id we really land n the Moon? Dr Martin Hendry School of Physics and Astronomy University of Glasgow
Jan 27, 2016
Did we really land on the Moon?
Dr Martin HendrySchool of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Glasgow
Did we really land on the Moon?
Dr Martin HendrySchool of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Glasgow
Mankind’s greatest adventure?...
Between July 1969 and
December 1972, 12
astronauts walked
on the Moon.
FOX TV Documentary“Conspiracy Theory: Did We Really
Go to the Moon?”
The Hoax ClaimIt never happened
The protagonists:
’Hoax’ theorists
o Bill Kaysing
o Bart Sibrel
3. shadows aren’t parallel?
2. no stars?
1. waving flag?
3. shadows aren’t parallel?
3. shadows aren’t parallel?
4. film played fast looks like
on Earth
2. no stars?
1. waving flag?
3. shadows aren’t parallel?
6. lit in the shade?
7. Dust problems
5. Lens crosshairs behind things?
8. Radiation
footprints no blast crater
now you see it! now you don’t?
9. Identical backgrounds
10. fuel jets?
now you see it! now you don’t?
9. Identical backgrounds
4. slowed film4. slowed film
7. Dust problems
1. waving flag
2. no stars 3. non-parallel shadows
5. crosshairs
6. lit in the shade
9. similar backgrounds
Convincing?
8. radiation
10. no jets10. no jets
4. slowed film4. slowed film
7. Dust problems
1. waving flag
2. no stars 3. non-parallel shadows
5. crosshairs
6. lit in the shade
9. similar backgrounds
Convincing?
8. radiation
10. no jets10. no jets
What do you think?...
4. slowed film4. slowed film
7. Dust problems
1. waving flag
2. no stars 3. non-parallel shadows
5. crosshairs
6. lit in the shade
9. similar backgrounds
Convincing?
8. radiation
10. no jets10. no jets
4. Slowed film
10. No jets
1. The Waving Flag
1. The Waving Flag
What the TV Show says
1. The Waving Flag
1. The Waving Flag
Would the flag wave on the Moon, where there’s no
atmosphere?
1. The Waving Flag
1. The Waving Flag
1. The Waving Flag
Labor Day in Johnson City, TN
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2. No stars
2. No stars
2. No stars
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3. Non-parallel Shadows
What the TV Show says
3. Non-parallel Shadows
3. Non-parallel Shadows
3. Non-parallel Shadows
3. Non-parallel Shadows
3. Non-parallel Shadows
3. Non-parallel Shadows
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4. Film slowed down
4. Film slowed down
What the TV Show says
4. Film slowed down
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5. Disappearing Crosshairs
What the TV Show says
5. Disappearing Crosshairs
5. Disappearing Crosshairs
5. Disappearing Crosshairs
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6. Lit in the Shade?
What the TV Show says
6. Lit in the Shade?
6. Lit in the Shade?
6. Lit in the Shade?
6. Lit in the Shade?
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7. Dust problems?
What the TV Show says
The final descent of Apollo 11
7. Dust problems?
No blast crater?
7. Dust problems?
7. Dust problems?
Simulating the LEM descent
7. Dust problems?
Driving the lunar rover
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8. Radiation
Charged particles from the Sun reach the Earth and are trapped in the Van Allen
radiation belts
7. Radiation
7. Radiation
Shielding against radiation
7. Radiation
8. Radiation
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9. Similar Backgrounds?
What the TV Show says
9. Identical Backgrounds?
9. Similar Backgrounds?
9. Similar Backgrounds?
Ridge
9. Similar Backgrounds?
9. Similar Backgrounds?
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10. No fuel jets?
What the TV Show says
10. No fuel jets?
10. No fuel jets?
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Apollo 11
“Proof” that Moon Landings Happened
All the live video footage was tracked by a network of “dishes” during the Apollo missions
“Proof” that Moon Landings Happened
Over 382kg of moon rocks brought back
All the live video footage was tracked by a network of “dishes” during the Apollo missions
“Proof” that Moon Landings Happened
Over 382kg of moon rocks brought backOver 130 separate lunar ranging studies rely on reflectors left behind by astronauts
All the live video footage was tracked by a network of “dishes” during the Apollo missions
Gravity measured from original footage checks out at ~1/6th Earth’s gravity, as expected