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People think they have 'evidence' that one of the biggest events in human history was staged

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Published 13:41 18 Jun 2023 GMT+1

People think they have 'evidence' that one of the biggest events in human history was staged

Conspiracy theorists are at it again

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

The conspiracy that the first ever moon landing was staged back in 1969 is a theory that will likely never die out as long as there are conspiracy theorists in the world - which is to say it's going nowhere.

Some 400,000 people played a part in putting Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, but there are people who are convinced they have the evidence which proves it was all a lie.

Don't let Buzz Aldrin hear you saying that, though, or he might just punch you in the face for such ridiculous insults to his life's greatest achievement.

Theories that the whole thing was a hoax have been knocking around since the 70s and although the flames of conspiracy theories continue to be fanned today, they were first ignited by a man named Bill Kaysing.

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Kaysing was a former employee of Rocketdyne, one of the companies that helped design the Saturn V rocket engines.

Some people think we didn't land on the moon.
CrackerClips Stock Media / Alamy Stock Photo

In 1976, Kaysing published a pamphlet called We Never Went to the Moon: America’s Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, in which he laid out ‘evidence’ the moon landing was staged.

According to The Guardian, the self-published brochure contained nothing more than ‘grainy photocopies and ludicrous theories’, but nonetheless, Kaysing’s insinuations gathered pace and, as far as conspiracy theorists are concerned, became set in stone over the years.

Recently over on Reddit, one user argued the moon landings were real, but nevertheless were 'staged' in one significant way.

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Responding to a thread called ‘What world event do you think was staged?’, one social media user said the moon landings were technically staged because of all the cameras present.

They wrote: “I believe the moon landing was real, but they went out of their way to pack as many TV cameras on the mission as possible, so in the most literal sense it was staged as a media production almost more so than a scientific mission.”

If we didn't land on the moon why are our footprints there?
NASA Pictures / Alamy Stock Photo

Another person echoed their sentiment, suggesting that America embarked on the record-breaking mission merely for commercial purposes.

“Science was an afterthought,” they wrote, adding: “It was not a secret that the US was doing it to beat the Russians.

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“It was a commercial for how badass America was. Later on NASA used science to keep their budget.”

However, others disagreed, noting that every single aspect of the trip involved careful scientific planning.

“Dude, they literally started from zero and ended with two human beings standing on another celestial body. I'm pretty certain science was the primary thought,” said one person.

Another added: “The science was getting humans and all that gear to the moon... and back home!”

Featured Image Credit: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo NASA

Topics: Space, Conspiracy Theory, Science

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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