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Anyone who thinks that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not walk on the moon is ignorant of a few things, in my opinion, which make such an accusation of the moon landing being a hoax ridiculous. There are conspiracy theories for just about every area of knowledge, whether it be politics, religion or history, and most of them turn out to be not only incorrect at closer observation but preposterous and illogical, not based on much at all.

Those who believe the moon landing was faked use a few reasons to justify this, such as that the United States of America had a motivation in doing this hoax, in order to beat the Soviet rivals at something and try to impress them. But lets put aside these various explanations the conspiracy theorists and their followers use to justify their beliefs, and look at the cold hard facts.

If the landing was a hoax, then it would be known to many people. Even if it was a top secret operation there would be bound to be leaks of this information, and researchers and scientists would claim it was a hoax as well as everyday individuals. But this is not the case. Scientists do not make up an overwhelming majority of conspiracy theorists. Thus if it was faked, it is likely that by now we would have proof of the fact.

Also there are moon rocks and lunar vehicles to consider. These have been displayed around the world and examined by scientists. Putting this aside, why would the government build an expensive rocket and waste a third of the national budget on a program that ultimately was not for any purpose besides special effects, and then stage the landing on film? The government would not waste so much money on rocket equipment, lunar vehicles and research, not to mention launching sites and other areas connected with the program where large investments were made, merely to create the illusion they were doing something, only to make a few short films in a studio for the actual landing.

Conspiracy theorists argue that there is no wind on the moon but the flag planted there was waving. In my opinion this is probably caused by the motion of the individual planting it, but there are other rational explanations for it. The lack of stars in the sky is if anything an argument for the landing being real, as in most science fiction movies of the time stars were visible, and as such viewers at home would be expected to be familiar with such scenes, and if the government did not know what it looked like on the lunar surface they would probably make

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