The Moon Landing Hoax

If you are reading this, your mind is about to be expanded. I am the founder of a small group called Conspiracy Nutjobs Need Not Apply (CN3A). What finally caused me to snap was the startling discovery that 20% of Americans believe that the moon landing was faked.

Now, this annoys me on a personal and professional level. On a personal level, I am ashamed to call myself an American every time a so-called Patriot or Freedom Fighter brings forth “shocking evidence to open our eyes”. On a professional level, I can’t stop running my mouth (or in this case my word processor) when this occurs in my presence.

I am human, and am capable of error. I fully admit that. However when it comes to any of these nonsensical conspiracy theories I openly boast that “I’m right, and you’re wrong.” But, being a good scientist (that is to say loud college student with too much free time on his hands and access to the internet), I am continually questioning my beliefs and findings. So I don’t just call you wrong,  I show you why you are wrong. Mind you, this is aimed at the mistaken people whom I have previously defined, so your results may vary.

As you might guess, my first debunk is on the moon landing “hoax”. With apologies to Mythbusters, who have thoroughly debunked this already, this is my humble take on the situation to the best of my knowledge.

First, let’s examine some of the simpler-minded claims. I thank the information on this and several other segments to http://www.braeunig.us/space/hoax.htm.

The most erroneous claim was that in the photos of the moon landing, stars do not appear in the black sky. This is a person who has never owned or operated a camera in their entire life. The answer is simple: they’re just too faint to see, and are drowned out by the sun, and the reflected sunlight off the moon’s surface.

Along those lines, how about the claim that in certain photos the astronauts standing in the landers shadow appear well-lit when they should be obscured by the shadow. This is an okay observation in theory, with one exception. They are not considering that sunlightis still reflecting off the surface of the moonilluminating the astronaut. I wonder why the man in the BIG WHITE SUIT appears so well!