Moon Landing Hoax Essay

It was July 16, 1969; the United States had been battling the USSR in what is known as the Cold War: a race between the two countries to see who could develop better technology and get to the moon first. The USSR captured the first major successes in space travel with successfully sending a man into orbit, and then orbiting around the entire earth. The United States had some catching up to do. Was the U.S. really capable of not only catching the USSR but fearlessly rocketing past them and landing on the moon? Was NASA responsible for sending the first man to the moon in what will always be remembered in U.S. history? Or was young Billy Wagner deceived along with the rest of the country by fraudulent pictures and happenings that were staged and never really happened? Here we are going to discuss the argument on the moon landing hoax and why Neil Armstrong is a household name for his steps on the moon that may have actually just been steps on a T.V. set. First, we most consider what was used as evidence to compile these moon landings and to obscure the public into believing it…pictures. Most anyone will believe what they
First off, the pride of the United States hung upon on this Cold War and deemed unacceptable to be beaten by the USSR in a technology race. The men involved in this hoax grasped the importance of the Cold War and were willing to do whatever necessary to get the results they needed. Secondly, several millions of dollars drained into the Cold War and the development of these space shuttles and Apollo missions. (Apollo, 1) At least that is where the millions of dollars supposedly went, but it could have intensified the motivation the men responsible had to falsify the evidence. These men possibly created a moon landing that never took place, and ran with a sizeable sum of money to pocket as