Fake Moon Landing Photos
13 Jul 2009 12:52 by Mark
The world is still divided between those who believe the lunar landings were genuine as they were backed by scientific fundamentals coupled with a hell of a lot of physical evidence to support them and those who wouldn't believe their hair was on fire if you stood them in front of a mirror and handed them a concise pamphlet that explained what that hot feeling and that dreadful smell were.So, did Neil Armstrong and Buzz "The Buzzmeister" Aldrin really walk on the moon while Michael Collins did the ironing in the lunar orbiter? Was the landing a hoax, a propaganda tool to use in the war of "who's got the bigger penis?" going on with the Russians? The people who state that the landings were fake claim that you can't trust the photographic evidence provided by NASA as photographic evidence is not a very trustworthy medium indeed. To prove their own case they use the photographic evidence provided by NASA as photographic evidence is a very trustworthy medium indeed, and their reasoning is often compelling if you're tired and have had a few to drink.
Photos documenting the alleged fake moon landings can easily be found on the web. With the 40th anniversary of the Apollo XI moon landings almost upon us I've decided to group together some of the pictorial evidence against the moon landings being genuine and let you decide for yourself. Hoax? Real? Will we really ever know for sure?
One of the conspiracy theories linked to NASA's Apollo missions to the moon is that actors were used rather than wasting money on fake-training former air force pilots. Certainly, it's difficult to think of another reason why Jonathan Harris - better know for his role as Dr Zachary Smith in Lost In Space - made it into early publicity shots of the Apollo XI command crew.
The shadows cast on the moon seem to be a constant source of contention. Some people point out that in certain photos the shadows don't appear to be parallel as if there were more than one light source or, bizarrely, the ground were in some way uneven. Other people notice oddities in the shadows as if there is something off camera that doesn't seem to fit on the lunar surface.
Do you know the Klingon proverb "revenge is a dish best served cold"? It is very cold... in space. And the moon's in space so it should be very cold there too. Yet, the picture above clearly shows Neil Armstrong enjoying an ice cream, an unlikely choice of food for such a cold environment. But... a heavy suit under studio lights? Now that's a different matter.
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You know I've been thinking about this a lot lately, probably due to MJ's death. Like Elvis, there will always be cynics that think he's still alive despite anything you tell them.
There's a side of me that doesn't blame them in a way. Media isn't really concerned with "Truth" if you think about it ... It's driven by fear, doubt and controversy -whatever sells. I've grown to be critical of everything I'm told, and suspect this is healthy.
But in this case, the failure to bring back any green cheese -and the glaring omission of any references to it- suggests to me that Buzz and Niel "Punk'd" us good ...
Sarcasm. When does it become an Olympic sport?
The rocket flame (invisible as it burnt outside visible range) would have kicked up dust as it came into contact with it. Thereafter, said dust would have landed again, rather than being blown all over the place, because of there being no air. There was only a fine layer of dust on top of the moon's rocky ground anyway. By the time the astronauts stepped out of the module all the dust nearby would have resettled on the surface more-or-less right where it had been previously.
*Contrary to popular belief, the moon is not made of green cheese, although a rather tasty blue vein runs through the dark side.
Oh, and hi Mark, sorry I've not visited for sooooo long, I fully expect to be moderated for my reclusion :)
Let's see the disinfo crew answer that one???????
Pete
P.S. Pete, your hair's on fire.
I've run your comment through a Universal Translator left on Earth by Martians that crashed at Roswell and even it can't work out whether you're a believer in the fact of the moon landings or a believer in nutjob conspiracy theories. Under the assumption that the latter is true - borne out to some degree by the quality of the comment - then let's talk about air and waving flags. The flag waved because it had lightweight metal poles in it for rigidity. Take something long and thin (no, not what you're thinking of); a pencil for instance. Hold it at one end. Flick the other end. Notice it moving back and forwards. Notice that this was the result of you flicking it and not the result of a sudden hurricane passing through in front of the computer. Same with the flag. It moved because it had just been put in position and wasn't very secure in the ground on account of said ground being hard rock with a shallow layer of dust on it as opposed to soil. Consider the alternative. Consider that NASA had built a closed studio and shot some fake footage. Consider that when it came time to put the flag in place someone said, 'Hey, I've got an idea! Let's turn on some fans. But we'll have to angle them upwards so that only the flag moves but none of all that dust we painstakingly emptied from the hoover bags to spread all over the floor earlier does.' Nut. Job.