edjr 5,562 Posted November 20, 2017 Moon landing truthers swear this photo is the ultimate proof of a faked Apollo landing https://finance.yahoo.com/news/moon-landing-truthers-swear-photo-ultimate-proof-faked-171844599.html By now you’ve no doubt seen and heard the case that conspiracy theorists have put forth regarding their belief that NASA never actually landed on the moon. They believe that, for a number of different possible reasons, the original moon landing and all subsequent visits to the lunar surface were nothing more than a big Hollywood-level production. Evidence, of course, is harder to come by, but by scouring some vintage photos of the Apollo 17 landing that were only just released in recent years, they think they’ve finally nailed NASA in a history-shattering lie. The photo in question is pretty innocent at first glance, showing one of the Apollo 17 astronauts standing next to a large rock outcropping, with a small instrument sitting on the dusty lunar surface in front of him. However, the person taking the snapshot is visible in the astronaut’s reflective visor, and if you’re buying what the moon landing truthers are selling, he doesn’t have a space suit on. The image speaks for itself, and depending on what you want to see you can either make a case that the truthers might be on to something, or that the distortion of the visor has pinched and stretched the reflection in a way that makes the astronaut appear to be wearing something much less bulky: The conspiracy angle would be that the person seen in the reflection is a crew member of the moon landing “production,” standing off to the side and never meaning to be photographed at all. On the more conservative side of things, it’s easy to see how the entire reflected image is pinched and distorted, and if you widen things a bit, the individual starts to look more like what you imagine an astronaut (made up of a couple dozen pixels) looks like: This stretched image is particularly useful because you can also more easily make out what appears to be a large backpack on the figure casting a shadow onto the lunar surface. That little tidbit would seem to support the official version of things, which is that Apollo 17 landed on the moon, as did several missions before it. Suck it trebek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dain11279 927 Posted November 20, 2017 Thought this was gonna be about Terry Glenn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted November 20, 2017 Thought this was gonna be about Terry Glenn Why, what happened to him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted November 20, 2017 Why, what happened to him? Gender reassignment surgery accident. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12th Man 884 Posted November 20, 2017 Of course the Moon landing was faked. We don't have the technology to get though the Van Allen radiation belts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 788 Posted November 20, 2017 Why, what happened to him? She ded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 20, 2017 He has a spacesuit on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted November 20, 2017 He has a spacesuit on. a mini spacesuit and no helmet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted November 20, 2017 no but really, listen to the guy explain it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 20, 2017 a mini spacesuit and no helmet? A full spacesuit with a helmet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,285 Posted November 20, 2017 How does this end up in the finance section of Yahoo?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 20, 2017 Its still real to me Dammit!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanatastic 2,061 Posted November 20, 2017 Its still real to me Dammit!! I’m about 60/40 on it being real. The 60 being how hard it would be to cover it up so long with so many people involved. Other than that it could easily be bogus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,639 Posted November 20, 2017 Of course we landed on the moon. Where else would we put all the people from flight 93 and Sandy Hook? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted November 20, 2017 Of course we landed on the moon. Where else would we put all the people from flight 93 and Sandy Hook? Dur. The Sun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,064 Posted November 20, 2017 There is so much evidence that we did....people who are conspiracy nuts just ignore real facts. Its fun for a bit. But its just sad after a while Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
