One of the most massive, worldwide controversies of the present time is whether or not the Americans were the first to land on the moon.I fall into this category. I believe the first moon landing was a staged, childish act lead by our country’s selfish politics. Therefore, I have stated in the following facts and figures that lead to my presumption that on July 20, 1969 it is possible that the Apollo 11 mission never really took place.

First, what are some relevant facts about the moon?  To start, on the moon the only source of light is the sun. The light from the sun is so excruciatingly brilliant that the astronauts must wear a god-tented visor shielding 95% of the oncoming light. On the near side of the moon the temperatures get to over 260 degrees F and below -200 degrees F on the Far side. The near side is always day and the far side is always night. This is due to the rates at which the moon rotates and revolves around the Earth combined with the rate at which the Earth revolves around the sun. No one can ever be on the far side, where it is “night” , because the temperatures get so exceedingly low. Electronics malfunction and materials become very brittle at -40 degrees F. All around the moon there are millions of micro-meteors traveling at speeds of up to 6,000 mph, in which the impact of these micro-meteors hitting a shuttle will tear it to pieces. NASA, for safety precaution, was only able to get two men on the moon at a time, while the other stayed behind in the shuttle.The Lunar Module has a 10,000-lb thrust engine that left the moon’s dusk-like surface untouched.

What about the pictures? Keeping in mind that there is only one source of light on the moon, there are a number of photographs where there is shadowing where there should be light and lighting where there should be shadow. For a prime example, in the famous “Man on the Moon” photograph of Buzz Aldrin, the moon’s surface begins to fade out along the horizon. Why? On the near side of the moon, where it is always daylight, the surface should never fade. Also, there are a few light shades of shadow casted upon Aldrin’s sit, yet you can see his entire suit perfectly. There are air molecules that bend light on Earth allowing one to see in a shadowy area, but obviously there is no atmosphere on the moon so there would not be any air molecules to bend the light. Therefore, any shadows in any of the pictures should be completely dark.

Questionably, There is another picture of Aldrin taking his first step onto the moon. The moon’s surface is extremely bright all the way to the horizon unlike the “Man on the Moon” photograph, which is how it is suppose to be. Both photographs were taken at the same landing site. Also, the ladder extending down to the moon’s surface is the the Lunar Module’s shadow. Therefore, Aldrin is also in the Lunar Module’s shadow. As mentioned previously, all shadows should be completely dark. An average days temperature is 260 – 280 degrees F. At such temperatures, film melts and human beings become very uncomfortable. All information concerning the deceiving photography of the lunar landings are thanks to Mr. Bill Kaysing, seven years head of technical publications for the Rocketdyne Research Department at the Propulsion Field Laboratory in the Simi Hills California. During his time as head of technical publications for Rocketdyne, he had “Top Secret” clearance.

Could they have enhanced the lighting of the photographs? It could be possible, but it was the late 60’s and computer technology was limited. However, a photograph taken in total dark would not have any image to enhance. If NASA wanted to spend so much time, effort , and money to enhancing each little crevasse in the pictures, then why did they only provide the astronauts with computers that didn’t have any more memory than a washing machine? The computers themselves were far too large to fit into the minimal space of the Lunar Module. Ken Johnston was a data and photo documentation supervisor by contract for NASA. Simply, he got all the photographs first. In an interview on a radio transcript aired on a weeknight program called “Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell” hosted in 1996, he declared that “There is much more to NASA’s moon landing than NASA is telling us.”

Are there any more questionable photographs? there is a photo of an astronaut taking a ground sample. In the reflection of his visor there are two obvious astronauts. As mentioned, NASA had only been able to get two men on the moon at one time, yet the picture reveals three, the two reflected in the visor and the one getting his picture taken. There are also a number of pictures where the cross-hairs of the camera are visible unusual. In a picture of an astronaut and a moon rover, part of the cross-hair goes behind the moon rover; which is technically impossible unless they had been drawn on. Also, in the picture of Aldrin taking his first step on the moon, the cross-hairs are slightly slanted creating yet another impossibility. These cross-hairs are part of the camera, which are located between the shutter and the film and are in every NASA photograph.

But they look too real to be fake. Videos of the moon landings were extremely exceptional if the proper analysis is in progress, keeping in mind they had a three-minute censorship delay. The moon has one-sixth of the gravity that we have on Earth, yet in the video the astronauts are alternating between walking and hopping. However, many believe that to create the hopping effect, the astronaut is running and the videotape was slowed down. They believe this because when the video is played in fast motion the astronaut is is running normally. Also in the video, there is one sequence where it is visible that an astronaut is flexing his knees pretty good to jump, but he doesn’t travel any higher than a couple of feet. What starts in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force, such as gravity. There are also a number of times the astronaut would land on his knees pretty hard; and that would run the risk of puncturing their pressurized suits. FOX 59 had also pointed out these inevitable photographs and video clips.

Why would NASA hide something so important? Could they be keeping things confidential? Many believe that to keep it “Top Secret”, NASA used an enormous sound stage called the Norton Air Force Base, located outside of San Bernardo, California. Norton air Force Base has a landmass of 22,000+ acres, which is used for disposal of hazardous chemical wastes. Reassuringly, the base hasn’t been in use for a few decades. Keeping things hidden wouldn’t have been too hard considering that the base is in a valley in a desert environment. Also, Richard Nixon was president at the time and was the “king” of cover-ups, secret tapes, and scandals. who better to do a dirty job than “Tricky dick” himself? In a mission preceding Apollo 11, Grisson threatened to reveal confidential news. While he and his two men were on the test pad, the shuttle blew up killing all three men. Finally, a prototype for the Apollo 11 mission, blew up several times before it could make it out of the Earth’s atmosphere. they never once made a successful prototype. Richard C. Hoagland, who was Walter Cronkite’s science adviser, did some work for NASA and for a long time has been an advocate that there’s much more on the moon then what NASA has told.

What have the astronauts said? Neil Armstrong, supposedly the first man to step on the moon, refuses to give interviews to anyone about landing on the moon or anything related. “Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no lies.” Collins, an astronaut from another Apollo mission also refuses to be interviewed. However, Aldrin granted an interview but threatened to sue if it were shown to anyone.

But why would something so simple be staged? It wasn’t all that simple, in fact it was a big deal. To start with, the Soviets had a five-to-one superiority to the US in manned hours in space. These include the first man made satellite in Earth’s orbit, the first man in space, the first man to orbit Earth, the first woman in space, the first crew of three on-board one spacecraft, the first pace walk, and the first of two orbiting spacecraft rendezvousing. which put America at a military disadvantage in missile technology during the very height of the Cold War. However, NASA didn’t want to admit to the soviets to yet another failure. Money was also a major issue. NASA gathered a profit of 30+ billion for going to the moon, which came from taxes costing the government nothing. The public was getting gighly upset with the number of deaths that were taking place in the Vietnam War, so to take America’s mind off the brutal attacks taking place, they staged the moon landing. We only made seven trips to the moon leaving us with so much we still don;t know. Historically, we stopped going to the moon after the Vietnam War ended.

many people believe that we never really landed on the moon, and there are specific reasons why.  it was a wonderful pride-boosting distraction after 50,000 American deaths in the vietnam War. The missions before Apollo 11 were unseccessful and killed three men. The Apollo prototype itself was never once successful. Pictures taken reveal deceiving evidence and interview were forbidden. There for I lean towards the evidence in belief that the first moon landing was a hoax.