Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory the Term Paper

S. especially against Soviet Union and demonstrating the strength of the presidency institution and the American people in general to succeed in everything they do.

B. Evidence of the Conspiracy

In order to demonstrate the conspiracy, its advocates must submit evidence in this sense. Photographs and videos, as well as sample related aspects seem to induce the idea of clear conspiracy performed for the above mentioned reason.

First of all, the photographs were taken with an enhanced frequency - more than 50 pictures a second, while in the actual condition the normal figure would have been around 2 pictures per second. Another issue that could invalidate the NASA theory on 1969 moon landing is that, like the human body, the film camera would have not survived to the existent radiations, and consequently would have melted. Additionally, the quality of the photographs is extremely high for the natural condition of the moon Environment.

The loss of initial and original video by NASA further more supplies worries and concerns in this case. If we consider the importance for planet and space study of this illustration, we might think that the images were of a deep importance, and should have been saved and stocked in an appropriate manner.

Another argument submitted by NASA to support the man landing idea was the one relating to the collection of more than 300 kilograms of moon rocks. Hoax advocates claim that these elements could have been harvested by a robot and that humans could induce better the man landing idea if they reported an impressive quantity of lunar rocks

C. Reasons for elaborating the conspiracy

As it was above mentioned, the distance war between the U.S. And the Soviet Union included also the space exploration contest. Even if the Russians managed to send the first human being into orbit, the Americans were forced to send the first man on the Moon. Of course, that this process was very difficult and risky, and opponents claim, that it would have been easier for NASA to stage a so called moon man landing.The feeling of pride and superiority can represent a possible motivation for this action.

It is known from NASA statistics that only the Apollo 11 mission required the budget of 30 billion dollars. By transmitting at the global level the success of the NASA agency, the American authorities could continuously provide funds and support for the improvement and research within the field, so as to definitively defeat Russia in the Cold War.

D. Public Problems

The public registered this extraordinary event with deep suspicion. In fact, three weeks later the man landing on the Moon, the News Week publication did a survey among 1721 citizens in order to find their state of spirit related to the event. It came to no surprise that 30% of the respondents perceive the moon expedition with great suspicion, questioning the authenticity of the presented photographs and video. Besides ordinary individuals, specialists in the field had their own doubts regarding the space expedition, and explained that the lunar landscape was more of a Hollywood movie set.

The political figure involved in the story, especially from the president's message to fasten and collectively support the space development program, had a big influence on the performance of the respective actions.

As a closing point, the suspicious death of more than 11 members of the land staff dropped a shadow of lack of trust upon the Man landing story. Time will tell whether this expedition was a real one, contrary to the physical evidence brought by NASA opponents

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NASA Website at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/.Last retrieved on September 28, 2007.....