Did we land on the moon
Lunar Lies
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” An estimated 500 million people worldwide heard these words as they watched Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. After a mad dash to beat Russia, America had won the space race at last! Or did they? In the past few years, evidence has come into light to discredit the landing of men on the moon. Like many of my generation, I grew up on the belief that man landed on the moon in 1969. I was 16 before I began to doubt my faith in my government-run school. I was sitting at my run down desk staring at the carvings from previous students, when my world history teacher came in wheeling a TV. Of course that immediately caught my interest. Anyone who has ever attended school knows movies are a rare respite from boring lectures and tedious bookwork. We were currently studying the lunar landings and he brought in a video to open our minds instead of just believing everything we read and hear. The video was a recording from Fox Television’s program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Which aired on February 15th, 2001. On this video were scientists and professional filmmakers, who disputed the pictures and videos and discussed the scientific improbability of landing on the moon. After watching the video, I decided I would read up on how we landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 and I am now completely convinced of one thing: it never happened. The Apollo Missions were an elaborate hoax to win the space race. There were photo errors (such as shadows going in different directions) and numerous film anomalies. Also, the astronauts were not protected by the lead needed to travel through the Van Allen radiation belt. Before my research, I remember looking at the photos of the Apollo 11 mission and thinking this is proof, I have no reason to question it. Now I look at those very same photos through different eyes. In most of the pictures, the shadows are going in
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” An estimated 500 million people worldwide heard these words as they watched Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. After a mad dash to beat Russia, America had won the space race at last! Or did they? In the past few years, evidence has come into light to discredit the landing of men on the moon. Like many of my generation, I grew up on the belief that man landed on the moon in 1969. I was 16 before I began to doubt my faith in my government-run school. I was sitting at my run down desk staring at the carvings from previous students, when my world history teacher came in wheeling a TV. Of course that immediately caught my interest. Anyone who has ever attended school knows movies are a rare respite from boring lectures and tedious bookwork. We were currently studying the lunar landings and he brought in a video to open our minds instead of just believing everything we read and hear. The video was a recording from Fox Television’s program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Which aired on February 15th, 2001. On this video were scientists and professional filmmakers, who disputed the pictures and videos and discussed the scientific improbability of landing on the moon. After watching the video, I decided I would read up on how we landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 and I am now completely convinced of one thing: it never happened. The Apollo Missions were an elaborate hoax to win the space race. There were photo errors (such as shadows going in different directions) and numerous film anomalies. Also, the astronauts were not protected by the lead needed to travel through the Van Allen radiation belt. Before my research, I remember looking at the photos of the Apollo 11 mission and thinking this is proof, I have no reason to question it. Now I look at those very same photos through different eyes. In most of the pictures, the shadows are going in