The greatest event in the history of mankind
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“This is a small step for man, but a big one for humanity” is perhaps the most famous sentence we have ever heard since the distant 1969. This is the sentence that Neil Armstrong said when he stepped on the moon on July 21, 1969. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to set foot on the moon. In their mission, commanded by Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched on July 16 from the John F. Kennedy Spaceport. Kennedy “in Florida. At 10:56 a.m., Neil stepped on the moon saying a familiar sentence. The event was watched live on television by over 500 million people.
Neil Armstrong’s feet on the moon do not match the size and shape of his shoes
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More than 50 years after the greatest event of mankind, conspiracy theories have emerged that conclude that Neil Armstrong was not actually the first man to set foot on the Moon. In fact, these conspiracy theories have been going on for years, and theorists say that the entire landing on the moon was false.
Neil Armstrong died in 2012 at the age of 82. After his death, his personal belongings were sold at auction for more than $ 7.4 million. The auction was led by the Heritage Auction House in Dallas. They said the Neol Armstrong’s Apollo 11 lunar module badge sold for a whopping $ 468,000, including Neil’s personal belongings, the astronaut suit he wore on the mission also sold for a whopping $ 109,375. Hence the conspiracy theories where it is said that the prints on the Moon’s shoes do not match Neil Armstrong’s boots. NASA says the photos that have been in the public eye for a long time, the photos with the print of Neil Armstrong’s boots, say that those prints will exist and will be there on the Moon for millions of years. Given the fact that there is no wind on the Moon to cover the tracks. The Nile and its crew also left other items on the moon, such as camera equipment, magazines, tools, etc., to reduce the ship’s cargo.
Evidence of the legitimacy of the moon landing
These conspiracy theories have been around for years, often because of the misconception that some people believe is that landing on the moon is just a hoax organized by the US government to win the space race against the Soviets. This conspiracy theory has been refuted by Rick Fienberg, a press officer at the American Astronomical Society who holds a doctorate in astronomy. He debated in a show with Bill Kaysing – one of the main theorists of the conspiracy that the moon landing is fake. Rick noted that about 400,000 scientists, including electricians, technologists, mechanics, engineers, worked on this mission to land on the moon, so if the goal was to deceive the mission so that all those people could be silent for more than 50 years? According to Rick, it is okay not to trust the US government, but it is still impossible to silence all those people who were part of the mission to land on the moon.
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5 Conspiracy theories or perhaps facts?
- There is no good photo of Neil Armstrong from the moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon, but there is no well-visible photograph of him that can prove it. The photo that exists on the Internet actually shows the other astronaut who participated in the Buzz Aldrin mission.
- There was another man in the Apollo 11 crew
Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are often mentioned in the lunar landing mission, but another astronaut, Michael Collins, also took part in the mission. The astronaut piloted the command module of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and did not move outside the Moon’s orbit. Although he was not on the surface of the moon, he played an important role in this mission, and the mission would not have been successful without him.
- Armstrong brought something important with him into space
The Wright brothers were the first people to fly. This important moment in the history of aviation took place on December 17, 1903. To pay their respects, Neil Armstrong took a piece of wood from their plane.
- America was ready for failure
Until 1969, the human foot did not set foot on the surface of the moon. Although nearly 400,000 experts from various fields were involved in the Apollo 11 program, all were prepared for the eventual failure of the space mission. The then President of the United States, Richard Nixon, even had a prepared speech in case the astronauts never return to Earth.
- People did not set foot on the moon
There are people around the world who firmly believe that Neil Armstrong never set foot on the moon. Conspiracy theorists are convinced that the Americans lost the space battle with the former Soviet Union that actually sent the first man and the first satellite into space, so the Americans decided to fight back. According to conspiracy theorists, the Americans asked Stanley Kubrick to direct the man’s first landing on the moon.
