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Moon Landing, A Hoax?. Do some critical thinking about the controversial claim that the Apollo moon landings were faked. Moon Landing, A Hoax?.
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Moon Landing, A Hoax? Do some critical thinking about the controversial claim that the Apollo moon landings were faked
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • There are no stars in photos from the surface of the Moon. The sky appears jet black in these photos. This is considered one of the biggest points of evidence.
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • Shadows in the photographs are not black enough. There is no atmosphere on the moon to scatter sunlight so light should be coming only from the sun and shadows should be perfectly black. Yet some shadows are not, as if there were another source of light such as spotlights in a movie studio.
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • In addition some shadows of objects in a landscape are not all perfectly parallel. This is especially pointed out in the reflections off the face plate in Buzz Aldrin's helmet.
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • The flag appears to be blowing in the wind, yet there is no atmosphere on the Moon.
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • The Lunar surface is so hot (reaching up to 120 degrees C in the hottest part of the Lunar day) that this heat would have killed the astronauts. Hint: Timing.
Moon Landing, A Hoax? • The radiation in space would have killed the astronauts.