If you've gone through the trouble of faking a lunar landing, you can surely fake a bunch of photographs, however precise... please....

I'm all for photography; don't get me wrong... but something still seems a little iffy to me about taking so many pictures of the moon... I mean, there are planets and moons out there that we've only just had glimpses of!

Oh, and by the way... according to the rules of planets, not only is Pluto not a planet anymore, but Earth isn't either.

Fake it how? Describe the process by which these photos could be faked.

This has always been the silliest of conspiracy theories. Think of the thousands of people who would have had to be in on the deception. The idea that not one of them would have sold out for the millions of dollars and world-wide publicity make UFOs seem not only believable, but downright unremarkable.

While I personally don't believe the lunar landings were faked, I will readily admit that IF it turned out to be impossible to land humans on the moon, NASA would have definitely faked it. Back in the day of the space race, the US government was completely behind NASA and President Kennedy's declaration of being the "first" nation to land a human being on the moon basically would have left NASA no choice.

I haven't seen these 5 sample pictures yet but I'm looking forward to seeing them. The pictures of Mars taken with the rovers are outstanding, but I can't see the moon pictures being of similar quality.

Unsharp and overcontrasty? I think ASU needs to invest in a thesaurus.

LOL...LOL...(Claudio composes himself)...B Sneyd, I've been waiting all day for that one thing to brighten up an otherwise dreary day. Your commentary did just that. Thanks a million ^^

Actually, because of the compartmentalization of NASA and the fact that most work was done by outside contractors, the moon landings could have been faked without too many people having to be in the know. Also, prior to the actual landings, the ground control personnel in Houston were fed fake telemetry data as part of their training, so the possibility exists that they could have been fed faked data during the actual event.

Speaking of photographs, so many of these photos of the moon landings show areas that are illuminated despite being in deep shadow. This can only be accomplished with flashes or spot lights and yet NASA has always maintained that there was no such lighting equipment.

Another curious point about photographs, or lack of them, is the total absence of any photo showing stars. This is strange given the unique opportunity to take pictures of the universe from outside earth's atmosphere. Yet not one single photo shows the stars from the moon's perspective. Of course any talented astronomer would be able to establish if the pictures were actually taken on the moon so the lack of these photos is suspicious.

Some other questions that baffle observers are how did the Appollo astronauts manage to pass through the Van Allen radiation belt twice without showing the slightest signs of radiation sickness. Their capsule and space suits weren't built to withstand high amounts of radiation. In fact no other manned space mission, before or since, has ever ventured into this deadly area.

Maybe we'll have a definitive answer soon, when someone goes back to the moon looking for souvenirs. Of course, someone may want to get there first to plant those souvenirs. Aren't conspiracy theories fun?

Hi Bob

Re: the illuminated "dark" areas, maybe those conditions are due to the fact that with the moon being an environment with no atmosphere, it tends to look like night even though the sun is shining on it's surface. A possibility.

You do make an interesting point about there being no photographs of stars as seen from the moon. It's not something I've considered. It's possible that the sunlight being reflected off the lunar surface acted in much the same way as taking a night photo with flash, so it'd be very hard to any stars in any of the photgraphs. Still, it is very curious. Gives me something to research :)

If the authorities are serious about tackling the rise of 'intelligent design' (and I doubt that they are) then pretending to have .... gone to the moon in the 1960s .... might prove to have been a strategic mistake.

Well, astronauts of the Apollo program always said they could not see the stars from the moon, but even while getting there they were not discussing them.

Now space is not for Nasa alone anymore, private enterprise entered.

Google: Astronaut visits SA after SpaceShipOne trip

Mike Melvill, Space Ship One Astronaut on his first trip: "Seeing the bright blue sky turning pitch-black and seeing stars appear while it is day time is absolutely mind-blowing"

Enjoy all the disinfo but stay sharp folks.

i remember watch a documentary "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" (not pink floyd) where donald rumsfeld say he was the one that came up with the idea to film the moon landing in a studio
but says it was a of the cuff remark said to nixon ment only to be taken in jest. nixon decided to run with that idea but my question is, in this doc you have top gov officials admitting the film & pictures of the landing was faked so why is there any confusion?

Just wanted you all to know that the moon landing and the various "theories" as to how it was faked... well, yeah... those can all be explained as ACTUAL OCCURENCES. Moon landing wasn't faked my friends. Read up on it before buying into the idea that something so amazing could be a hoax. *nod*

Well Carolyn, I'm not saying the lunar landing was faked, I'm just saying that the possibilty exists that it *could* have been faked. I'm not skeptical...just a bit of an optimistic pessimist. Personally, the video of the lunar walks are much more impressive than the pictures.

Heck, I'm daring to believe in crop circles. Are they all genuine? Of course not, thousands upon thousands have been faked. But if only one among the thousands faked happens to be genuine, then regardless of how it was made, it would be something amazing.

With so many things being faked these days, it's amazing the human mind can even think some of these ideas up. Even the most stunning fakes are still just that: Stunning.

Either way, if they allow us to dream, I enjoy 'em both.

Now, back to filming a flying top hat with wacky lights and a blurry camcorder.

On the evening immediately following the return of one of the Apollo capsules from the moon I clearly saw a pin-point of light in the night sky to the right side of the moon. Unlike the stars around the moon this pin-point moved - not only with respect to the moon, but with respect to the background of stars. It's movement was entirely consistent with an object that had just left lunar orbit, and on route to the earth. I wonder if anyone else remembers this...

While I accept the fact that you don't know me, so must decide whether to take my word or not, I can state that the moon shots were real. When I was in the Navy, my 2nd tour of duty was as the Aide to RADM John Higginson. He was absolutely an honorable and wonderful man. He also happened to be the helicopter pilot who picked up the astronauts on three different lunar splash downs, and skipper of the carrier on a 4th splash down. I was around this man constantly for two years and would certainly know if he was making this up. It also would have been pretty hard to fake him out FOUR times, in the middle of the ocean. It was very real.