"Despite all this evidence, when conspiracy theorists still doubt the authenticity of the Moon landings, they probably also should ask why they question the landings in the first place," Potter said. An estimated 400,000-plus people worked on the Moon landings, meaning a lot of eyes were watching this take place from inside the NASA community, and all the Apollo missions were independently tracked by the United States' chief adversary during the Cold War, the Soviet Union, who would not have sent NASA a letter of congratulations if the landings never happened," Potter told ABC News.Ī rock from the moon is seen displayed inside a plexiglass case during a gala reuniting the Apollo team responsible for the historic lunar landing 50 years ago aboard the USS Hornet in Alameda, Calif., on July 16, 2019. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the landing sites in 2011. You can still bounce Earth-based lasers off the retro-reflector mirrors placed on the lunar surface by the Apollo astronauts. "When people question or have questions about the Apollo landings, we invite them to examine the evidence for themselves: 842 pounds of astronaut-collected Moon rocks studied by scientists worldwide for decades. Sean Potter, a NASA media relations specialist, responded to ABC News' inquiry by running through another list of evidence disputing conspiracy claims. NASA re-issued the same statement in February 2001, showing the longevity of the conspiracy theories. Lunar material refers to any rocks taken from the moon.
FIRST MAN ON THE MOON MOVIE FLAG SERIES
Apart from the fact that millions of people saw the Apollo series on television and heard them on radio in real time, perhaps the lunar material is as irrefutable proof as any that the Moon missions were not 'faked,'" the NASA release states. "From time to time we are asked the question above as a result of at least one book and recurring articles in various publications based either on its content or individuals' expressions of their opinions. The two-page memo specifically cites Kaysing's book before going on to refute its claims that the Defense Intelligence Agency set up a fake set to stage the landing in Nevada. Astronauts Really Land on the Moon?" The first line of the release answered it succinctly: "Yes. NASA made an effort to beat back the growing conspiracy theories by releasing a fact sheet in June 1977 titled "Did U.S. By comparison, public trust in government as of March 2019 was just 17%. The public's trust decreased steadily until 1980, reaching a then-low of 27%. In October 1968, the year before the moon landing, average public trust in government dipped to 62%, and the year after the landing, in December 1970, it decreased further to 54%. Kennedy's assassination - itself the subject of several conspiracy theories. That high figure was reported a year after President John F. Trust in government was at a peak of 77% in October 1964, according to Pew Research, which has been studying the public's trust in government since 1958. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, poses for a photograph besides the United States flag during an extravehicular activity on the moon, July 20, 1969.
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