Did man land on the moon?

[Over The Hill]

All you conspiracy theory lot want it both ways!

Firstly you say they did not land on the moon but made it all up and then you say aliens visited us from space but they have covered it all up.

 

[Monkey Spanner]

Does it matter whether they did or didn't?

They did btw.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sorry, but how is that 'both ways'? Both cases tally with conspiracy theories perfectly: They have cynically kept the truth from Us.

Very few such conspiracy theories hold water, if for no other reason than the improbability of the US Government's ability to prevent leaks from any operation on any kind of scale. The one glaring exception being JFK's assassination, where the stark incompatibility between Lee Harvey Oswald's military record and his marksmanship on the day (despite being armed with a notoriously crappy gun), guarantees that doubts will always remain.

 

[Desert Orchid]

The quality of the still images still takes my breath away though.

truly stunning when you consider the gloves and suits they wore when using the cameras, and the built into the suit ones that they couldn't see a viewfinder because of the helmets, and the multi directional light sources, and getting the film through the radiation belt

why is there no delay when NASA is talking to the astronauts? when BBC news talks to America there is a delay

 

[Mr Phoebus]

why is there no delay when NASA is talking to the astronauts? when BBC news talks to America there is a delay

There is a timed delay so that the CIA can censor and filter out anything untoward that might be seen as a threat to their great nashun.

 

[Chuffy]

truly stunning when you consider the gloves and suits they wore when using the cameras, and the built into the suit ones that they couldn't see a viewfinder because of the helmets, and the multi directional light sources, and getting the film through the radiation belt

They also practiced a lot and took many more images than have ever been used publicly. Most of which will be of Neil Armstrong's thumb or the inside of the lense cap.

 

[Mr Pig]

Love the punch, that was superb and so deserved. He'll have taken a nice bruise back to his trailer park ;0)

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Here's the footage of Buzz Aldrin (2nd man on the moon) punching a conspiracy idiot. I'm a non-violent kinda guy, but this seemed entirely justified...

"Houston... the knuckles have landed."

 

[Tetedelacourse]

They did land on the moon.

Don't apply your own limited knowledge, funding and aspirations to everyone

 

[alecstilleyedye]

They did land on the moon.

Don't apply your own limited knowledge, funding and aspirations to everyone

seconded. it's easier to believe it was an elaborate fake (a belief that has only seemed to gain any mainstream currency since photo and movie editing became more widely used), because it would not exactly be rocket science to do, rather than try and understand rocket science, which is

 

[Graham O]

The big problem with conspiracy theorists is that no matter how much "evidence" is provided, they can always say "but you would say that".

 

[swee'pea99]

The big problem with conspiracy theorists is that no matter how much "evidence" is provided, they can always say "but you would say that".

So you say.

 

[Maz]

They also practiced a lot and took many more images than have ever been used publicly. Most of which will be of Neil Armstrong's thumb or the inside of the lense cap.

...and also the 'fun' pictures...those of Armstrong pretending to hold the Earth aloft in his raised arms and Aldrin in a deckchair with his 'Kiss Me Quick' hat worn on top of his helmet.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

There's only one way to settle this...

 

[ArDee]

One of the landings was supposedly on The Sea of Tranquility. This is on the near side of the moon, so should be visible with a powerful enough telelscope.

All the landings were on this side of the moon;

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/apollo_landings.html