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5. The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon. Bart Sibrel said "The wind was probably caused by intense air-conditioning used to cool the astronauts in their lightened, un-circulated space suits. The cooling systems in the backpacks would have been removed to lighten the load not designed for Earth’s six times heavier gravity, otherwise they might have fallen over".

The astronauts were moving the flag into position, causing motion. Since there is no air on the Moon to provide friction, these movements caused a long-lasting undulating movement seen in the flag. There was a rod extending from the top of the flagpole to hold the flag out for proper display. The fabric's rippled appearance was due to its having been folded during flight and gave it an appearance which could be mistaken for motion in a still photograph. The top supporting rod of the flag was telescopic and the crew of Apollo 11 found they could not fully extend it. Later crews did not fully extend this rod because they liked how it made the flag appear. A viewing of the videotape made during the Moonwalk shows that shortly after the astronauts remove their hands from the flag/flagpole, it stops moving and remains motionless. At one point the flag is in view for well over thirty minutes and it remains completely motionless throughout that period (and all similar periods). (See inertia.) See the photographs below.

That said, one thing they did  not do, unquestionably, was fake the Moon landings. In fact, most of the charges made, not just by Collier and Percy, but by others who have picked up the mantle of their assertions, are so absurd, so easily discredited, so lacking in any kind of scientific analysis and just plain common sense that they give legitimate conspiracy theories -- like ours -- a bad name.

To win the cold war, to be an even greater world power than already. Just think about. Also, I doubt you guys read my link. I understand that you think it actually happened, and I think so too, but not in 1969. It's just to damn early.
Also, please don't try to be patriotic on this one.

I understand that you think it actually happened, and I think so too, but not in 1969. It's just to damn early.

Heres a question to think about. How are we able to get on the moon now? The advancement on getting on the moon now is proof that we were able to go on the moon like 50 years ago.

Then how do you explain the fact that Russia never exposed the conspiracy?

Sorry, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I mean, what if people had said the same thing back then?
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FatalException is correct, that site is contradicting the claims that the moon landings were a hoax...
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One of the most important things, as far as I can tell, is Russia's silence. It was the Cold War, the russians and the americans were racing each other into space. Russia had everything to gain from exposing a conspiracy, and if anyone had the capabilities to do it, they did. But they never said a thing. Instead of one of the world's largest superpowers, the 'conspiracy' was 'exposed' by a few unofficial individuals from random places around the world. If nothing else, I think this shows just how unlikely it is that the landings were faked.

Then that proves that they were able to get to the moon. How simple is that?

When did this conspiracy theory start? When we found out there was no wind on the moon. How did Russia know that there was no wind on the moon? Before.

But does it prove they were able to get there 50 years ago, like you said?
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Good to have someone actually agreeing with me. I have a feeling noone agreed because they are patriots.

Good to have someone actually agreeing with me. I have a feeling noone agreed because they are patriots.
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Russia didn't start attacking the U.S. with their video because they had no proof of any type that the video was a fake. They didn't know that there was no wind on the moon.

I have a feeling noone agreed because they are patriots.

It's common sense, if we are able to do it now, there has to be a start.

??? What the hell are you talking about? At the time of the manned missions, everybody knew the Moon had no atmosphere. No one needs to land anything for that, we can see that from Earth with telescopes very easily. The russians (along with everyone else) were already well aware that there was no wind on the Moon.

??? What the hell are you talking about? At the time of the manned missions, everybody knew the Moon had no atmosphere. No one needs to land anything for that, we can see that from Earth with telescopes very easily. The russians (along with everyone else) were already well aware that there was no wind on the Moon.

I'm anything but a patriot. Besides, I'm not even american. I'm disagreeing with you because your argument just plain doesn't hold up.

The Wright brothers were able to fly an airplane in 1903, so there had to be a start, someone had to do it before them. The americans built a nuclear bomb in 1945, so there had to be a start, someone had to do it before them. I made this post in 2007, so there had to be a start, someone had to do it before me.

Translation: W. T. F.

The idea is that the Wright Brothers were the start for airplane flight, the americans were the start for nuclear bombs, etc, and that these next Moon missions will be the start for people landing on the Moon. The fact that we're planning to do it now does very little in itself to prove we did it or even could have done it 50 years ago. There is no mystical law stating that everything that has been done had to have been done 50 years before too.
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