Landing On The Moon; Conspiracy, Or Facts?

Landing on the Moon, was one of the bigger events that happened in American History. On July 21st, 1969 Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon, along with Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Armstrong took the very first steps onto the moon, where today we can still see pictures of the first human footstep imprint, as well as the american flag that was left by the Apollo 11 crew. This was all over newspaper headlines, news stations and was the talk among the world. However since this time, there has been so many conspiracy theories, about the whole landing being fake. That it was staged by Hollywood, and that nobody has ever physically been to space. Now I cant remember every single conspiracy theory that I can give exact detail about so I did a little research and found the major ones that have since been debunked, courtesy of https://www.history.com/news/moon-landing-fake-conspiracy-theories.

Lets start off with the more popular theory, the United States Flag that looks as though it’s blowing in the wind. According to the History Channels website this is because NASA had designed special flags which had a horizontal rod, which was threaded through the flag to keep the flag up in order to see the full flag. Since there is no wind on the moon, if the astronauts had taken an ordinary flag it would look like the flags look on earth when there is no wind blowing through them. Another Popular theory is that the landing is fake because you cant see the stars behind the astronauts in the pictures. This one did make me have some questions, but this has a perfectly logical explanation as well. The reasoning for this is the exposures were all taken in daylight, meaning the surface was brightly illuminated due to the sun. That however, could in my opinion would present another conspiracy answer on that answer as well.

One of the more recent conspiracy theories, was from 2016 where a photo was taken of the original photo of the moon imprint, and the smooth sole of on the space boot worn by Armstrong. This created more of an uproar about the conspiracy theory about the whole moon landing being completely faked. The reasoning for the imprint being different than the space suit in real life, is due to the astronauts wearing Lunar Overshoes(also known as moon boots). The pressure boots, which are displayed in the museum have a smooth sole and the overshoes had a tread. There’s really no way for us to be really sure, everyone will always have their own opinions when it comes to Conspiracy theories. I will say tread lightly when it comes to these topics, I’m ashamed to say that I had fallen down the rabbit hole of Conspiracy theories on YouTube. You find yourself, being terrified of the world you live in, and want to barricade you and your family in a bunker with tinfoil hats. The world is a scary place, but it has a lot of beauty in it as well. I think its important to always try your best to see the good in the world in each other while staying cautious at the same time; easier said than done, I know. So throughout all of the news, social media posts, gossiping blogs, conspiracy theories, etc. remember the good in the world, and in people.

Thanks for reading! Now tell me some of your crazy conspiracy theories! Whats the craziest, most ridiculous theories that you have heard? How about the theories that made you ask more questions, which lead to more questions? Take care all!