QOTD: Do You Think Moon Landing Was Faked?

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[citation][nom]Scotteq[/nom]I do believe we successfuly landed on the moon.I also believe most conspiracy theories are clear and present evidence of the ever increasing quality of recreational drugs.[/citation]

Hey!
I'm clean...

I don't give a rats ass...

I just came across a good joke in FHM by a brit... "My neighbors are loud and obnoxious. Now I know how Canada feels."
 
Why do I get -2 for stating fact? Fact is, NASA spends too much money to do something that is relatively simple. Just look at how much fuel it takes them to get the space shuttle to the launch pad for one small (or large) example..
 
[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]12 People have walked the moon on 6 different occasions between 1969 and 1972..what is so difficult?[/citation]

Read roockets post before responding to mine. I was referring to Hobbyists not the US. If you read my first post at the top of page one i think we landed on the moon.
 
Conspiracy theorist exist because they are people who just can't handle the fact that the government can actually do amazing things. Its funny cause a lot of these people would not be able to execute these opinions if it wasn't for our government.

Imagine the series of events that would have occurred if the Russian's had landed first, that woulda been a big point for communist Russia, and who knows would actually still exist today. Do you think that if you live there now and tried to claim that the Russian government had faked their moon lading you would even still be alive?

If you don't believe anything this government does then get the hell out of this country.
 
[citation][nom]hemelskonijn[/nom]the only thing that is sure is that nothing is for sure[/citation]
Two things in the world are for certain...

1) Taxes
2) Death
 
[citation][nom]VioMeTriX[/nom]i know it wasnt faked for a fact....anyone with a decent telescope ( im talking a big one with a mirror for a lense, but small enought to own at home) can see the lunar rover and other items left behind on a clear mid winters night.... i really dont think those items would be there if we weren't.... i personally havent seen the flag, but ive seen the rover and the bottom of the landing craft, so i imagine the only reason i may not be able to see the flag is the angle being it should be right by the landing pod.[/citation]

I'm sorry, but that's bullshit. Even the hubble telescope cannot resolve images to the point of being able to see the lunar modules.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/12/moon-hoax-why-not-use-telescopes-to-look-at-the-landers/
 
I would rather they ask about the twin towers than the moon landing. There's plenty of rational explanations about the discrepancies people point out in the moon landing, but there are definitely things that have been left unanswered and even pushed under the carpet in terms of the WTC event. I find that conspiracy theory is necessary because somebody needs to try to keep a watchful eye to ensure that those in places of power are acting accordingly, but things like this certainly helps the diffusion of "tin foil hat" treatment of potentially legitimate theories. The fact still stands, though, that it's fine (and sometimes necessary) to ask questions, and to test the resolve of "common knowledge" (which is, more often than not, "common perception"), so while I don't agree with the lacking "research" that continues this "debate" I'll still defend and, when properly researched, commend those with enough dedication to search for hidden lies.
 
[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]Hey!I'm clean...I don't give a rats ass...I just came across a good joke in FHM by a brit... "My neighbors are loud and obnoxious. Now I know how Canada feels."[/citation]
haha i like.
 
I dont really care if it was faked or not. I trust this government about as much as an erupting volcano, so I wouldn't put it past em to fake it. If the flag moved, it was fake because there is no atmosphere on the moon and there is no wind.
 
We landed on the moon, and then we just kinda lost interest in space. It took alot more money and resources back then to get into space. Now, we spend more money every week in Iraq than the yearly budget for NASA. I think that's a pretty good reason why we haven't really sent people beyond the moon yet. I believe that other countries will start to harvest the resources of other planets in our solar system before we do.
 
[citation][nom]Antilycus[/nom]I dont really care if it was faked or not. I trust this government about as much as an erupting volcano, so I wouldn't put it past em to fake it. If the flag moved, it was fake because there is no atmosphere on the moon and there is no wind.[/citation]

Again another disproven conspiracy theory. Please do some research before deciding to believe in something. http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=44070.

The flag was not waving it was held up by mesh (i think may have been a bar or something) in the flag and the waving was from the astronauts motion of digging it into the moons soil. Without an atmosphere there was no resistance to stop the flag from continuing to wave for a while after it was in the ground. Thus causing the illusion of the flag moving in the wind.
 
It can't be possible that nasa faked extremely low res footage of a moon landing. That would be impossible! /sarcasm.

It bothers me that there are people who have not the shadow of doubt that the government would fake such a thing. On the other hand, there is no strong evidence from the footage that it was indeed faked, as covered by sources like Mythbusters, and I believe it was technologically possible for them to have pulled it off... So, I'm pretty sure its real.

Which bothers me a bit more. It means that our current technology may not be reliable enough to carry on similar missions... I just have this thought in my head of an astronaut panicked: "Houston, I've lost video! I can't see any of my *broken signal* we're going to crash *broken signal* OH MY GAUHHD! *crashing sounds, with muffled screaming in the background*"... followed by a report later on the news that the Nvidia chips had microscopic cracks in them, causing them to fail when exposed to temperature changes.

 
It was faked, if they couldnt even get the first satellite in space, than how did they manage to get an astronaught up there first?
 
[citation][nom]eyemaster[/nom]How so? Is it too much to ask for proof?[/citation]
Proof has been given. Moon Hoax CTs just stick their head in the sand. One who sticks their head in the sand and keeps the same "opinion" on events in light of facts to the contrary are, in fact, idiots. If they do not realize what the facts are that support the case for the moon landings, then they are at best ignorant, and should educate themselves with a 10 second google search, and maybe 10-20 minutes of reading. With the amount of time most of them spend spewing their crap, they could have a first rate education in the evidence. They just wish no to see it.
 
I don't agree much with the conspiracies.

The flag thing, yes it will wave when there's no air to stop it. It's momentum, pretty simple.

The lack of stars? Easy, the contrast is just too high for the equipment.

I'm only sceptical because I don't know if we had the technology back then to bring the required equipment to the moon AND leave the moon. It's easy to get there, it's coming back that's hard.

On the other side, engineers were not constrained by penny pinchers like they are today. They were actually free to get the best solution possible, no matter the cost. Today, the world is ruled by finances and they will cut all and any corners to save a penny or 2.

I'm undecided.
 
[citation][nom]eyemaster[/nom]It's easy to get there, it's coming back that's hard.[/citation]
I think it's okay to say that I don't see how they could do it, because no one in the world is an expert at every field. No one expects any one person to be able to draw up the plans. But what you have to understand is, that even though you, yourself, cannot fathom how this was done, those who are experts in the field can, and have. That you cannot see how it is done or can be done does not mean it cannot.

In the same vein, you (presumably) cannot perform an open heart surgery, or brain surgery, but you (I assume) don't think they do not exist. I don't understand why people have such a disconnect with this. They figure if they can't understand how it works, or could not be done, it's a toss-up. It is okay to trust the experts, or at the very least say you don't have the qualifications to understand how it would be done.
 
i do think we did go to the moon, but i just dont understand why nasas annual financial allocation has to be so hefty, some day we really may make the earth uninhabitale, but the money we spend trying to find another planet we can live on can be spent trying to make sure the earth will always have the ability to support life.
 
Here's my two cents: Nobody really questions that we got into space in the 60's and to me that is the hard part. Once you are in space you just need some calculations, fuel, air, and a ship that can detach from the command module and descend down to the moon surface and go back up. The moon is all but weightless, so you don't even need powerful rockets for the landing module.

So if we were in space at all, I see no reason why we could not have gone to the moon. And yes I believe we were in space and on the moon.
 
I try not to live a self-indulged, depressed, sheltered life in which I aspire to believe that everything around me is a lie/conspiracy.

Plus I think the whole conspiracy theory around this particular issue is a joke. 😉
 
My Uncle worked for a NASA contractor during the moon landing. I asked him the same question.

His response was simple, He said sure there's the possibility it was a fake, but in his mind it most definitely happened. To him it was the scale of the entire project that makes it near impossible to have faked the entire thing. The countless number of companies and personnel involved were just too immense to sucessfully cover up a fake mission.

I'd have to agree with him on it, the scale of the project was just so massive I don't think it could have been faked so well that it would still be a question 40 years later.
 
We have sent hundreds if not thousands of satellites out, we have global and free Gps systems, a Hubble telescope, Space Shuttle program, close-up Photos from fu*cking Jupitor and mars, and an permanently inhabited international space station! Is all that fake too?

Seriously what kind of question is that to post in news?
 
[citation][nom]thexenocide[/nom]I would rather they ask about the twin towers than the moon landing. There's plenty of rational explanations about the discrepancies people point out in the moon landing, but there are definitely things that have been left unanswered and even pushed under the carpet in terms of the WTC event. I find that conspiracy theory is necessary because somebody needs to try to keep a watchful eye to ensure that those in places of power are acting accordingly, but things like this certainly helps the diffusion of "tin foil hat" treatment of potentially legitimate theories. The fact still stands, though, that it's fine (and sometimes necessary) to ask questions, and to test the resolve of "common knowledge" (which is, more often than not, "common perception"), so while I don't agree with the lacking "research" that continues this "debate" I'll still defend and, when properly researched, commend those with enough dedication to search for hidden lies.[/citation]

hmmm well i dont see it as bullshit.... the hubble can see galaxies thousands of light years away because of the angle, but prevents it from resolving up close.... and again i say the i couldnt see the flag because of the angle, it didnt cast a shadow... i never said i sat there and saw every detal and read the dashboard, but for once im in no mood to argue... whether it is true or not is irrelevant to me at this point, i only hope i live long enough to see us either get off this dirtball or to see other life in this universe
 
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