Some of the particulars in question are the missing impact crater, the different directions of shadows and the lack of any visible stars. While the jury is still out in my mind regarding this topic, one of the accusations in question may have been answered by a recent event.
The lack of any visible starts is explained in a few ways:
- According to this link it is because the light from the sun hitting the surface of the moon is too bright for the weaker light produced by starts to be seen.
- This site claims that the type of exposure and frame rate used when photographing the sky could account for not seeing any stars on that occasion.
- Another explanation I have heard was on a program I watched regarding the conspiracy theory. Their explanation was that the reason we see stars flickering is because of the Earth's atmosphere. When seeing the light produced by stars, the light is distorted by our atmosphere, and possibly pollutants in our skies. This causes us to see the flickering effect of the light from the stars.
For every bit bit of evidence of a hoax, there seems to be a good explanation. Unless, like me, you have no knowledge of the intricacies of photography, you do not know if this is in fact true. I have no knowledge of the subject, so I have no reason to disbelieve the answers given to us be the experts. I also do not have any reason not to believe the conspiracy theorists, simply because I do not know the technical details of what is involved. On this subject, for me at least, seeing is believing.
It was with great interest that I watched Felix Baumgartner's space jump. History was being made. A great feat of human ingenuity was put on display. It is then when I noticed something that I probably would not have seen if the question regarding the moon landing was not already in the back of my mind.
Look at the photograph on this page of Felix's jump. See the lack of visible stars? There could once again be a myriad of reasons for this, but at least in my mind something was settled.
This of course does not answer all the questions at hand, but it does lead to the possible conclusion of at least that one part of the conspiracy.
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