Analysis: Why Did The Moon Landing Conspiracy

After World War II the new war began. It was called the Cold War. The Cold War was conflict between the two greatest powers on the earth. The United States and the Soviet Union. The two countries wanted to prove their technology, military power, economic system, and political system.

Was the NASA Moon Landing of 1969 Real or Fake? In 1969, all of America watched as NASA sent the first manned ship into space and to the moon. Hundreds of people gathered around the launch station and thousands watched the live broadcasting on the news. As the countdown reached 0, the rocket with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldron and Tim Collins flew to space and America gave a sigh of relief. Now it was time to watch as Neil Armstrong took the first steps on the moon to plant the American flag on the moon symbolizing our victory in the notorious “Space Race” with the Soviet Union.

Ultimately, the 1995 movie comes fairly historically accurate in its displays of the events and the setting, but the film did include scenes of characters that were exaggerated in personality or arguments in order to establish a much more interesting story than what actually happened. Annotated Bibliography Thesis: Apollo 13 is actually pretty historically accurate but had a few inaccuracies put in to actually make the movie interesting in its portrayal of the characters involved, the events that transpired, and the setting, both outside of Earth and on Earth, of the Apollo mission at the beginning of the 70’s. Sources: #1.Smithsonian Channel. https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/duct-tape-and-ingenuity-save-the-day/17208(Accessed February 14, 2018.)

In the process, Roswell has become synonymous with all things like UFO and attracts tourists each year. The US government considers the “Roswell Incident " a closed case - saying the debris was from a wrecked high-altitude balloon launched to spy on the Soviets. Subsequent reports of alien bodies are attributed to a combination of bad wartime memories, hoaxes

Also there was a photo taken by astronaut next to the U.S. flag. However conspiracy theorists don’t believe that the moon landing was due to the photo characteristics. There are a lot of questions about this photo which led to this conspiracy theory. One of those questions is why the flag appears to be moving if there is no wind in space.

According to Nielsen reports and broadcast records from 1969, a total of 123 million Americans tuned in to watch this momentous moment in history, where America had again gained the edge over the Soviets in the Cold War. It was such an impressive achievement that average Americans didn’t even acknowledge its significance until later. To them it was an impressive and emotional event filled with determination, happiness, pride and awe that someone had walked on the moon. Over half a billion people worldwide tuned into the broadcast, simply awed and astounded at the accomplishment. (Doc 2) People flocked to the event at parties and gatherings all across the nation.

They claim that the military didn’t want the discovery to freak people out. To this day, people still believe that there was actually a spacecraft that crashed in Roswell. Reports kept being made of new sightings of UFOs and sometimes even attached pictures that they took. Every sighting that has been reported, has been denied and has been called a mistake. The reports are denied as flocks of birds migrating or hot air balloons in the sky, and even Photoshop.

Many aspects in question cannot be explained thoroughly to accurately explain them. There are many things during the Apollo 11 missions that seem as if the astronauts are actors on a staged moon atmosphere. This will always and forever be one of the most debated and famous conspiracy theories ever. There are multiple sides for people to hold and believe in. Both sides offer some theories that are possible but the only ones who know the truth are the astronauts of Apollo 11.

Apollo 11 was the beginning of many more space adventures to come. It gave NASA as well as other countries and astronauts the courage to attempt traveling through space. After this successful landing, many other countries began to make their own attempts to land on the moon. It encouraged other space missions by showing them that it was not impossible and reassuring them that it could be done. Not only was the successful moon landing a huge inspiration to other countries, but it was a momentous accomplishment for the United States.

There are people who believe that the entire moon landing was “ The greatest government conspiracy of all time”. But the question is; why would they do that? What would be the reason for a government, who wants their country to trust them, to fake such an incredible event? After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, both the US and

Everyone in elementary school learns about the moon and knows that Neil Armstrong, in 1969, was the first man to lay foot on the moon. But what if he wasn’t the first person; what if no one ever landed on the moon and the landings were all a big scam? Many people believe this theory for many reasons. For starters, in the pictures and recordings it shows the American flag is flapping as if there’s wind, but in a vacuum, there physically can’t be any wind. Scientists oppose this idea by saying that it is, in fact possible, and add on by stating that the astronaut who was holding the flag was moving it.

The army found a UFO crash and on a mountain but they got rid of it, so people wouldn't find it and put it on the news. Lots of people have seen and taken pictures and put it on line and make stories about them so people can see them. My first fact is, NASA found tons of alien activity in space on one of the planets. My reason and evidence is a man named Scott found a UFO flying in the air.

Herblock makes a perfect attempt on unmasking the negative and poor side of a worldwide victory and success, this proves those coming together (around the world) for a worldwide “phenomenon” but when bigger issues shown in his cartoon, examples of more significant things than the moon landing, in which many are unaware of the issues. To add, one of the first articles, like “Man on the Moon” written by The Times talks about insignificance of the moon landing when it mostly discussed about rocks, a technique of sarcasm, mockery. America misused their money on the highly glorified event shows that those

Another counter-argument against the hoax theory is the practicality of continuing the make believing for the rest of the Apollo missions. Conspiracy theorists claim that the reason the American government and N.A.S.A faked it was to swindle the American public out of billions of dollars. But how much more would it cost to bribe the people involved so they would keep quite and to pay for the thousands of exhibits and museums dedicated to the moon landings? It was said on a 2001 Fox TV Network program called, "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?"

When Neil Armstrong first touched down on the moon in 1969, millions of people watched him take the first step and create history (Villard). Yet even as we’ve moved on from the moon landings and consider them as a pivotal point for mankind, “Forty years after U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon, many conspiracy theorists still insist the Apollo 11 moon landing was an elaborate hoax”(Than). The idea that our voyage to the moon was deliberately staged seems to resurface year after year. While the conspiracy theorists claim the moon landing was a hoax, creating a fake moon landing would have been more expensive and difficult than actually reaching the moon. The race to the moon began on October 5, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit around the earth: “When the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, on October 4, 1957, the United States experienced a technological identity crisis”(Olson).