What Are Your Thoughts?

[Nameless14]

The Russians say they are going to the moon for the express purpose of proving the US did not make a moon landing in 1969. Do you think the US made the landing in 1969? Or was it a hoax?

[sandyRoe]

I'm sure they did go. It would have been very hard to keep all the people involved quiet for so long.
If the Russians said they hadn't who would believe them?

[ludwig]

// The Russians say they are going to the moon for the express purpose of proving the US did not make a moon landing in 1969 //

Where are they saying that. Have you got a link?

[jno]

definitely a hoax. You should watch the documentary Capricorn One.

[ludwig]

I can't remember who said it but it's a good quote along the lines of ...'Conspiracy theorists have obviously never done project management, because they have a charmingly naïve optimism about things going to plan'.

[emmie]

i truly believe they went there, why would they fake it, besides what purpose would Russia have now, surely any evidence of the moon landing has long gone....

[emmie]

except on film of course.

[jno]

emmie, no, they stuck five flags in the surface. One of them was knocked over during the return takeoff but the others were still there a few years ago, and probably still are now.

[ludwig]

There's also a load of footprints and tire tracks, and probably a golf ball or two. No wind or rain to wash these things away you see.

[emmie]

yes i see that now...

[Old_Geezer]

Of course they went. Insane to suggest otherwise.
One may as well believe the EU is a hoax. (It should be.)

[IJKLM]

Wow!
"You should watch the documentary Capricorn One."

That was a movie. The IMDB desription starts, ""Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/

There have been no manned missions to Mars

I'm not sure if jno is winding us up, but the moon landings were real. There are rocks; there are photos of earth from the moon.

UK national Space centre debunks some of the supposed fake evidence here:

https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/know-moon-landing-really-happened/

MythBusters TV programme debunks other 'fake news' myths here:

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/apollo-moon-landing-pictures-fake/ (You'll need a VPN, or to be in the USA).

NASA's moon orbiter took photos of the lander tracks here:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html

Has fake news become so pervasive that we have to prove even these iconic moments of Human history?

[Old_Geezer]

Must go get a free VPN sometime.

[ludwig]

// I'm not sure if jno is winding us up, //

It was a joke.

[IJKLM]

^^ And I fell for it. Ooops! ^^

[Gizmonster]

It'd be nice to see a link to corroborate the OP's claim, 'cos I think the OP is having us on :)

[Old_Geezer]

https://www.sciencealert.com/russia-says-it-will-verify-whether-the-moon-landings-ever-really-happened

[fender62]

[jackthehat]

I'm not sure whether the Americans went, but I have seen cheery TV footage of a bald northern cheese enthusiast and his dog enjoying a Grand Day Out on our Lunar companion....

[naomi24]

Apparently this isn’t just about the initial moon landing – it’s about the whole Apollo programme.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/russia-space-agency-nasa-us-moon-landing-mission-a8650056.html

I could understand the US trying to pull the wool over the world’s eyes once … in 1969 … but six times? That really would be pushing their luck.

They’ve been to the moon.

[mibn2cweus]

If they didn't go to the Moon then where they heck did this come from? - https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61m3QyqAtsL._SL1000_.jpg