Looking through those who argue that we never went to the Moon, I find that much of it is conjecture and gives analogies. Where is the refutation of the actual evidence? They repeat claims and analogies, but never delve into the hard questions. Let’s offer some.
The Conspiracy claims NASA created fake moon rocks. Where is the hard evidence? Has any reputable scientific laboratory created fake moon rocks? Are there independent tests supporting this?
Regolith, the soil of the Moon, can be simulated for most experiments. Yet, it is not a complete recreation. A rare isotope of helium found in there is too expensive to put in a complete recreation. This is helium 3. If you have a spare nuke, sure, you can take it from there. The Government has plenty of nukes but they are using helium 3 to develop a new form of nuclear power. To return to the Moon and make it break even, we need to mine helium 3. This will take care of our energy needs for two centuries. After that, we can mine it from the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune. The solar wind traps it on the Moon and the atmospheres of the giant planets. With Uranus and Neptune having less gravity, it is cheaper to mine it there than Jupiter and Saturn.
We also learned from moon rocks about the Big Whack. This was where a Mars sized body struck the Earth and reshaped it. It explains tectonic plates, the axis and spin of the Earth, and why the Moon is so dry among other things. Where is the refutation of this?
We have collaboration for moon rocks in a class of meteors called Howardites. These are rocks blasted from the surface of the Moon by asteroids and comets. They match moon rocks. The Soviet Union also returned samples from the Moon. Other Howardites discovered from exploration to Mars to originate there. We hope to classify Howardites from Mercury soon. Yet, until the samples came back, we did know which Howardites were from the Moon. We had only a small chance of guessing which Howardites came from the Moon. Further exploration of the solar system would expose any fraud.
There are mirrors on the Moon we are also tracking its orbit with to see that it is slowly moving outward. Again, this is part of the Big Whack. The Moon is slowing the rotation of the Earth ever so slowly. We’ve verified this. It is also moving away from us. Who put those mirrors up there the scientists are bouncing lasers off if there were no manned missions to the Moon?
Science demands published results to have peer review. That is to uncover mistakes or incorrect conclusions. Are all astronomers and other scientists involved in this cover up? What would be their motive to do so? I await a reasoned, researched reply.
I am also interested in why the Russians would be involved in keeping it quiet we did not land on the Moon. Exposing a fake moon landing would be a great propaganda victory for them. Where is the answer for this? What are the sources? Why are not the people supporting the belief the Moon missions were a fake not going into detail as to why the Russians would help the US?
Opinions are only opinions without evidence. Come one, someone step up and give a detailed, documented reply to these and other facts supporting the manned exploration of the Moon.
