Is it true that the United States landed on the moon?

The moon landing is real.

On July 20, 1969, local time in the United States, exactly 34 years ago, humans first landed on the moon. But to this day, people are still not sure whether American astronauts actually landed on the moon. The most controversial one was the American flag planted on the moon's surface at that time.

Those who believe that American astronauts never landed on the moon point out that there is no wind on the moon without an atmosphere, so the American flag that the American astronauts planted on the lunar surface at that time should not be fluttering. At that time, what many people saw through the TV screen was a flag fluttering slightly in the wind. This became their strongest evidence that the human moon landing was a hoax created by the U.S. government.

In the past 30 years, the two parties have been arguing over this issue, and it was not until today that the parties involved came forward to announce the truth of the incident.

According to the United Nations Convention, the moon is the common property of mankind, and any country is prohibited from claiming sovereignty over the moon. But at that time, the U.S. government decided privately to require American astronauts to plant an American flag on the lunar surface after landing on the moon.

Everything was done quietly. But to the embarrassment of the astronauts, there was no room to store the flag with the flagpole in the small lunar module. Finally, an engineer came up with a way to clamp the flag in the leg of a ladder. In this way, the American flag was brought to the moon.

At that time, the flag that looked like it was fluttering in the breeze became the biggest doubt about whether humans had actually landed on the moon. However, the parties who knew the truth remained silent under the government's confidentiality regulations until the 34th anniversary of the human landing on the moon.

In fact, the truth is very simple. This flag, which only cost 5 US dollars, was crumpled because it had been caught in the legs of the ladder. In the blurry TV footage, the crumpled American flag hung on an inverted "L"-shaped flagpole looked like it was fluttering slightly on the moon.

But NASA officials took inspiration from it and flew the crumpled American flag on an inverted "L"-shaped flagpole on all subsequent missions.

The term "moon landing hoax" has been popularized again in recent years. Famous writers and TV programs have used it as a topic. Even the American Fox Network filmed a special about it last year. The program explores whether American astronauts actually landed on the moon, making the "moon landing hoax" a hot topic again.

Supporters of the "Moon Landing Hoax" conspiracy theory raised many doubtful points, which caused an uproar in the outside world for a time because of their reasonableness. However, some people later refuted them point by point, in order to clear the innocence of the human landing on the moon.

One of the most famous doubts raised by conspiracy theorists is that the American flag planted by astronauts on the moon. If the flag still swings for a long time after letting go, it means that there is wind at the scene, that is, there is air, indicating that the astronauts Being on earth.

But the rebuttal explained that the flagpole was made of aluminum and gold and was L-shaped. When the astronauts put up the flag, because the moon's geology is hard, they have to twist hard to put the flag on. Therefore, this twisting plus the vibration caused by the elasticity of the flagpole itself causes the flag to swing.

According to Newton's first law of mechanics, "What moves is always in motion, and what is still is still." In a vacuum environment, without the buffer of air, the national flag can swing for a long time without stopping.

High temperature does not hinder photography

Conspiracy theorists have also questioned the collapse of the moon landing photos, because the astronauts’ shadows are of different lengths and the objects reflect strong light at close range, which all show that there is something at the scene. More than one light source.

They said that since there is only one light source on the moon's surface, the sun, and it is not illuminated at close range, the other light source must come from the spotlights used for shooting scenes, which proves that the moon landing was fake. But this statement was denied again. The rebuttal explained that the surface of the moon is uneven, which forms shadows of different lengths.

They also questioned that it is impossible to film on the moon, because the moon is directly illuminated by the sun, the temperature can reach as high as 250 to 280 degrees Fahrenheit (about 121 to 138 degrees Celsius), and the film has already dissolved. However, they had no idea that the astronauts used special film.

In fact, many of the arguments put forward by conspiracy theorists are based on their limited understanding of photography as a medium and little knowledge of the moon landing plan, so other doubts they raised have been refuted one by one.

The Soviet Union will definitely expose it

Professionals said that the "Moon Landing Hoax" was not credible because the United States and the Soviet Union were sworn enemies at the time. The Soviet Union had been closely monitoring every step of the Helios Plan. If it was discovered If it goes wrong, it will definitely destroy the United States immediately.

Wong Yao-wa, assistant director of the Hong Kong Space Museum, pointed out, "The United States and the Soviet Union were in the Cold War at that time. If the United States cheated, the Soviet Union would definitely take the opportunity to expose it. Moreover, the Soviet Union had an unmanned spacecraft on the moon. If it was a scam, the Soviet Union It’s impossible not to see it!”

Another ironclad fact is that the United States really took the moon rock back to the earth. “That moon rock will be given to scientists around the world for study. If it is fake, I got dressed early in the morning.

Some "conspiracy theory" rebuttals said: "These ridiculous remarks are an insult to those who have sacrificed their lives for humans to land on the moon!" ”

The father of the scam writes a book

One of the speculators behind the “moon landing scam” is Bill Kaysing, who is known as the “father of the moon landing scam”. He and David Percy, a British photographer, wrote the book "We Never Went to the Moon"

Bill Kaysing worked at one of the lunar module manufacturers in 1957. Although he left the company before the start of the Helios Project in 1963, he claimed to be familiar with the details of the Helios scam. However, the question about the photo fraud showed that he was a complete layman on photography technology. In order to strengthen the credibility of his work, Claimed to have invited a number of anonymous experts to assist.

In addition, David Percy, a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a photographer, pointed out the flaws in the moon landing photos as a photography expert; however, David also He has been criticized by the outside world for not knowing photography skills. Other supporters of the moon landing hoax include journalist Bart Sibrel and self-taught engineer Ralph Rene who claimed to have photographed the astronauts on Apollo 11 and made fake footprints inside the spacecraft. >

The doubts were dispelled one by one

Arguments supporting the "moon landing hoax"

1. After the astronauts let go, the flag pole continued to swing for a long time

2. In the TV transmission picture of Helios 17, two astronauts came into view at the same time, but the two shadows were of different lengths and pointed in different directions, proving that there were different light sources at the scene.

3. Helios 16. When astronaut John Young stood on the moon and saluted the national flag, there were no stars in the background, and there was no shadow of him.

4. There seems to be a C on a rock in the close-up view of the photo, which is clearly a C. Movie props.

5. In the transmission pictures of Helios 14 and 17, the astronauts’ light-shielding masks reflected a lot of strong light. That was the reflection of the spotlights, which proved that the scene was just a set.

Refutation of the "Moon Landing Hoax" Arguments

1. When the astronauts planted the flag, they twisted it hard, and the twisting plus the vibration caused by the elasticity of the aluminum metal flagpole itself caused it to Causes the flag to swing. In a vacuum environment, without the buffer of air, the flag can swing for a long time.

2. The surface of the moon is uneven, so the shadow appears to be different in length. Used by astronauts. The Hasselblad camera, equipped with a 60mm Bio-Gon wide-angle lens, will also distort the originally balanced shadow.

3. The lack of stars is a problem with the film exposure. If you want to take pictures of stars, you have to look at things on the moon. It will all be overexposed. There is no shadow because John Young is not standing on the ground, but jumping up in the semi-"real" air, so the shadow is several feet away from his body.

4. Look closely with a microscope. The letter C is just the shadow of a hair or clothing fiber on the photographic paper.

5. That reflection is caused by some permanent glassy material on the moon's horizon.