Many people across the globe still believe that the first moon landings were faked.
This 20 July 1969 file photo released by NASA shows astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. saluting the US flag on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 lunar mission. The 20th July 1999 marks the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and man's first walk on the Moon.
Some of them even provide pieces of evidence to prove their belief. One of these going viral on TikTok is the mismatch between Neil Armstrong's boots and his footprint on the moon.
However, this was already debunked by space experts, saying that the space boots of Neil Armstrong were left on the moon due to weight concerns.
The alleged boot-footprint mismatch is just one piece of evidence non-believers used to prove that the moon landings were fake.
But who is really responsible for starting the fake moon landing conspiracy?
Who Started the Fake Moon Landing Conspiracy?
According to LAD Bible, Bill Kaysing, an American conspiracy theorist and author, ignited the fake moon landing conspiracy.
Picture taken 20 July 1969 of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (ML) "Eagle" during the Aopllo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong. commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
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He was one of the former employees of Rocketdyne, an American rocket engine manufacturer that designed engines for the Saturn V spacecraft.
Kaysing believed the Apollo moon landings between 1969 and 1972 didn't happen. To prove his belief, he even published a pamphlet back in 1976.
His piece titled "We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle" shows some pieces of evidence claiming that the moon landings were staged.
However, numerous reliable sources, such as The Guardian, debunked the pamphlet, explaining that it only contained grainy photocopies and ludicrous conspiracies.
Although experts and enthusiasts have already debunked Kaysing's fake moon landing conspiracy, many people still believe it and are adding more evidence.
Evidence That Prove Moon Landings Are Real
Although there's no need to prove that the previous moon landings were real, experts still got out of their way to explain why people should believe them.
Here are some reasons why moon landings did happen:
- U.S. President Nixon even prepared a speech in case Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong died on the moon.
- Many objects, such as boots and rovers, were left on the moon's surface.
- Hundreds of millions of people across the world watch the Apollo 11 mission.
You can click this link for more reasons why moon landings are actual.
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