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Since we've had such great discussions (sarcasm) lately about protests, the Governor, abortion and such.

Seems like a good time to revisit Apollo 11 moon landing, and those that followed.

Real or fake
 

SuperBigFan69

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It might have been a liberal moon landing because the wimpy "astronauts" wore "masks" instead of just breathing in that fresh moon-air.

Plus, had it been a conservative moon landing the moon would have got pregnant, because of how manly the guys would have been.
 

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Since we've had such great discussions (sarcasm) lately about protests, the Governor, abortion and such.

Seems like a good time to revisit Apollo 11 moon landing, and those that followed.

Real or fake
I think it was real, I think maybe that phone call part was fake though, but seems like a crazy lie to lie about landing on the moon.
 
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DrAlan_Grant

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Had a friend who I'm pretty sure believed it was faked. He spent so much time researching and arguing. If it was a joke, pretty funny and dedicated.

His main argument was how improbable it was that we could make it through the Van Allen belt and inconsistencies in interviews from Astronauts that went to the moon.
 

HuskerInCarolina

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Used to think it was real, now I’m not so sure. Quite coincidental no other country can put man on the moon in the almost 70 years since it was allegedly last completed despite technology increasing more in those 70 years than it did in the 700 years before.

I’m not dead set on either opinion because it’s becoming more evident that the history around the world we know is not how it actually was, but the victor writes the story. I honestly don’t even know if the truths of everything were ever laid out that people would even believe that anyways.
 

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SuperBigFan69

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I mean, it is more believable than most of the posts I read here...

But really if it was a hoax, could you imagine how many people would have to have kept quiet all these years?

Imagine that weirdo hto knowing about it...he would be posting "The Streak" non-stop.
 

steinek11

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I mean, it is more believable than most of the posts I read here...

But really if it was a hoax, could you imagine how many people would have to have kept quiet all these years?

Imagine that weirdo hto knowing about it...he would be posting "The Streak" non-stop.
Not really, because most of them weren’t in on it. They’re just stooges doing their jobs like the rest of us. We don’t get to see how the sausage is made. Don’t even want to.
 
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So, for it to have been faked, how many thousands of people involved over the course of the landings, and all of the scientists who have studied the rocks that were brought back, and those involved with the other related scientific studies carried out on those missions would have all had to stay quiet for almost 70 years? And how many of the subsequent astronauts would have gone through with the charade after signing on and going through training thinking it was a real mission and then being told it was going to be a fake mission? Not a single one of them would say this is B.S., I am going public?

Do you really think that something on that scale could be faked and after all these years kept a secret by thousands upon thousands of people? Not one person has ever come forward with any evidence of a fake. Think of the production crews that would have been required to fake the landing area, the pictures, the communications, on and on. Yet all of them took it to their grave? You don't think the Russians would have figured it out and called BS if it was fake? They'd have loved nothing more than to expose such a scandal at that time or even any time in the 70s.

For the young-uns, we did have computers in 1969. They just took up a lot more space than they do today and didn't process as quickly. And there were actually really smart guys (and gals) back then who actually could do math and engineering stuff. 1969 wasn't the stone ages.

In addition to the 6 manned lunar landings, there have been 21 other un-manned landings by four countries in addition to the U.S. Russia made several successful un-manned moon landings at around the same time, including one that deployed an un-manned rover and another than obtained samples and returned to earth. So, clearly the technology was there to accomplish that - or is everyone from Russia, India and China involved in those projects also lying about landing on the moon. That's one hell of a cover-up, for sure.

Click bait and eyes on screens from gullible people is all this is. But, whatever.
 

SuperBigFan69

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Not really, because most of them weren’t in on it. They’re just stooges doing their jobs like the rest of us. We don’t get to see how the sausage is made. Don’t even want to.
Again, think about how many stooges it would be though...it would take ONE of them to say something to a wife or girlfriend, or to have some drinks and hint about it being fake.

It is like they say, once two people know a secret is it not a secret anymore.
 

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Again, think about how many stooges it would be though...it would take ONE of them to say something to a wife or girlfriend, or to have some drinks and hint about it being fake.

It is like they say, once two people know a secret is it not a secret anymore.

Our government is apparently simultaneously inept at EVERYTHING but somehow great at keeping hundreds of people in line keeping the moon landing secret for more than 50 years.
 

SuperBigFan69

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Our government is apparently simultaneously inept at EVERYTHING but somehow great at keeping hundreds of people in line keeping the moon landing secret for more than 50 years.
Right???

I swear people are so weird with their thoughts!

1. The government is incompetent
2. The government can also keep a secret for 50 years!
 

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Let's see... late 60's and America was in a space race with Russia and a nuke race with China and Russia. Both were masters at propaganda and yet they never claimed the landing was a fake. To this day no countries (friend or enemy) has claimed it was a hoax. No legitimate scientific organization in the world has claimed it to be a fake.
If you can get by that every hoax theory I've seen has been debunked.
 

SuperBigFan69

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Let's see... late 60's and America was in a space race with Russia and a nuke race with China and Russia. Both were masters at propaganda and yet they never claimed the landing was a fake. To this day no countries (friend or enemy) has claimed it was a hoax. No legitimate scientific organization in the world has claimed it to be a fake.
If you can get by that every hoax theory I've seen has been debunked.
This is a great point. The Soviets would have went crazy trying to prove/say it was fake, if it was fake.
 
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steinek11

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So, for it to have been faked, how many thousands of people involved over the course of the landings, and all of the scientists who have studied the rocks that were brought back, and those involved with the other related scientific studies carried out on those missions would have all had to stay quiet for almost 70 years? And how many of the subsequent astronauts would have gone through with the charade after signing on and going through training thinking it was a real mission and then being told it was going to be a fake mission? Not a single one of them would say this is B.S., I am going public?

Do you really think that something on that scale could be faked and after all these years kept a secret by thousands upon thousands of people? Not one person has ever come forward with any evidence of a fake. Think of the production crews that would have been required to fake the landing area, the pictures, the communications, on and on. Yet all of them took it to their grave? You don't think the Russians would have figured it out and called BS if it was fake? They'd have loved nothing more than to expose such a scandal at that time or even any time in the 70s.

For the young-uns, we did have computers in 1969. They just took up a lot more space than they do today and didn't process as quickly. And there were actually really smart guys (and gals) back then who actually could do math and engineering stuff. 1969 wasn't the stone ages.

In addition to the 6 manned lunar landings, there have been 21 other un-manned landings by four countries in addition to the U.S. Russia made several successful un-manned moon landings at around the same time, including one that deployed an un-manned rover and another than obtained samples and returned to earth. So, clearly the technology was there to accomplish that - or is everyone from Russia, India and China involved in those projects also lying about landing on the moon. That's one hell of a cover-up, for sure.

Click bait and eyes on screens from gullible people is all this is. But, whatever.
TL;DR
 

BleedRed89

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LRRR exists.

Kinda would be impossible if we hadn't landed. But I imagine the skeptics will claim the return data is fabricated. Purchase a laser and test it yourself then I guess...
 

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So, for it to have been faked, how many thousands of people involved over the course of the landings, and all of the scientists who have studied the rocks that were brought back, and those involved with the other related scientific studies carried out on those missions would have all had to stay quiet for almost 70 years? And how many of the subsequent astronauts would have gone through with the charade after signing on and going through training thinking it was a real mission and then being told it was going to be a fake mission? Not a single one of them would say this is B.S., I am going public?

Do you really think that something on that scale could be faked and after all these years kept a secret by thousands upon thousands of people? Not one person has ever come forward with any evidence of a fake. Think of the production crews that would have been required to fake the landing area, the pictures, the communications, on and on. Yet all of them took it to their grave? You don't think the Russians would have figured it out and called BS if it was fake? They'd have loved nothing more than to expose such a scandal at that time or even any time in the 70s.

For the young-uns, we did have computers in 1969. They just took up a lot more space than they do today and didn't process as quickly. And there were actually really smart guys (and gals) back then who actually could do math and engineering stuff. 1969 wasn't the stone ages.

In addition to the 6 manned lunar landings, there have been 21 other un-manned landings by four countries in addition to the U.S. Russia made several successful un-manned moon landings at around the same time, including one that deployed an un-manned rover and another than obtained samples and returned to earth. So, clearly the technology was there to accomplish that - or is everyone from Russia, India and China involved in those projects also lying about landing on the moon. That's one hell of a cover-up, for sure.

Click bait and eyes on screens from gullible people is all this is. But, whatever.
While I definitely believe we landed on the moon (we've been there many times since, although highly classified), I hate the argument you are using.

The Manhatten project wasn't public until the first bomb was dropped on Japan. Tens of thousands of people worked on that and kept their mouths shut.
 

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How many NPCs are there? Like percentage-wise?

That footage they showed you is just about as stupid as it gets. Why do you think nobody even shows it anymore? It’s embarrassing. Do you guys sit in wonderment at your nephews bday party when the magician comes out, as well?
 

WTFMatt

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How many NPCs are there? Like percentage-wise?

That footage they showed you is just about as stupid as it gets. Why do you think nobody even shows it anymore? It’s embarrassing. Do you guys sit in wonderment at your nephews bday party when the magician comes out, as well?

It was a live feed from the Moon in 1969. Did you expect the footage to be in 4K at 60fps?
 

BleedRed89

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How many NPCs are there? Like percentage-wise?

That footage they showed you is just about as stupid as it gets. Why do you think nobody even shows it anymore? It’s embarrassing. Do you guys sit in wonderment at your nephews bday party when the magician comes out, as well?
Can you discredit it more specifically beyond "looks stupid"?
 
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SuperBigFan69

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Can someone post the video of buzz aldrin punching someone when they ask him if the moon landing was fake.
He got so mad! It was like the real life version of certain posters here! (I won't name any numbers errrrr I mean names.)