The Moon Landing - 20% Still Think It's a Hoax
July 21st 2010 01:58
Calling all sceptics . . .
Different Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo Project and the associated Moon landings were falsifications staged by NASA and members of other organizations.
Crewed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility and became the first humans to walk on the Moon - or so the majority of us will testify.
There are still subcultures worldwide which advocate the belief that the Moon landings were faked and there are even claims that this was actively taught in Cuban schools.
A 1999 Gallup poll found that 6% of the American public doubted that the Moon landings had occurred and that 5% had no opinion on the subject
A 2000 poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Fund found that 28% do not believe that American astronauts have been on the Moon.
The question remains - why fake it?
OK - so there's the argument that it was all one-upsmanship by the US Govt as part of its Cold War Technology and Arms race against the Soviets.
There's also the line of thought that so committed was the US Govt and its space agency NASA to see through JFK's - 'we will send a man to the moon and return him safely before the end of the decade' mantra that no regardless of whether or not it could be done - perception would be reality - even if that meant duping the masses on a scale, the likes we've never seen before or likely to ever see again.
So why - in the face of all the evidence are there still appox 20 per of sceptics out there?
Sceptics who purport sites such as this Click here to visit
For mine - the anticipation, anxiousness and excitement when Armstrong uttered his famous first words, reportedly unscripted: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" are just as fresh today as when my parents sat me down to watch it back in 1969.
Armstrong and Aldrin logged 21 hours on the moon and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969.
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