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claytonkc... claytonkc...
 
M$1 February 12, 2009 12:01 AM

Did men land on the moon or was it all an elaborate hoax?

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doctoratla... doctoratla...
 
 February 12, 2009 12:43 AM
Man went to the moon. Specifically Americans. The launches were witnessed by thousands, viewed on TV by millions, studied by astronomers around the world, and it was - quite simply - one of the most kick-ass things humans have accomplished.

How can we know it is true? Lots of ways, but a couple that I like are the fact that we brought back rocks (you'd need to know a bit about geology to understand how those can be proven as real), and we put a laser reflector up there which we can use to bounce light signals and measure the moon's distance. (Did you know it is moving away from us?)
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Phil Plait (an astronomer) debunked this myth long ago:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html

Mythbusters did a good episode debunking the myths:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wym04J_3Ls0

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• You provided some very good examples. You also provided links that readers can follow if they want more information. I also saw the MythBusters episode. I think they did a very thorough job of "busting" the moon landing hoax theory.


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kubigjay kubigjay
 
February 12, 2009 07:24 PM
I loved the mythbusters episode! Thanks for the link.

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clarusvisu... clarusvisu...
 
February 12, 2009 12:39 AM
Yes, we landed on the moon. There are a lot of kooks professing otherwise, but Phil Plait,a famous astronomer (who is now President of the James Randi Educational Foundation), has painstakingly shot them down with good old-fashioned science and logic. Of course, he's not the only one to do so, but he has a knack for explaining science and astronomy in particular to 'laypeople', so I recommend his debunkings. See my source for all the info.
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/apollohoax.html


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