UM-Bot Posted July 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The idea that the Moon landings were faked remains one of the most enduring of all conspiracy theories. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328948/moon-landing-conspiracies-continue-to-endure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I know someone that believes the moon landings were faked. When she starts in on it I want to toss her out the window. One time I tried showing her a video of physicists debunking the faked moon landing theories. She refused to watch it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted July 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I never heard about any conspiracies about the moon landing being faked until after the movie "Wag the Dog" came out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted July 10, 2019 #4 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Former Soviet Cosmonants even verify that the US landed on the moon. And they were our cold war enemies at the time. If they new it was a fraud they would have exposed it to the world. These CT's are cut from the same cloth as Flat Earthers. Evidence doesn't mean anything to those that based situations on emotion. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted July 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) This, like many, 'conspiracy theories' endure because they're HILARIOUS. I mean, there's a ton of entertainment value in them. Sure, there probably are a handful of true believers...But most people, IMO, are in it for the lolz and (to a certain extent) the psychology, mythology, sociology, etc. of conspiracy theories that I believe is worth studying in and of itself as a phenomenon. Edited July 10, 2019 by Seti42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted July 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, OverSword said: I know someone that believes the moon landings were faked. When she starts in on it I want to toss her out the window. One time I tried showing her a video of physicists debunking the faked moon landing theories. She refused to watch it. Tell her about the mirrors the Apollo teams left on the surface of the Moon. You can shine a laser on them and have it reflected back to earth. Though if she still believes it's fake in 2019 then there's probably not much you could say to change her mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted July 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, ExpandMyMind said: Tell her about the mirrors the Apollo teams left on the surface of the Moon. You can shine a laser on them and have it reflected back to earth. Though if she still believes it's fake in 2019 then there's probably not much you could say to change her mind. Funny you mention that. It was just last week that I was watching something on PBS in which they were showing a high rez photo of one of the landing sites and the guy was pointing out the various things in the photo she (my room mates GF) walked through the room just as the guy was saying and these are the mirrors that were left there. You can bounce a laser off these mirrors and using the time it takes for the laser to return we have determined exactly how far the moon is from the earth. So I said do you see this? how do you explain that and she just smiled and walked out of the room. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 10, 2019 #8 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) You know why I reckon it is? Because people now look at the current and recent US Governments and can't believe that any administration could have ever managed to get their ***es together enough to organzie something on that kind of scale. Particularly at a time of such upheaval and when the country was rather preoccupied with wars in foreign lands. Edited July 10, 2019 by Dumbledore the Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted July 10, 2019 #9 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, OverSword said: Funny you mention that. It was just last week that I was watching something on PBS in which they were showing a high rez photo of one of the landing sites and the guy was pointing out the various things in the photo she (my room mates GF) walked through the room just as the guy was saying and these are the mirrors that were left there. You can bounce a laser off these mirrors and using the time it takes for the laser to return we have determined exactly how far the moon is from the earth. So I said do you see this? how do you explain that and she just smiled and walked out of the room. Maybe she is playing you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 10, 2019 #10 Share Posted July 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said: Maybe she is playing you. Nope. She doesn't believe anyone has walked on the moon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotic Jew Posted July 10, 2019 #11 Share Posted July 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, OverSword said: Nope. She doesn't believe anyone has walked on the moon. I know several people like this. They also believe in Qanon, that dinosaurs are fake, that bush did 9/11 and that bigfoot is real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted July 10, 2019 #12 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Robotic Jew said: I know several people like this. They also believe in Qanon, that dinosaurs are fake, that bush did 9/11 and that bigfoot is real. Big foot is real 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 10, 2019 #13 Share Posted July 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, OverSword said: Big foot is real If you wear anything over size 10 shoes then yeah. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted July 10, 2019 #14 Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, XenoFish said: If you wear anything over size 10 shoes then yeah. My grandmother told me "All beautiful women have big feet." And most of us do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 10, 2019 #15 Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Desertrat56 said: My grandmother told me "All beautiful women have big feet." And most of us do. I like my wife small feet, then again she's a small woman and I'm a giant standing next to her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceBumZaphod Posted July 11, 2019 #16 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I love watching the fake moon landing and flat earth videos. They're hilarious. I had a favorite Uncle who was an astrophysicist at NASA from it's inception. I spent a lot of time at the Stennis Base in Mississipi when I was kid. I even traveled to Florida and watched one of the last Apollo launches. If NASA did fake the moon landings, and were able to keep the tens of thousands of people involved in it quiet and covered up for over 60+ years, they deserve an Oscar the size of Mount Everest. LOL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brok Posted July 11, 2019 #17 Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) People believe in ridiculous conspiracy theories like the alleged moon landing hoax simply because the masses are dumb like that, and have a tendency to jump on bandwagons like drones. Edited July 11, 2019 by Brok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted July 11, 2019 #18 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I wonder if this ever came to mind with CTs. Why would the US fake several missions and fake a failed mission like Apollo 13? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted July 11, 2019 #19 Share Posted July 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Hawken said: I wonder if this ever came to mind with CTs. Why would the US fake several missions and fake a failed mission like Apollo 13? because it got public attention at a time when the novelty was beginning to wear off and people were beginning to lose interest. Plus it would make a great movie at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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