Moon landing anniversary: 10 reasons the

Apollo landings were 'faked'

Below is a list of ten of the most popular reasons given by
conspiracy theorists who believe the Apollo Moon landings
that began 40 years ago were faked.

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969 Photo: AP

Buzz Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969 Photo: Science Photo Library
Buzz Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969 Photo: REUTERS

First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong Photo: NASA

1) When the astronauts are putting up the American flag it waves. There is no wind on the Moon.
2) No stars are visible in the pictures taken by the Apollo astronauts from the surface of the
Moon
3) No blast crater is visible in the pictures taken of the lunar landing module.
4) The landing module weighs 17 tons and yet sits on top of the sand making no impression.
Next to it astronauts’ footprints can be seen in the sand.
5) The footprints in the fine lunar dust, with no moisture or atmosphere or strong gravity, are
unexpectedly well preserved, as if made in wet sand.
6) When the landing module takes off from the Moon’s surface there is no visible flame from the
rocket.
7) If you speed up the film of the astronauts walking on the Moon’s surface they look like they
were filmed on Earth and slowed down.
8) The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation from the Van
Allen radiation belt.
9) The rocks brought back from the Moon are identical to rocks collected by scientific
expeditions to Antarctica.
10) All six Moon landings happened during the Nixon administration. No other national leader
has claimed to have landed astronauts on the Moon, despite 40 years of rapid technological
development.