I remember watching it on TV live. As a 10 year old boy, this was one of the major news events I was interested in. Everyone was.
Now of course that is at the heart of the conspiracy theory regarding the moon landing. That all that footage was faked. Done in a studio some where. Now I believe that it actually took place for more reasons alone than that I saw it on TV. Or that it is a sentimental moment of my childhood. But just looking at that one point. It was all a "movie" more or less. Today, I would say they could pull it off. With the advances in special effects from 1969 to today is nothing short of amazing. That being said. Go back, watch the footage. Even with what is available to watch, you can see this is real. Watch a movie, or tv from the time. They would have botched it at some point. Even if it was just one small movement, or the way an inanimate object moved. Somebody would have pointed it out clearly by now. But things instead move the way you would expect in different gravity.
One small point as a side note to the lunar landing. If you look at the feet of the lunar lander the astronauts were in. Big dish looking things. I had read (correct me if I'm wrong) that they were like that, because they were expecting the moon to have a thick coating of cosmic dust. This expectation due to measurements they had been taking of cosmic dust up to that point. If as they theorize, the moon had been in orbit around the earth for millions/billions of years, then the dust that had accumulated would be thick, and the feet on the lander were designed to help keep the lander from sinking too far into what could possibly be a deep layer of dust. Instead they were surprised to find a relatively thin layer of dust, as pictures of the footprints show. It is only about an inch deep. Indicating the moon has not in fact been around for millions/billions of years, but instead does suggest a young moon.
Now if you wish to believe that the moon landing was faked, the logical question is, why?
As far as believing there are legitimate conspiracies in our society to be aware of, and even concerned about. Yes. Of course. Look at history. Logic tells you, that if men have plotted throughout history to gain positions of power, why would it be any different today?
Here is a quote by Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
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