally tens of thousands of people would have had to keep silent for nearly 40 years. Very, very, very unlikely.
by Rince on November 10th, 2007
Yep, in 1969, you must remember it was in all the papers :-)
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 19th, 2008
Nope..add that to the vast left-wing conspiracy of global warming..a bunch of phonies dummied up all the hype to fool everyone..why? Heck, I don't know why..why do you think? You're smart enough to figure it out I'll betcha.
by KiloWattKid on August 19th, 2008
....yeeaaahhh.
Was there suppose to be a conspiracy in the 60s?
by Oor Galooly - on July 23rd, 2008
It`s a hoax, I'm convinced of it.
by Simply99 -- Not a fan favorite. on March 3rd, 2008
I believe now, but only since REM made a convincing song about it some 10 years ago.
by AntigoneRising on March 3rd, 2008
We landed on the moon. Simple trigonometry disproves the conspiracy theories regarding the moon landing pictures. Too bad most people aren't able to do simple trig. *sigh*
http://www.redzero.demon.co.uk/moonhoax/
by Sheik Yerbouti on December 5th, 2007
hmmm, could've been staged. A lot of theories are out there that the shadows are not right, the flag is waving w/o wind etc. But this was one of the greatest stories of the 20th century for the US... I think we did it.
by Firebrand on February 21st, 2007
Real. Capricorn One was the film
by Miss. Tandra on February 21st, 2007
real...? is there a reason i shouldnt? lol yea but i think it was real
by dhervin on January 5th, 2007
No. The proof that makes me positive it was not a conspiracy is that if you look at the dirt flying in the air after one of the rover things, it's a perfect parabola, which can only be created in a space-like environment. Otherwise, they spent a huge amount of the taxpayers dollars to film it in some crazy vaccum.
by tripwire on January 5th, 2007
I'm not saying they are faked but, there are some valid questions that still haven't been answered yet.
Why would NASA send a guy to the moon to land the LEM on the surface after he had crashed the "flying bedstead" in nearly all of his training flights on earth? That makes no sense at all considering the cost and everything else riding on the mission success.
How can you program all the data needed for such a mission into a computer of the 1960's and keep that computer smaller than a house?
Why does everyone assume that images beamed into their houses onto their black and white T.V screens , just have to be reality?
Why are there no stars in the sky of any photos taken on the moon?
Why does the light seem to fade to darkness the further away you get from the foreground action in some of the moon photos, when the sun should be just as bright 1km away as it is in front of the camera?
Why do some ("single reflex" camera) shots have 2 focal lengths in the same picture? Example: Famous picture of Buzz Aldrin standing and looking back at Armstrong. Behind him the horizon is fuzzy and out of focus because the shot is focused on him, but the reflection in his visor shows a very sharp and in focus horizon!! How is this possible? (Focal length is the area of depth in which everything will apper in sharp focus, so if the focal length is set to infinity, the horizon will appear sharp and the foreground out of focus. You can only have it set on one length at a time!!)
Why does the same mountain appear in two photos of supposedly different landing sites on different missions?
Why was Neil Armstrong able to take that famous deep footprint shot in the soft powdery moon-dust right next to the LEM's powerful rocket engine, that should have blasted all such fine powder away as he came in to land?
There are more questions, but this will do for now. And by the way, the number of people involved in a conspiracy is irrelevant, since many individuals who do come forward later to contradict the official version of events, just get ridiculed and labelled as cranks and their credibility is basically destroyed. As long as the government continues to say, "We did go, and whoever says we didn't is crazy!!" it doesn't matter how many people go against them.
P.S Check out the suspicious, soft shadows on his right arm and ask yourself, what light source could make those? Not the reflection from the ground, because the angles are totally wrong! Also, note the dark background, as if the range of the floodlights just wasn't enough. There is only one light source on the moon and that's the sun, behind and to the right. What is illuminating him from the front? Professional photographers have remarked that this shot reeks of studio lighting! And if you're not convinced by that, check out my scoop picture!!!
Now you just can't argue with this one, right??
by Glenn Blaylock on September 26th, 2005
The Fox network aired a show some years ago that presented the case of those that claim that we never went to the Moon. They were fairly complete in their presentation of this side. If you go to http://www.badastronomy.com/info/contact.html, then you will find a page that give a very good rebuttal of these arguments. If you read the rebuttal with an open mind, then you will see how little water the arguments that we never went to the Moon really hold.
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"Alatea: But you said conspiracy theories are bad......I have all the pages here. When it suits you they are ok?"
Your the one who keeps seeing conspiracies where they don't exist, not me.
BTW, the conspiracy theory here is that the government faked the Moon landings. Where in this answer do I support that idea. I think that I am pretty clear about my acceptance that we did goto the Moon.
by Johnno on September 10th, 2010
Do you think the Russians would have ever let it go if they could disprove it! They couldn't because it actually happened.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1539861
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1740291
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/347094
by The Anonymous Witch on September 10th, 2010
?. ;-)
by 1858 Remington 1-21-13 on July 22nd, 2009
It was the biggest hoax America ever pulled off and most people even today still believe it happened, I don't. The hoax was mostly for the benefit of the Soviets.
by Simply99 -- Not a fan favorite. on August 31st, 2008
It looked more like skipping then walking, maybe that's the loophole for the conspiracist's -- it's all in the semantics. Man never 'walked' on the moon.
by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on August 31st, 2008
Yes, of course.
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on August 31st, 2008
Can you say, "Intellectually challenged, perhaps due to genetic deficiencies," boys and girls? : D
by -O-uknow on March 3rd, 2008
.. to trick China into planning to go now?
by ela on November 10th, 2007
I am not sure, I have my doubts.
by Subject Matter Expert on August 18th, 2007
I dont think so
by peterpam on August 18th, 2007
There was convincing TV proof at the time but was it really the truth or just another American spoof to be first!
by Mike777 on April 8th, 2007
Real because I watched it all on tv as it happened and never once thought it looked fake, however I can't get good answers to some questions, one is why does the sun in the reflection of this astronaut on the moon (pic on left) look fake? (compare to the sun in pic on right of an astronaut on a space walk)
by AntigoneRising on January 5th, 2007
No, because the arguments against it have been throughly debunked.
by Anonymous on January 5th, 2007
No, it looks nice and comes across as plausible in part, but I think that for the amount of people that would have to be involved that there would be better evidence if the conspiracy were true.
by tigueron on January 4th, 2007
no, I don't
by Thom64 on February 8th, 2005
During the cold-war "space race" in the 1960s, the United States of America and the Soviet Union (USSR) monitored each other closely to be sure each knew the other's capabilities and answer them to try to "win" the "cold war" and the "space race." The Soviets, and pretty much every other industrial nation watched carefully the progress of the Apollo program and the moon landings. If there was any question that the USA or NASA had faked anything, the USSR, and probably China and others, would have noticed and publicized it back then. They could monitor radio broadcasts to and from the moon and see that the direction and delays were right based on their own radio equipment.
To believe that the moon landings were faked, you have to believe that much of the "cold war" was some kind of global conspiracy that included several obviously hostile, enemy nations. If they did conspire to make people believe the "faked" moon landings were real, what possible motivation would these secret powers manipulating the USA, USSR and others have for this deception? The whole conspiracy theory is way beyond belief.
Yes. Men really went to and walked on the moon.
by Pixie - jeg er elsket on July 22nd, 2009
I really dont think so.
by The Monarch on May 10th, 2009
I believe its real
by RC loves ice cream on March 30th, 2009
Almost certainly, but I love to annoy Americans by expressing doubt :D
by proven delusion on September 15th, 2008
Could it be possible that some of the footage is from a legitimate lunar landing and some of the footage was produced in a studio?
That would help to explain NASA's stonewalling of some of the more legitimate, unanswered questions that remain.
Then again, our government may actually be trying to promote a controversy in order to continue their campaign on disinformation. ugh.
Answers... comments... opinions... all are appreciated.
by artguy on August 3rd, 2008
most definitely. the "documentaries" to the contrary have all used junk science and poorly crafted arguments that have been soundly debunked time and again by scientists and professionals in the associated fields.
by Chris on June 21st, 2008
Yes, we did!
by Buffoon on June 9th, 2008
Am sure they went to the Moon but a few publicity shots might have been studio-staged afterwards for high-class photo definition.
by Parsec13 on March 3rd, 2008
I couldn't provide evidence to prove it to a non-believer but I am reasonably certain man has been on the moon. I also think it possible to fake it these days but probably not when it was done.
by Anonymous on December 14th, 2007
Of course they did.
by EL1 2 on December 14th, 2007
Yes.
by psychotikid on December 5th, 2007
honestly, do you think the russians wouldn't have said something if we had not. hell yes they would have! the russians were in an intense space race with the US at the time,and to land on the moon would be a huge propaganda coup. They monitored and tracked every aspect of the mission,and if there had been any deception whatsoever on the part of the united states ,you can bet the soviets would have been real quik to let the world know about it.
by leetmeat on December 5th, 2007
Yes, we landed on the moon. The claims made by hoaxers have long been debunked and the hoaxers themselves have been discredited.
by Worzel on November 13th, 2007
It MUST be true because the Government told us it was. :o)
by Anonymous on August 18th, 2007
Nope. For the simple fact that we've never gone back there.
how bad can the weather get before a launch has to be canceled?
by dustylosinger on May 10th, 2011
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Did APOLLO 11 (American) really land on the moon?
by AskAnswerbag on August 31st, 2010
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Why are the blueprints for the moon landing machines missing along w/ the telemetry data tapes and original high quality video?
by MrX on May 22nd, 2011
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Do you think the first moon landing was real?
by Awesome on May 19th, 2011
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What did the astronauts do with that monolith they found on the moon?
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Great answer...for someone half a sleep! ZZZZZzzzz
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on November 23rd, 2007
That IS a great answer.
by 23Skidoo on June 2nd, 2008
However, the suggestion that the photos were retouched is ridiculous. I have seen the photos in which people claim that the same background appears with a different foreground image. In fact what they don't realise is that without distance haze and the lighting effects that give us an impression of depth on the earth, the backgrounds on the moon were in fact much further away than they appeared to be. Therefore by moving the camera it would be possible to take any number of different foreground shots with the same background.
by Prunesquallor on June 9th, 2008
If you're a special effects professional no one should ever hire you based on what you just said for an answer! I can't imagine you being a professional anything but a liar! It was a hoax and your attempting to promote another lie by NASA and the military, why are you doing this?
by Anonymous on August 26th, 2008
Well, what he said was commonsense and absolutely correct, unlike the utter nonsense that I have seen on some of the conspiracy sites. Such questions as 'Why don't you see stars in the sky in the photos?' could be answered by a 7-year-old with a basic knowledge of photography.
by Prunesquallor on August 26th, 2008
It's fake, the moon landing never happened! PERIOD. :D have a nice day
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on August 26th, 2008
So there! :)
by Prunesquallor on August 26th, 2008
Damn. And I had all that cool evidence to say it was real, too. Guess I'll become a creationist now.
by 23Skidoo on August 27th, 2008
lol - it's the only way out for us, I'm afraid. :)
by Prunesquallor on August 27th, 2008
OH! NO! DON'T DO IT....Ok it was all a dream..er sure it was real..er just don't become a creationist! Anything but that. lol
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on August 27th, 2008
OK. Just for you I won't. I'll stay rational.
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But just for you, ya? :-)
by 23Skidoo on August 27th, 2008
What about the photographs there are shoadows that aren't paralelle suggesting two light sources
by Zurich on July 23rd, 2009
http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html
VERY GOOD site! enjoy! : )
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on July 23rd, 2009
Um. Suggesting two light sources or uneven ground. Which do you think is more likely?
by Prunesquallor on July 23rd, 2009
Uneven ground. And Mythbusters did a whole show on Apollo 11, they did some experiments and they even found some evidence on the moon (I forgot what it was) to show the man went to the moon. So YES, man really DID go to the moon. It's NO conspiracy theory. Get over it!
by bangalore on October 12th, 2009
Hahaha..Mythbusters..hahaha!
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on October 13th, 2009
Bangalore relax dude I was just asking cause I was on the fence about this, I mean really i don't care if we went to the moon or not but you need to take a chill pill man. And if your reading the comments you can see I wasn't appart of the ITS A FAKE scenario.
by Zurich on October 13th, 2009
O.k Guys.
1) There is no atmosphere on the moon, so there should not be any wind. So, why is it that in the picture the flag is flying.?
2) A foot print that deep would not have been made in a area with half the gravity if the earth.
3) Next, why are there no stars in any of the pictures.?
4) We haven't been on the moon since then. And when we actually really tried again, the ship blew up.!
It blew up because there is a radiation ring around the earth.
6) Instead of getting mad at eachother, get mad at NASA. They used up millions of dollars to do a fake.!
7) Now guys. It was a fake. Get over it.!
by Dee223 on November 30th, 2009
Oh dear.
by Prunesquallor on November 30th, 2009
Tell 'em Dee223! :D
by Phil in the Blank...backandtotheleft on November 30th, 2009
DEE__First the gravity is 9.78/1.62 or 1/6 th not half!!
The regolith(moon soil) is less dense mostly on account of not being compressed as firmly due to the lack of gravity on the Moon.
The Mon was wired and with no gravity to pull it to a rapdi state of equilibrium, meanin to lie agains the pole, it waves-see mythbusters prove this in a vacuum chamber.
If the van allen belts blew up a ship in route to teh Moon you are also stating that all satellites claied to orbit any other body; ie Mars, Jupiter and so forth are also hoaxes as they too would have blown up.
We could have never fooled anyone, especially the rusians as they could have determined the exact distance we were from earth based on our radio broadcasts. You are intent on insulting everyone on this planet by stating this, which is evedint you have no idea on and should be silent on such matters until you do some research and learn some things about how the world works!!!!!!!!!
by archimedes on December 7th, 2009