Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory the

Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory The aim of this paper is to present elements that might point towards a possible conspiracy theory related to the Apollo mission to land a human being on the moon and return safely on Earth. Among the topics that will be discussed we shall include background information, evidence of conspiracy and possible reasons that lead to the existence of this conspiracy theory.

In the end, the conclusion will make reference to the issues related to the persons involved - politicians and the suspect disappearance conditions of the staff and astronauts. Human beings were always led by instincts of exploring the surrounding areas and space was a particular attraction in human history. The Moon, as the largest visible cosmic entity, has filled legends and history of mankind history and reaching it, landing on the Moon, exploring it or inhabiting it had been a human obsession for plenty of years.

The Apollo mission that occurred in 1969 had managed, according to NASA officials, to land two men on the Moon, Earth's natural satellite, and recover them safely back on Earth. However, there are different opinions about the authenticity of the moon exploration process. Astronauts: The space crew consisted of three persons: Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin. The Apollo 11 mission was the fifth human space flight and the third human moon voyage.

However, the most defining aspect of this mission is that this was the first crew to manage to put foot on the moon earth and interact physically with the moon atmosphere. Landing a man on the moon represented a national goal for the American people, as it was put in a public speech by President Kennedy at a meeting in 1961. The full relative citation of Kennedy's speech would be discussed later on.

Nevertheless, according to recent evidence, there is an opinion that the entire mission was a bluff, due to the fact that America needed the accomplishment of the national ideal and in order to distract the attention of public opinion from other current matters - wars (the War in Vietnam was not developing well from the beginning, while the Cold War provided even more reasons to worry), social aspects, important budget spending etc. Agency: The main agency behind the Apollo mission was the NASA.

It was responsible for achieving all mission - related tasks, starting with the fund raising, spacecraft construction, crew selection and instruction, publicity. The specialists discuss the fact that NASA could lie behind this national hoax, so as to meet the immediate objectives for which the agency was intended - attract the attention of the entire mankind and transmit the idea of American superiority over other nations, and other competitors, notably the Soviet Union.

It was a well-known fact that America and the Soviet Union were involved in a cold war and a superpower struggles - meaning that a deep and intense competition was held between the two states, including in the aeronautic field. It was declared by Apollo 11 remonstrant that this man landing on the moon could not be possible to the electromagnetic field existent in the moon atmosphere, as well as other natural causes that actually impeded the first operation of this kind in history.

Furthermore, NASA declared that the original pictures which showed Neil Armstrong walking on the moon were lost for no reason, so a possible investigation of the original illustrations is not possible. The famous speech of President Kennedy back in 1961 consisted of: 'I believe that this nation should commit itself. To achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important for the long-range exploration of Space." It very clearly indicated a deadline for the nation - upon the completion of the '60s decade to explore the cosmic space. The president of that time, Nixon, congratulated the crew as well as the involved parties for acknowledging one more time the superiority of U.S.

especially against Soviet Union and demonstrating the strength of the presidency institution and the American people in general to succeed in everything they do. B. Evidence of the Conspiracy In order to demonstrate the conspiracy, its advocates must submit evidence in this sense. Photographs and videos, as well as sample related aspects seem to induce the idea of clear conspiracy performed for the above mentioned reason.

First of all, the photographs were taken with an enhanced frequency - more than 50 pictures a second, while in the actual condition the normal figure would have been around 2 pictures per second. Another issue that could invalidate the NASA theory on 1969 moon landing is that, like the human body, the film camera would have not survived to the existent radiations, and consequently would have melted. Additionally, the quality of the photographs is extremely high for the natural condition of the moon Environment.

The loss of initial and original video by NASA further more supplies worries and concerns in this case. If we consider the importance for planet and space study of this illustration, we might think that the images were of a deep importance, and should have been saved and stocked in an appropriate manner. Another argument submitted by NASA to support the man landing idea was the one relating to the collection of more than 300 kilograms of moon rocks.

Hoax advocates claim that these elements could have been harvested by a robot and that humans could induce better the man landing idea if they reported an impressive quantity of lunar rocks C. Reasons for elaborating the conspiracy As it was above mentioned, the distance war between the U.S. And the Soviet Union included also the space exploration contest. Even if the Russians managed to send the first human being into orbit, the Americans were forced to send the first man on the Moon.

Of course, that this process was very difficult and risky, and opponents claim, that it would have been easier for NASA to stage a so called moon man landing. The feeling of pride and superiority can represent a possible motivation for this action. It is known from NASA statistics that only the Apollo 11 mission required the budget of 30 billion dollars. By transmitting at the global level the success of the NASA agency, the American authorities could continuously provide funds and support for the improvement and research within the field, so.