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Paladin2000 · 05-13-2004, 03:13 PM

I was being sceptical of people acusing NASA of faking the moon landing, now I am being sceptical if the whole moon landing was real after all. If this is true, history would need to be rewritten and many heads will fall.

Wysardry · 05-13-2004, 08:02 PM

The special effects in movies from that era weren't that impressive or convincing, so it is highly unlikely that the footage of the first moon landing was a fake.

Besides, these days the public can actually see the space shuttle take off on a regular basis, and that would be a very impressive leap of technology if they hadn't landed on the moon as early as they claim.

Maethias · 05-13-2004, 09:13 PM

I think that with the evidence presented there is a very good chance that the footage was faked. however with all the other evidence, the landings being tracked, the trouble with a secret being kept so well, one possibility might have been that they actually did go to the moon, but made false footage to promote it. just a thought.

Thoran · 05-14-2004, 09:31 AM

Well I didn't go through every point he made... but I did look at some of his still "evidence". His idea regarding the shadow length of the two astronauts (that one was too long and the other too short) is compete bunk. He's assuming the ground is perfectly flat (it isn't), and in the presence of slope lot's of optical illusions can appear in how the shadows throw. He appears to base a lot of his "shadow" theories on a simple lack of understanding of how shadows throw on nonuniform surfaces... it doesn't give me a warm feeling about the guys credibility.

The movement of shadows in all the motion footage is completely consistant with the guys walking on an uneven surface.

Thoran · 05-14-2004, 01:24 PM

Besides... if we never went than stuff like this:

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/...arranging.html

wouldn't be possible.

LordKathen · 05-14-2004, 04:00 PM

Excellent link Thoran! I have often wondered why we hav'nt gone back, but I dont doubt we went before.

Animal · 05-14-2004, 04:05 PM

Surely, we a powerful enough telescope we should be able to see all the "crap" that we left on the moon? That should answer the question.

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05-13-2004, 03:13 PM	#11
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 52 Posts: 1,728	I was being sceptical of people acusing NASA of faking the moon landing, now I am being sceptical if the whole moon landing was real after all. If this is true, history would need to be rewritten and many heads will fall. __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)

05-14-2004, 04:00 PM	#16
LordKathen Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Kennewick, WA Age: 52 Posts: 3,166	Excellent link Thoran! I have often wondered why we hav'nt gone back, but I dont doubt we went before. __________________

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05-13-2004, 08:02 PM	#12
Wysardry Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: February 2, 2004 Location: UK Age: 57 Posts: 40	The special effects in movies from that era weren't that impressive or convincing, so it is highly unlikely that the footage of the first moon landing was a fake. Besides, these days the public can actually see the space shuttle take off on a regular basis, and that would be a very impressive leap of technology if they hadn't landed on the moon as early as they claim.

05-13-2004, 09:13 PM	#13
Maethias Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 4, 2004 Location: Canada Age: 38 Posts: 8	I think that with the evidence presented there is a very good chance that the footage was faked. however with all the other evidence, the landings being tracked, the trouble with a secret being kept so well, one possibility might have been that they actually did go to the moon, but made false footage to promote it. just a thought.

05-14-2004, 09:31 AM	#14
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	Well I didn't go through every point he made... but I did look at some of his still "evidence". His idea regarding the shadow length of the two astronauts (that one was too long and the other too short) is compete bunk. He's assuming the ground is perfectly flat (it isn't), and in the presence of slope lot's of optical illusions can appear in how the shadows throw. He appears to base a lot of his "shadow" theories on a simple lack of understanding of how shadows throw on nonuniform surfaces... it doesn't give me a warm feeling about the guys credibility. The movement of shadows in all the motion footage is completely consistant with the guys walking on an uneven surface.

05-14-2004, 01:24 PM	#15
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	Besides... if we never went than stuff like this: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/...arranging.html wouldn't be possible.

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