In 1969, Did the U.S.A really land on the moon?
On February 15, 2001 the FOX television network aired a program titled Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land On The Moon? This program showed alleged evidence that NASA faked the moon landings.
Ever since the end of the apollo programme, there have been many claims that NASA actualy never landed on the moon in 1969.
There are many claims for and against this motion, but here are few of the top ones for either side.
Against:
In 1967, under unknown circumstances, 11 NASA astronauts died. Could this have been done on purpose to avoid leakage of the to be staged mission?
The reason for the poor quality pictures was done on purpose to avoid proper examinations.
The sky should be full of stars in the pictures, yet the sky is pitch black.
Some say that the technology (computers and otherwise) simply was not advanced enough back then.
For:
The USSR was monitoring the USA very closely during the cold war. How could this have gone undetected?
The USA would never risk faking a moon landing and being caught.
Apollo astronauts didn't return empty-handed. They brought 841 pounds of the Moon back with them.
The Soviets would have jumped all over the videos as proof of American failure if they had just a wink of an opportunity back then.
So what do you think? Were these moon landings faked?
Debate!
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