Was the landing on the moon a fake?

deee writes

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In responding to the most asked questions about the hoax ...Here is NASA's response
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/sp...oon/index.html
NASA should be giving us more information than that. I seen better rebuttals on this thread than NASA's effort.

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Don't you mean CNN should be giving us more information than that? So CNN doesn't devote enough time or space to the moon landing conspiracy theory and it's NASA's fault!? How does that work? Do you have green cheese for brains? Have mice been gnawing on it?

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Originally Posted by KellyShore

oh lord and the many people that watched the rocket go straight out of orbit were all paid too, to lie lol

conspiracy theories are so silly sometimes.

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Did you ever ask yourself why the flag is floating and blowing around when there is no air on the moon? yeah think about that

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Originally Posted by superjoe2

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Originally Posted by KellyShore

oh lord and the many people that watched the rocket go straight out of orbit were all paid too, to lie lol

conspiracy theories are so silly sometimes.

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Did you ever ask yourself why the flag is floating and blowing around when there is no air on the moon? yeah think about that

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Did you ever bother reading the entire thread? The flag issue has been answered a number of times. :roll:

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Originally Posted by superjoe2

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Originally Posted by KellyShore

oh lord and the many people that watched the rocket go straight out of orbit were all paid too, to lie lol

conspiracy theories are so silly sometimes.

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Did you ever ask yourself why the flag is floating and blowing around when there is no air on the moon? yeah think about that

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there is no wind on the Moon :shock:

This argument could be proven very easily... use a high powered telescope and look for an American Flag on the moon. As for the power of the telescope required, I'm not sure due to the fact that I'm not an astronomer... If it requires the Hubble, we'll were all S.O.L on that one.

The surface of the Moon is roughly 376000 kilometers from the surface of the Earth at their closest points. Two points on the surface of the Moon one yard apart from each other would subtend an angle of 1yard/376000km =0 .00000000243 radians = 0.0000000696 degrees = 0.00025 seconds of arc. The Lunar Lander itself might subtend angle of one order of magnitude higher, say 0.0025 seconds of arc. So what is the resolution of our best telescopes? The Hubble has a resolution of about 0.1 seconds of arc. Even given it’s slightly closer proximity to the Moon, even Hubble wouldn’t be able to confirm the presence of the Lunar Lander, let alone the flag. Future missions to the Moon, which a currently under preparation may be able to observe it from lunar orbit.

But let's suppose we could build a telescope with the resolving power to confirm the presence of the Lunar Lander on the Moon. I don't think it would resolve the issue. The conspiracy theorists will just take the same position the Catholic bishops took against Galileo, namely they will claim the telescope was designed to decieve.

[Addendum: More accurately Hubble has a resolution of approximately 0.0175 seconds of arc. An object on the Moon less than 32 meters across would be an dot with indistinguishable extension.]

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Originally Posted by dan_drade

A lot of people say the holocaust never happened either. But I would have to say they are wrong too.

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Genocide vs. landing on the moon good one. I think it was faked.

Sincerely,

Didn't vote for obama

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Originally Posted by jordyd19

I think it was faked.

Sincerely,

Didn't vote for obama

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Good to know another idiot who didn't vote for Obama. No one wants the endorsement of a Moon landing conspiracy theorist.

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Originally Posted by jordyd19

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Originally Posted by dan_drade

A lot of people say the holocaust never happened either. But I would have to say they are wrong too.

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Genocide vs. landing on the moon good one. I think it was faked.

Sincerely,

Didn't vote for obama

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I mean,who really gives a fuck who you did or didn't vote for.

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Originally Posted by jordyd19

I think it was faked.

Sincerely,

Didn't vote for obama

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now I get it , the landing on the moon was a conspiracy made by Obama :twisted: :wink: