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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

The Apollo 11 ephemeral : Mankind's Giant Leap


It's now been nearly four entire long  decades since Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" but that's only if he ever set foot off this planet. Conspirators say the U.S. government, desperate to beat the Russians in the space race, faked the lunar landings, with Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin acting out their mission on a secret film set, located  either high in the Hollywood Hills or deep within Area 51. With the fact that photos and videos of the Apollo missions only available through NASA, there's no independent verification that the lunar landings were fake or real.

While the worlds mouth was left wide open when Neil Armstrong stepped on the.moon, some people disbelieved that the incident took place.

Even now these people clog up YouTube with their various proofs and theories that either  humans did not walk on the Moon or  they have lost all touch with reality.
All over the internet, one can find conspiracy theories from wrong shadows projected, no stars in the background , no blast crater created,the foot prints way too preserved,American flag "flowing"

Another claim , largely based on a claim from a Russian cosmonaut, which siad that the astronaut's could not have survived the radiation from the Van Allen radiation belt . However,The short time it takes to pass through the belt, combined with the protection from the spacecraft, means any exposure to radiation would be very low.

 Coming to the other side of the coin, "If you think the moon landing was fake, the you need a new brain " is what Buzz and Professor Brian had to say on Twitter to the conspiracy theories.  Acoording to The Washington Post, 9% of the respondents said that it was possible that astronauts did not go to the Moon and another 5 were unsure.

A 1999  Poll found that 6% of the Americans surveyed doubted that the Moon landings happened and that 5% of those surveyed had no opinion,which roughly matches the findings of a similar  Time/CNN poll.

So while the rest of the world decided to move on and believe the moon landing story there are many who are still are in disbelief. To conclude with ,signing out, hoping there's cheese on the moon.

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