Dark Side of the Moon
How could the flag flutter when there's no wind on the moon? During an interview with Stanley Kubrick's widow an extraordinary story came to light. She claims Kubrick and other Hollywood producers were recruited to help the U.S. win the high stakes race to the moon.
In order to finance the space program through public funds, the U.S. government needed huge popular support, and that meant they couldn't afford any expensive public relations failures. Fearing that no live pictures could be transmitted from the first moon landing, President Nixon enlisted the creative efforts of Kubrick, whose 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968) had provided much inspiration, to ensure promotional opportunities wouldn't be missed.
In return, Kubrick got a special NASA lens to help him shoot Barry Lyndon (1975). A subtle blend of facts, fiction and hypothesis around the first landing on the moon, Dark Side Of The Moon illustrates how the truth can be twisted by the manipulation of images.
With use of 'hijacked' archival footage, false documents, real interviews taken out of context or transformed through voice-over or dubbing, staged interviews, as well as, interviews with astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and others, Dark Side Of The Moon navigates the viewer through lies and truth; fact and fiction. This is no ordinary documentary. Its intent is to inform and entertain the viewer, but also to shake him up - make him aware that one should always view television with a critical eye.
First, understand the type of people you are dealing with when it comes to conspiracies. Many are leading mundane lives, and are looking for exitement, and belief in a conspiracy, gives them hope, in an otherwise hopeless existence. They distrust the government, NASA, and any others they feel that are involved in their "hoax". Many are borderline paranoid, and they are all immune to facts and logic.
Moon landing deniers lack education, and respect for all the scientists that worked on all of the missions. Many deniers think there was only one, when in fact their were several. Someone would have exposed this hoax at some point, had it been true. Conspiracy believers think everything they don't understand is a hoax, and they refuse all facts. There is no reasoning with any of them.
What's wrong with people? If ANYTHING was fake, it would have been exposed years ago. Six missions cannot be faked. Hoax believers are simple minded fools that believe everything they see on YouTube. They come online with the same old tired claims, all which have been explained so many times it's not even funny anymore. They aren't scientists, but they sure act like they are. Most of these fools couldn't rub two sticks together, and we are expected to believe their claims? No way. Trust science, not idiots.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that proves skeptics wrong, remember, most of them aren't going to accept any evidence they are shown. They will simply say everything is fake, and everyone is "in on it.
As a wise man once said, "The universe is filled with protons, neutrons, and morons ........." Hoax believers are in their own world, and won't listen to anyone. Anything they spew, is easily explained. A hoax of that magnitude cannot remain secret no matter how few people were involved. Some just love theories like this, so they can look intelligent by claiming "no man has been to the moon" the education system has failed these folks, as not everything is a conspiracy. They also have little to no knowledge about science anyway, so they have a lot of nerve claiming we never went to the moon.
Van Allen belts????? Easy..... They targeted the weakest points and went through quickly thus minimizing radiation exposure ( I know the belts are a favorite among hoax nuts to use as their so called proof).
People love conspiracies. They feel empowered. Flat earth, moon hoax, 911, antivaxxers, all think they are the only ones smart enough to figure it all out, while the rest of the planet are sheep. Sigh......... There is a thin line between paranoia, and "Thinking for yourself" Science proves we landed on the moon, think for yourself all you want. Unfortunately, most skeptics cannot accept that their beloved conspiracy was false.
Not everyone who believes in conspiracies are nutters, but many are beyond help. Some just have their facts wrong, but many get their information from websites that promote inaccurate information, and lies. Comments from astronauts, and scientists , are indeed taken out of context and twisted around, to fit their narrative. It's all a big joke to the skeptics, as they believe they are smarter than everyone else. Maybe one day, they can put their egos aside, learn science, and realize how wrong they are. I wouldn't hold my breath though, as they generally will have an answer for everything.
You cannot argue or even educate a skeptic. They won't believe anything you tell them. Most are too far gone to be helped. I always ask them the same question, how come no one ever came forward to expose everything? Cricket's..... Every claim they have come up with has been explained and debunked a million times, from the flag waiving, to the shadows not lining up, to why they haven't returned. All available online to anyone. Sadly, most skeptics of science refuse to believe anything they don't understand. There is loads of evidence to support the landings, and absolutely zero evidence of any fakery. What does exist, are loads of misinformation being spread by social media and YouTube.
Another graduate from YouTube University! Perhaps you should look again moron, because they NEVER said that! Videos get edited by deniers, plus conversations are taken out of context, and they twist the original words around. Perhaps a Google search would educate even someone as stupid as you?
Perhaps someone should tell these nutters who believe that men walked on the Moon over 56 years ago, that Nasa have admitted on YT that Apollo was fake. Nasa admit we never went to the Moon on Youtube. Go watch it you dumbed down Apollo freaks.
What was actually acheived by going to the moon. Not very much IMHO. As this documentary points out, a lot of the input was political. Compeating for world opinion vs the Soviet space program. Fullly Robot Mechanical Missions made more sense & would have been a more financially responsible plan ... given that the USA was fully embroiled in a savage attritional war in Vietnam & there were many requirements for social welfare & American civil infrastructure rwpairs. .
Is it me, or do skeptics not know how to do an internet search? It's either that, or they are very lazy. No hoax evidence ever existed, only opinions from people who think they are smart, but aren't.
People like Timmy, cannot be reasoned with. Paranoid hoax believers patrol sites like this, and try to look smart, claiming everything is either fake or never happened. A little rest would open their eyes, but most of them are blinded by their own ignorance of hard scientific facts.
Answering Timmy Kelley, Why hasn't NASA returned to the moon? Mainly due to budgetary constraints, and shifts in national priorities after the Apollo missions ended. The Apollo missions were very expensive, so public, and political support declined. Basically, they moved on to other priorities. The shift was now towards the space shuttle and international space station. Had you done any research you would know this! Instead you would rather claim everything that you don't understand is a hoax, and not bother to get educated. Shame on you. People like you help keep these idiotic hoax theories alive, and spread misinformation, and paranoia. No one in their right mind would ever take you seriously until you get better educated, and stop thinking everything is fake or a hoax.
Derek and his pub buddies are a bunch of ignorant fools, he's just some idiot that tries to think he's smarter than he is. The sites he gets his information from, are all wrong. Just put of curiosity, I googled moon hoax, and I found truckloads of sites that debunk all his crap.
Don't argue with fools who won't even listen to both sides of the argument. They come here to look smart, not learn anything.
Nutjobs who try and say we never landed on the moon, are idiots. Let's just be honest. Not one thing they claim is true. All they have to do is open their mouths, and they prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, how clueless they are. History books have it as factual, other Nations agreed all 9 of the landings happened, loads of moon rocks were brought back from the missions, lots of video footage, and pictures of the landing sites, plus the missions were tracked. If all of that isn't enough, then go pound sand. This nonsense has been going on for decades, and these weirdos claim there is no evidence? WTF? Instead, they would believe a YouTube video, or some other video, saying " There are no stars, so it
must be fake!" Well, actually, it's the shudder speed on the cameras, and it's also daylight on the moon as well. Had you nimrods actually stopped being so paranoid, and ignorant, you might have known this. Most nutters never bothered to fact check their sources, basically, it tells them what they want to hear, and they believe it. Meanwhile, these lowlife fools make fun of everyone that doesn't believe their lies. Basically, this garbage will continue, over and over again, the same jerks come on here, with the same dumb claims that aren't true. No evidence of fakery ever existed. This hoax crap will never end, simply because you are dealing with tin foil hat wearing lunatics.
The "waiving flag" is always fun to discuss with deniers and hoax advocates. It moves due to INERTIA. It swings like a pendulum, when the astronauts are securing it into the moons surface. Besides the director would have yelled "CUT!" If it were in a studio. Do people not know how to do research? Omg everything is available on numerous sites. I can see some here aren't going to be persuaded regardless of what they are shown. Usually, it's the same old stuff, skeptics just deny everything put in front of them, and go on and on about how they are right, and everyone else needs medical help, when THEY are the only ones who desperately need it.
I've never researched this Colby fella, but I know the internet is full of bad science. Several websites promote ridiculous hoax theories. The hilarious part, is many of these yokels believe it. When I was young I went to an aerospace and science museum. What an amazing time. In todays world people deny everything. The landings, the Holocaust, the covid vaccine. So called "skeptics" have yet to provide a single piece of evidence that anything was faked. They can't, simply because there is none. Now they can't admit they are wrong, then they will look even more foolish than they already are. So tell me this "nutters", why is it in the history books if none of the landings ever happened? Why has no one spilled the beans over the years? What about all the evidence against your claims?
( You know, the evidence you will deny exists) Pictures, videos, all available online to you. What about all of that? Is that faked too? Lol. Rock samples? Faked? Nope , they were all verified by scientists as genuine. They can run tests to determine if they passed through earths atmosphere. So no,they aren't from Antarctica! Every single question all of you nuts can ask, has been answered, your problem is you are so thick headed and lazy, you won't bother to look it up. That, or you think everyone is in on it, including Google. I've noticed, when these loons post something, they ignore any facts posted, and continue with their onslaught of insults, and false claims. How about doing something, like trying an actual CREDIBLE website? Ones with facts, and not just some idiots opinion. On social media, these clowns are the butt of everyone's jokes, as they should be, because they have all lost their minds. It's easy to deny something, when you have little to no idea on how it works. When humans return to the moon, I'm willing to bet all of you will deny that as well.
The moon hoax is one of the easiest claims to debunk with facts and science, sadly, you are wasting your time with the thick headed deniers. They will not listen to anyone, unless they believe what THEY believe. Everyone is, is a fool. Guess they never thought maybe their sources for all of this fake crap could be wrong. LMAO.
Anything from Sam Colby is a lie. He never provided any overwhelming evidence. It's all easily debunked. Just remember, thick headed idiots that believe in fake moon landings aren't worth wasting your time with, as they are immune to all facts. There is loads of evidence debunking all of their dumb claims, but none of them will ever listen, so just ignore them, and let them be ignorant for the rest of their lives. Conspiracy theories make people feel important. Anything they don't understand is fake. Pathetic. They won't even give facts a chance. Derek is another weirdo that believes in Sam's lies.
Skeptics usually cherry pick what they believe to be correct, and the rest is just ignored. Facts are not important, or needed in their lives. Trying to educate them will not work, as they will not hear anything you have to say, and they insist their beliefs are correct, and anything else is wrong. God help us all from these lunatic theories.
How could the flag flutter? Simple, it's not. It's only moving due to inertia. It swings like a pendulum, when the astronauts are securing it into the moons surface. There is a rod in the outer edges of the flag, to make it stand up. If it didn't, it would flop down, due to there being no air on the moon. That wouldn't make for a good photo. Just as easy as that, their claims are dismissed. Every other claim made by hoax advocates, and other Apollo skeptics, can easily be debunked. Instead,they will go on and on with " Hey this site says it was filmed on a soundstage! I'm going to believe it, and ignore all the hard scientific facts that prove otherwise!" Don't bother with these types of nuts. They won't listen to anything you have to say. They just keep spouting the same old tired claims, all of which have been answered.
Sam Colby is the author of the farce, Nasascam . A very ignorant person, and obnoxious, he uses his own pictures of the moon, and tries to pass them off as the actual photos, and then, he claims it looks fake. He even has the audacity, to use photos from the NASA training camps, and claim they used that to create a hoax. He has no concrete evidence, to support any of this. Just do an internet search on him. He's wrong on every claim he has made.
I find moon landing denial to be insulting. My uncle worked for NASA years ago, and there was no kind of a hoax. It's a slap in the face to thousands of people who were involved , to deny a historical event of that magnitude. A claim was that only the top tier of workers knew about the hoax, and the rest just did what they were ordered to do. Not true. Everything leaves a trail, it's not that simple.