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Why We Did, In Fact, Land on the Moon: A Photography-Based Proof

 

One of the most vehemently argued conspiracy theories of all time is that, in 1969, NASA did not actually land on the moon. Many different breakdowns of the photo and video footage have been used to make this point (think: flag waving, missing stars, etc), leading most conspiracy theorists to argue that the great Stanley Kubrick actually filmed the moon landing in a television studio.

Writer/Director S.G. Collins, however, disagrees — and he’s got the photographic/videographic reasoning to prove it. Fair warning, Mr. Collins does drop the occasional curse word throughout the video and the humor may be a bit dry for some people’s tastes, but he does offer fairly conclusive evidence to back up his point: while the technology to land on the moon did exist in ’69, the technology to fake it did not.

(via Fstoppers)

 
 

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  • SpaceMan

    The more these conspiracy delusions are discussed/disproven, the more it taints one of the greatest achievements in human history. Move on people, nothing to see here

  • Fra Lippi

    It’s a fun and interesting video, especially if you’re curious about what film/movie technology was like in the late 60s. But it’s not going to convince anyone who thinks
    the moon landings were faked. Trying to convince a completely irrational person of the truth by appealing to reason and facts is almost always doomed to failure.

  • @@@**@*

    as someone who works in government, it amazes me the credit that conspiracy theorists give to us to achieve a hoax of this magnitude, especially since we struggle to make a difference in any other field (not though lack of trying though)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=744079103 Dov Hechtman

    Awesome and brilliant!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1079180093 Tommy Sar

    Why is it that those why deny the lunar landings are Americans? No other countries deny this. Not even the Russians, who back then had every reason to call out any shenanigans made by the US during the space race, deny the lunar landings but affirmed it themselves.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jared.monkman.5 Jared Monkman

    As much as I agree it was a great achievement, I’m unsure what you mean by saying disproving conspiracies taint this great achievement. I think the opposite is true?

  • http://twitter.com/syuaip Syuaip

    thanks for sharing.. great one. great one.

  • SpaceMan

    When you give the deluded too much attention, this can start to validate their claims. A proper debate is one where both sides have valid claims based on evidence and facts

  • http://stephan-zielinski.com/ Stephan Zielinski

    Comes up in the UK, too. There was a poll back in 2009 wherein “A quarter of Britons believe the Apollo 11 mission moon landings in 1969 were a hoax.” The Telegraph: Apollo 11 hoax: one in four people do not believe in moon landing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kikulino Lukas Prochazka

    i was laughing so hard when he was explaining how would they do it on 35 mm film hahaha

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1079180093 Tommy Sar

    Thanks for the link. Very interesting.

  • Michael H Anderson

    I think it’s safe to say that there is no developed nation on earth where the bulk of mental illness so routinely goes undiagnosed and untreated as the USA, and where mistrust of any authority other than the little voices in one’s head is so culturally ingrained; a quick surf through some of the more popular Youtube conspiracy videos is proof enough. What a pity.

  • Michael H Anderson

    Britons emulating Americans, absorbing the global Internet culture of delusion and paranoia.

  • tttppp

    Brilliant, simply brilliant! It’s high time someone with a bit of brainwork – not to mention impeccable wit – came along and mopped the floor with the pinhead conspiracy nutcase set.

  • Tom

    That was really well done! I love his dry sense of humor.

  • http://profiles.google.com/ameergittens Ameer Gittens

    Prove it to me by repeating it. Someone *else*, please. Anyone else. The US cannot be believed about anything, ever.

  • TBag

    Very true. Like trying to have an intelligent conversation with a devout religious person about evolution…. or that it’s all a made up load of nonsense to enstill fear and controll the masses

  • Tbag

    Hahahaha, you’re exactly the moron everyone here’s talking about!!!! Re watch the video meat head, and listen to what he says instead of the little voices in your head. He’s not talking CG, he’s talking about literal logistics and his points are rock solid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Wilson/2261152 David Wilson

    If you look at his other posts you’ll see that he’s clearly living in a world where no one has every challenged his beliefs, or if they have, he’s disregarded them wholly. The idiocy contained within his comments says that any attempts to engage him will likely end with your head hitting a desk.