And now for something completely different.

[Michie]

You know this forum could be interesting, fun, even educational. Sure, discuss conspiracy theories either pro or con. But there needs to be some balance backed by facts. Not proven fake photos etc. So I’ll start.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. (Image credit: NASA)

When humans first walked on the moon 50 years ago, they left footprints, a flag and for some, a trail of doubt. While most Earthlings celebrated humanity's great feat, a handful of holdouts just raised their eyebrows and whipped up some bizarre theories. The most famous of these conspiracy theories is that the moon landings were not real, but were staged by NASA.

Though the first moonwalker has died, these conspiracy theories — and others about the moon — live on. Here are some of the most famous moon conspiracies and myths, and here's why they make absolutely no sense.

The Apollo moon landings were faked​

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Top Moon Conspiracy Theories and Why They Are Stupid

While most Earthlings celebrated humanity's great feat, a handful of holdouts just raised their eyebrows and whipped up some bizarre theories.

www.livescience.com

 

[Michie]

 

[Michie]

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To all the looney lunar landing deniers and conspiracy theorists out there, NASA has just four words to say: "Apollo: Yes, We Did." Photo illustration by Smithsonian.com; Photos courtesy of iStock/GeorgePeters, istock/cmannphoto

Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moon

Moon-landing deniers, says space scholar and former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, are full of stuff and nonsense

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Michie]

Entire books, many videos, and thousands of hours of time have been wasted building this ‘conspiracy theory’, devoted to “debunking” the Apollo moon missions as some grand government conspiracy.

We have spent much digital ink debunking the claims of Flat Earthers (simply enter “Flat Earth” in the search tool at the top of this page or in the library search, also at the top of the page, to find all these articles). We’re not going to rehash that here.

I was in my early teens in 1969 and was on a road trip to Florida with my parents and brothers, specifically to watch the launch of Apollo 11, the first manned-mission to the lunar surface. We all witnessed the liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle and felt the earth shake under our feet as the 36-story tall vehicle slowly accelerated away from the launch pad into the pale-blue Florida sky. We all witnessed the launch. There was no fake – it happened.

So where did it go, if not to the moon?​

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Using Basic Physics to Prove we Went to the Moon » Astronomy For Change

Basic physics proves the Apollo 15 Astronauts were on the moon.

astronomyforchange.org

 

[Maori Aussie]

Entire books, many videos, and thousands of hours of time have been wasted building this ‘conspiracy theory’, devoted to “debunking” the Apollo moon missions as some grand government conspiracy.

We have spent much digital ink debunking the claims of Flat Earthers (simply enter “Flat Earth” in the search tool at the top of this page or in the library search, also at the top of the page, to find all these articles). We’re not going to rehash that here.

I was in my early teens in 1969 and was on a road trip to Florida with my parents and brothers, specifically to watch the launch of Apollo 11, the first manned-mission to the lunar surface. We all witnessed the liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle and felt the earth shake under our feet as the 36-story tall vehicle slowly accelerated away from the launch pad into the pale-blue Florida sky. We all witnessed the launch. There was no fake – it happened.

So where did it go, if not to the moon?​

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Using Basic Physics to Prove we Went to the Moon » Astronomy For Change

Basic physics proves the Apollo 15 Astronauts were on the moon.

astronomyforchange.org

And all sorts of things were left on the moon like rovers, and the reflectors that they fire lasers at to measure the moons distance from the Earth. I knew a guy into this conspiracy, but he retreated to a position of "the photography was faked, not the landing".

 

[Michie]

And all sorts of things were left on the moon like rovers, and the reflectors that they fire lasers at to measure the moons distance from the Earth. I knew a guy into this conspiracy, but he retreated to a position of "the photography was faked, not the landing".

I just do not understand the huge investment people have in these conspiracy theories and how resistant they are to the facts that actually make sense.