Moon Landing Hoax Debunked?

Be like Nutella · 30-07-2012 3:00pm #1

Is this the landing Hoax theory debunked?

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BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795

Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.

The photos from Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) show the flags are still casting shadows - except the one planted during the Apollo 11 landing.

This matches Buzz Aldrin's account of the flag being knocked over by engine exhaust as Apollo 11 lifted off.

LRO was designed to produce the most detailed maps yet of the lunar surface.

Each of the Apollo missions planted an American flag in the soil at their landing sites.

Scientists had previously examined photos of the Apollo landing sites for the flags, and had seen what looked like shadows cast by them on the lunar surface. But this was not considered conclusive.

Now, researchers have studied photos of the landing sites taken at different points during the day (and under different illuminations) and have observed shadows circling the points where the flags are thought to be.

Prof Mark Robinson, the chief scientist for the spacecraft's camera instrument, LROC, said in a blog entry: "From the LROC images it is now certain that the American flags are still standing and casting shadows at all of the sites, except Apollo 11."

Sulla Felix · 30-07-2012 3:01pm

Photoshop!

who the fug · 30-07-2012 3:05pm

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Photoshop!

MS Paint

gibraltar · 30-07-2012 3:44pm

The BBC are soooooo mainstream, also NASA what do they know?. Everyone knows the moon is hologram created by the elites as a way to disguise a nightlight for their CCTV systems.

30-07-2012 4:43pm

Be like Nutella wrote: »

Is this the landing Hoax theory debunked?

Oh yes, debunked from the get go.
But unfortunately if some people are not going to be convinced of reality by the already enormous pile of evidence and are willing to ignore the gigantic and easily spotted plot holes in the conspiracy theory, they aren't going to be convinced by a few NASA photos of the landing sites (or any evidence or rational arguments).

They are cool photos, but they aren't particularly convincing.