re: Neil Armstrong’s family watching him go to the moon

For all those that believe the moon landing was faked -

We have telescopes that can currently see the flag planted on the moon and the shadow it casts, as well as the equipment left behind.

We also still use the laser reflector placed on the moon by the crew to measure the distance between it and the earth.

You can still say "but those could've been planted by a machine" as an argument I guess, but why would they go through that much effort instead of just sending humans?

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I know he big dickt Aldrin out of being the first person to walk on the moon after it was pretty much already decided.

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Myth, there was no debate on who would be first, Armstrong had already trained to be the pilot of the Lunar lander for a couple of years. Being the pilot he was next to the hatch, the cockpit of the lander was so small Aldrin couldn't exit until Armstrong got out first.

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For all those that believe the moon landing was faked -

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We have telescopes that can currently see the flag planted on the moon and the shadow it casts, as well as the equipment left behind.

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You can still say "but those could've been planted by a machine" as an argument I guess, but why would they go through that much effort instead of just sending humans?

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We also still use the laser reflector placed on the moon by the crew to measure the distance between it and the earth.

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We can also exercise simple logic to see that the idea that the lunar landings were fake is idiotic.

Lets start with the primis that "the lunar landings were faked"

1. Why go to the trouble of faking 6 landings, seems like one or two would do?


2. Why fake the loss of video on the second landing so none of the world could see the "fake" landing?

3. Why fake the failed Apollo 13 mission?

4. Why bother to build a fake lunar rover and ride around, seems like just faking the landing would be enough?

5. Why fake all the scientific experiments, as already stated wouldn't just faking the landing be enough?

6. How did the capsule get out to the location where the astronauts were picked up in the ocean, or was entire crew of a NAVY vessel in on the fraud.

7. 400,000 people worked on the Apollo program, 10-20,000 would have been in positions to know if it was staged yet not a single one has talked in 50 years,

OysterPoBoy saw the documentary "Capricorn One" that exposed the faked manned mission to Mars. He knows what's going on.

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By moon they mean Arizona

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Awesome picture...that may top the OP’s.

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Probably Shepherd. Armstrong was just known for being very private. I've never heard anything about him being rude.

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I was on a “space kick” about a decade ago. Whether the HBO series or the documentaries that came out when the shuttle program was winding down, I remember that one of those 2 major “firsts” had a guy who ended up being a nasty old SOB in his later years. As for Buzz, nobody could top his old arse punching that prick in the face. Didn’t Armstrong essentially “pull rank” to be in the position to get out first?

Lovell is a guy who even most middle aged people think looks like Tom Hanks. He’s also the one guy who you feel for...imagine being that close to the moon twice and never landing on it.

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Didn’t Armstrong essentially “pull rank” to be in the position to get out first?

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Armstrong was selected to be the lunar lander pilot years before, and had trained for that role. The lunar lander cockpit was so small the simple fact that Armstrong's control position as pilot was next to the hatch dictated he had to get out first.

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The "moon landing" is Stanley Kubrick's best work.

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Watch the movie Capricorn 1 and see how easy it is to create such a cover-up just once.