The moon landing conspiracy theories that refuse to go away

FICTION: None of the photographs taken while Neil Armstrong and his crewmates were on the surface of the moon surface show stars in the sky, raising claims the key detail was edited because astronomers would be able to expose the hoax by comparing the position of the moon and the stars.

FACT: The stars are there but they are too faint to see. The landings happened during the lunar daytime, not on the dark side of the moon, and the camera was set to capture as much detail of the foreground as possible, not the background. NASA photos show in great detail astronauts working busily on the moon, but where are the stars in the sky? FICTION: One of the most iconic photos from the Apollo 11 mission shows astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing beside an US flag as it appears to flutter in the breeze. But wait, there’s no breeze in the airless vacuum of space!

FACT: The flag was attached to an inverted L-shaped pole so that when Aldrin planted it in the surface it would hang parallel to the ground in the airless environment. The action of screwing the pole into the ground set the loose corner of the flag swinging in motion and because of the low atmosphere, the motion just kept going. Crinkles in the cloth that add to the impression of fluttering were simply creases from the flag being tightly folded during the flight.

FICTION: Another iconic image shows the footprint of one of the astronauts perfectly preserved in the surface as if in thick mud, despite there being a near total absence of moisture on the moon’s surface.

9NEWS shame NASA lost the plans to go back lol

People who believe we went to the moon also believe in Noah’s Zoo boat

Just like the flat earthers

A slick hoax.

Yep but jobs!

Bloody LNP won’t accept science!

auspol That's ok there's still ppl who believe the world is flat & some crazies even think that Australia doesn't exist! Ppl will believe anything including that women come from some man's rib, silly ppl !

A triumph against adversities of space exploration, it was a great success by the United States of America.

It's racist to believe in the moon landing.🤷🏿‍♂️

They must be Trump supporters.

They obviously don’t watch Channel 9. Leonard on TheBigBangTheory sent a light beam (or something equivalent) up and there was a mirror (ie: a man made object) on the moon which reflected it back to earth SimpleReally 9News

Neanderthals is what I like to call them.

Those people are mentally ill !!!

Van Allen radiation belt...

It's easy,just send another mission. Tech is way better today and the astronauts can retrieve what was left behind.If it really happened then surely there is proof of man being on the moon surface and all doubt can be removed,forever.

'...there are still those who believe the Apollo 11 moon landing was a hoax.' And they probably think the Earth is flat also! Is their leader Rip Van Winkle by any chance?

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