What Is The Conspiracy Theory Behind The Neil Armstrong Landing On The Moon?
Friday, February 26th, 2010 at
4:56 pm
I have heard a few conspirator theories about the landing on the moon. What is the backing on them. I heard one that the american flag moved like it was being blown in the wind. I was just watching a documentary called “In the shadow of the moon” and the flag movement I seen in it was due to the physical pull and movement of the flag pole itself. Does anyone know of any other videos and their links so that I may watch them to better understand all the hype on this conspiracy theory?
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All of the conspiracy “theories” are not only flat out false, they depend on people who know nothing about the specific science of the issues that the theorists blabber on about.
Phil Plait has an excellent website that goes into all of the absurdities of the conspiracy loons.
You are right, the reasons that the flag moved was that an astronaut was then moving the pole rig that the flag was hung on. Also, the Lunar surface, while it was looser dust right at the surface, it was much harder only a couple of inches lower down. So, when sticking a flagpole into the ground, the astronauts (In pressurised and bulky suit that really limited their mobility and dexterity) trying to work the pole in, moving it and it’s flag back and forth. But, once they let go of the flagpole, it stopped moving as soon as the resonances from the astronauts’ working on it stopped.
There are a lot more such lunacies, and all of them are easily debunked on Phil Plait’s site.
On the topic of good Apollo videos, I would recommend Magnificent Desolation, its only 40 minutes long, but very well done. Another one would be From The Earth To The Moon, a
12 part miniseries done by HBO Films about a decade ago. It tells the story of all of Apollo, and does it through re-enactments. Tom Hanks had a hand in both of those.
It all really happened and it was very cool.
The conspiracy claim has its origins with the Flat Earth Society that sued NASA for publicizing images showing the earth to be round. In their minds the earth is flat… Current conspiracy nuts work with the same kind of logic. Everything is a conspiracy so the moon landings must be too… Some capitalize on some peoples thirst for conspiracies and distribute DVDs and books claiming it was all a hoax. FOX jumped on the bandwagon with their moon hoax “documentary”. Conspiracy nuts have been big business for them since the X-Files. And others claim the landings were faked so they can get publicity for their special effects company! I´m going to give you one link example of a hoaxer. Just remember that he himself has been exposed as a fraud: Bart Sibrel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX7UKH3_x…
all i have heard was that the video was not working well or something and they couldnt record the moon landing or the placing of the flag so they just reshoot it in a sound stage back down on earth..i dont know i could be completely wrong but thats just what i heard.
They’re put out by nut-jobs and cranks with nothing better to do than belittle one of the greatest feats in human history.
You’re right about the flag waving thing. I can’t believe people cite that as “evidence” of a conspiracy. Yeah right, I guess someone must have the stage door ajar and a draft got in. Pathetic.
There is no backing.
The Conspiracy theorists are liars or totally ignorant about basic physics and logic.
don’t bother wasting your time…. you’re brighter than that… you’ve already seen what they say is the ‘flag waving’ and have deduced the truth of it…..good man…let them be doofy and you go on being brilliant…..
no conspiracy. all was normal
ppl say it was done by a camera crew.