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And some people also say that the moon is made of Cheese and that the North Pole is populated by A large fat man and lots of small people in green hats.
These people are called children. And those are the only people who would believe the moon is artificial or hollow.
From this very website:
Hollow Moon Theory
Category : Space, Technology and the Universe
A theory that suggests that the moon is a large hollow sphere. Backed up by little evidence, but still regarded by some as a possibility, hollow moon theory originated during seismological tests on the moon following the Lunar landings.
This occured most notably in November 1969 after seismometers were set up on the moons surface by the astronauts of Apollo XII. When the Lunar module had taken off, heading back to earth the astronauts discarded the ascent stage of the lunar module, dropping it on the moons surface, smashing the craft and creating a tremor that was picked up by the seismometers and when the NASA scientists heard the data stream, they couldn’t believe what they were hearing. The moon was ringing like a bell and continued to do so for around an hour.
After they had had a chance to analyse the seismological information, NASA declared that the moon seemed to be a hollow sphere with a metallic layer around 34-40 metres deep. No other type of evidence has yet been found to back up the theory that the moon is hollow.
( Apollo XII details contributed by Andy Thorley )
I did not make this up, I do not necessarily believe it, because I do not have sufficient
information or understanding of the complete arguements to draw a final conclusion.
I do however try to keep an open mind that things that seem improbable may indeed be possible. The very FACT that the moon rang like a bell is mysterious to me and I wonder why it would do so? I presented the idea of ET because I am aware that some have made that arguement, not that it is my view. It did seem to fit into the conversation.
The myth of Santa Claus grew out of what was a true story. How many stories from childhood have such basis? Many nursery rhymes have politcal underpinnings.
Perhaps, people once believed that the moon was made of cheese. Science and reason
have shown otherwise. Science has shown that the moon rings. Reason (to me)
has shown that truth is often stranger than fiction. Eventually there will be more moon landings, maybe even a base established more facts will be known, there will be surprises instore.