The document discusses various conspiracy theories claiming the Apollo 11 moon landing was faked, highlighting points such as the waving flag, absence of stars, and no landing crater. It also presents rebuttals from experts, including explanations for the flag's movement, camera positioning, and the visibility of stars. The document combines skepticism with scientific explanations to address and debunk the claims of a moon landing hoax.

1. Moon Landing Hoax
Evidence against the Moon Landing

2. Apollo 11
• In 1969, NASA successfully landed on the moon
• Neil Armstrong was the first to land saying his famous words:
‘This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’
• Buzz Aldrin also landed on the moon
• The two of them took pictures and videos of their time on the
moon
• They have become a source of conspiracy for those that claim
they have not landed on the moon
• FOX TV aired a show debunking the moon landing and the
conspiracy grew in popularity

3. The Photographic Evidence
• The following is photographic evidence that many say proves
the moon landing did not happen

4. The Flag Wave
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... the American flag
appears to be flapping
as if "in a breeze" in
videos and
photographs
supposedly taken from
the airless lunar
surface.
• Without an
atmosphere there
should be no wind!

5. No Photographers
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... only two astronauts
walked on the moon at
a time, yet in
photographs such as
this one where both
are visible, there is no
sign of a camera. So
who took the picture?

6. No Stars Visible
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... the astronauts
made no such
exclamation while on
the moon, and the
black backgrounds of
their photographs
are curiously devoid
of stars

7. No Landing Crater
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... the module is shown
sitting on relatively
flat, undisturbed soil.
According to skeptics,
the lander's descent
should have been
accompanied by a
large dust cloud and
would have formed a
noticeable crater

8. Lighting Varies
• You can tell Apollo was
faked because ... Aldrin is
seen in the shadow of the
lander, yet he is clearly
visible. Hoax subscribers
say that many shadows
look strange in Apollo
pictures. Some shadows
don't appear to be parallel
with each other, and some
objects in shadow appear
well lit, hinting that light
was coming from multiple
sources—suspiciously like
studio cameras.

9. Footprints Too Clear
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... the astronauts'
prints are a
bit tooclear for being
made on a bone-dry
world. Prints that
well defined could
only have been made
in wet sand.

10. Strange Lights
• You can tell Apollo
was faked because
... those mysterious
reflections come
from studio lights on
a production set.

11. Myth Busters: Moon Landing
•While watching Myth Busters,
outline the proofs that the Moon
Landing was a hoax and the
results of the tests done in the
show.

12. De-Bunking the D-Bunkers
•Here is what some trained
professionals think about the
accusations against the moon
landing

13. The Flag Wave
• The fact of the matter
is ... "the video you see
where the flag's
moving is because the
astronaut just placed it
there, and the inertia
from when they let go
kept it moving," said
spaceflight historian
Roger Launius, of the
Smithsonian's National
Air and Space
Museum in
Washington D.C.

14. No Photographers
• The fact of the matter
is ... the cameras were
mounted to the
astronauts' chests, said
astronomer Phil Plait,
author of the award-winning
blog Bad
Astronomy and
president of the James
Randi Educational
Foundation.

15. No Stars Visible
• The fact of the matter
is ... the moon's
surface reflects
sunlight, and that glare
would have made stars
difficult to see. Also,
the astronauts
photographed their
lunar adventures using
fast exposure settings,
which would have
limited incoming
background light.

16. No Landing Crater
• The fact of the matter is
... the lander's engines
were throttled back just
before landing, and it did
not hover long enough to
form a crater or kick up
much dust, the
Smithsonian's Launius said.
• "Science fiction movies
depict this big jet of fire
coming out as [spacecraft]
land, but that's not how
they did it on the moon,"
he added. "That's not the
way they would do it now
or anytime in the future."

17. Lighting Varies
• The fact of the matter
is
... there were multiple
light sources, Launius
said. "You've got the
sun, the Earth's
reflected light, light
reflecting off the lunar
module, the
spacesuits, and also
the lunar surface."

18. Footprints Too Clear
• The fact of the matter is
... that's nonsense, said
Bad Astronomy's Plait.
Moon dust, or regolith, is
"like a finely ground
powder. When you look at
it under a microscope, it
almost looks like volcanic
ash. So when you step on
it, it can compress very
easily into the shape of a
boot." And those shapes
could stay pristine for a
long while thanks to the
airless vacuum on the
moon.

19. Strange Lights
• The fact of the matter is
... it's highly unlikely NASA
would make such an obvious
blunder if they had spent
millions of dollars to fake the
moon landing, Plait said.
• "Okay, let's take a step back.
NASA's going to release a
picture showing studio lights?
Hello!" The odd lights in the
picture are simply lens flares,"
he said. "There's a big fat
pentagonal one right in the
middle that is from the
aperture of the camera itself.

20. So….
•What do you think??

21. Sources
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/photogall
eries/apollo-moon-landing-hoax-pictures/#/moon-hoax-no-stars_
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• http://www.braeunig.us/space/hoax.htm
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/moon-landing-hoax.htm