A comment at the hardware store got me thinking about the moon landing

I was buying some paint yesterday and the man behind me in line said, 'They faked it all in a studio, you know. The shadows are all wrong.' He was talking about the Apollo 11 photos. On one side, people point to the flag moving and the lack of stars as proof it was staged. On the other, experts explain the flag had a rod to hold it out and the camera settings washed out the stars. I read that NASA has over 8,400 photos from the missions. What's a solid piece of evidence that convinces you it was real or fake? I'm curious where people stand on this old debate.

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cameron4261d ago

Ugh, that's the worst kind of small talk. I always feel bad for the cashier stuck listening to that stuff. For me, the rocks they brought back sealed it, because labs all over the world have checked them. That's way too much to fake for decades.

the_blair1d ago

But like, how many labs are we talking about? It's not like every country got their own moon rock to check. A few samples going around the same circles doesn't prove a huge global cover-up. People get way too intense about this stuff.