THE MOON LANDING (REAL OR HOAX)

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THE MOON LANDING(REAL OR HOAX)
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Background Information

• For a long time the thought that the United
  States landed on the moon in 1969 was thought to
  be fact. But for some time now, skeptics have
  been voicing their opinions on the subject..

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• The Moon Landing was Faked

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Shadows

• Shadow on suit would be much darker if moon was
  only light source.
• Background would not fade out in an
  atmosphere-less environment.
• Small white spec is reflection of some larger
  structure.

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Stars and Shadows

• Picture shows no stars in the sky.
• Flag on LEM is illuminated.

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Directional Shadows

• Shadows cast by one light source should go in the
  same direction in parallel lines.

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Shadow Illumination

• If the Sun is only light source than how is the
  man in the space suit so illuminated?

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Scenery

• Same background looked as though used two
  separate times
• One has LEM in it and one doesnt

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Crosshair and Tire-Tracks

• The crosshairs that are supposedly fixed into the
  camera lens appear to be behind the object on the
  Land Rover.
• The tracks made by the Land Rover are too
  defined.
• There is a C carved into the rock.

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Crosshair Continued

• Closer inspection of the crosshairs..

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Final Arguments

• The United States faked the moon landing so they
  could beat the Russians in the space race.
• NASA collected billions of dollars in cash that
  wasnt really used for landing on the moon.
• To take Americans minds off the Vietnam War.

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• The Moon Landing Was Real

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Overview of Shadow Discrepancy

• The moon is covered with a very fine layer of
  dust several inches thick. This dust is very
  reflective of light, which is why we can see the
  moon so well as the sun shines on it.

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Shadow Refutation

• The following arguments were tested by scientist
  Ian Goddard. As you can see in this experiment
  done with a single light source, the white more
  reflective paper reflects the light unlike the
  black paper. You are able to see the detail of
  the front of the space suit of the figurine.

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Illuminated Shadow Refutation

• In this picture we can see with a similar
  reflective surface we can see the figure
  illuminated. But when we use a black piece of
  paper you can not.

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On Earth Too

• If you viewed this scene from above then the
  shadows would be parallel, however, with a low
  sun angle and the perspective of the camera, the
  shadows appear to be divergent.

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Slanted Shadows Explanation

• This picture shows how shadows can also be
  slanted by the landscape. In the picture the
  shadows are curving into the cannons due to the
  slant of the walls.

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Apennine Front/Hadley Delta
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Scenery Explanation

• In the argument saying that the same scenery was
  seen in separate photos with the LEM in it, there
  is an obvious explanation. Despite the lack of
  atmosphere it is obvious that the mountains are
  way off in the distance. By simply moving where
  your taking the picture from, you can still see
  the same reference point on the mountain. The
  first of the two previous pictures was taken on
  the left is Apennine Front and on the right is Mt
  Hadley Delta. The astronauts actually walked on
  Hadley Delta.

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Scenery Explanation Continued.
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Crosshair Refutation

• The picture shows and experiment where a hair was
  placed over the lens of the camera to show how it
  showed up on a dark and light background. It
  almost disappears on the light background and
  sunlight is much brighter in space

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Blast Crater Explanation

• No Crater would be made by the Lunar Module.

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The Blast Crater

• Skeptics also say that there should have been a
  blast crater where the Lunar Module landed and
  took off from. This is not so. Skeptics argue
  that 3,000 pounds of thrust were used to land and
  take off. But the blast nozzle had a diameter of
  54 inches or an area of 2,300 square inches. Now
  divided out, that only equals about 1.5 pounds
  per square inch of thrust. This is not nearly
  enough to make a large impact crater. Also,
  exhaust in a vacuum spreads out very quickly. On
  the contrary, Earths atmosphere constricts the
  rockets exhaust into a thin column but this
  simply isnt true in a vacuum environment.

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Radiation

• To go to the moon astronauts must go through the
  van Allen Belts. But according to William Wheton,
  a scientist, the Astronauts passed through the
  belt very quickly and not long enough to get a
  lethal dose of radiation. He goes on to say that
  the metal hull of the Apollo spacecraft would
  kept out most of the radiation anyway.

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Edgar Mitchell

• This reply was sent to a pro-moon landing web
  site from the former Lunar Module Pilot of the
  Apollo 14 Mission.

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Actual Astronaut Message

• The Re Moon HoaxEDM Discussion Group
• From Edgar MitchellCategory CategoryDate 16
  Sep 2002Time 143129
• Comments
• Thank you. Your web site looks great and presents
  all the correct points. Sibrel faked his way into
  my home with false History Channel credentials
  for an interview. After about 3-4 minutes, he
  popped the bible question. Realizing who he was,
  I maintained my cool enough to swear on his
  bible, then ended the interview and tossed him
  out of the house, with a boot in his rear. (Did
  same to Buzz Aldrin)

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Buzz vs Sibrel

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Buzz Aldrin

• Lunar Pilot for the Apollo 11 mission
• Second man to walk on moon
• Overall cool guy

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Bart Winfield Sibrel

• Conspiracy theorist who has been known to harass
  former astronauts about their moon trips.
• Claims to have been a journalist (although he
  actually was only a part-time editor at a local
  Nashville NBC affiliate for a couple of months,
  and "he has no right whatsoever to claim any
  association with our news organization" according
  to the news director there

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Buzz vs Sibrel

• On September 9, 2002, Mr. Sibrel jumped out at
  Mr. Aldrin with the Bible, daring him to swear on
  it. Buzz told Mr. Sibrel to go away repeatedly,
  and even asked for the police. When Mr. Sibrel
  physically blocked his path, Mr. Aldrin (who is
  72, 5'10" and 160 pounds) punched Mr. Sibrel (37,
  6"2" and 250 pounds) in the face.

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You Decide

• Overall you have to make the final decision of
  what you believe in. I hope this presentation has
  at least presented you with the facts.

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Bibliography

• http//www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html
• http//www.moonmovie.com/
• http//www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/iangoddard/moon
  01.htm
• http//www.apollo-hoax.co.uk/strangeshadows.html
• http//batesmotel.8m.com/

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The End