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Originally Posted by GravidMind
Ok, good. Would you both be so kind as to answer this question: Why are you sure that we did infact land on the moon? If I may...could it be because to suggest otherwise is insanity, or because why riddle your mind with the possibility of being fool on such a grand scale?
Why exactly do you believe it is true and/or that a hoax is impossible/improbable?
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Well, the Appollo 11 mission was born of the space-race, which kicked off when Russia launched Sputnik. For the next decade, the USSR and the USA kept trying to outdo each other's latest milestone with regard to space--first chimp in space, first man in space, first man in orbit, etc. Going to the moon was the ultimate milestone and the one in which the US felt it could demonstrate it's astrophysical superiority once and for all. I just think there was too much pressure (and scrutiny) to succeed in this to allow a hoax of such magnitude to have been pulled off.
I don't have any evidence, per se. I just feel that the reality of an actual moon landing is more plausible than faking the whole event.
If anyone does prove it didn't happen, I'd be disappointed on one level. On another level, I'd probably be happy because it would likely ignite a new race to the moon.
