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Jul 27, 2018 · When Aldrin said in reply that "we didn't go there" and "that's the way it happened," he was referring to the fact that the U.S. has sent no missions back to the moon since...
Oct 13, 2022 · An Instagram post claims to show a video of Buzz Aldrin saying the moon landing didn't happen. But Aldrin's words were taken out of context.
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Jan 16, 2023 · The clip shows Mr Aldrin—the second person to ever set foot on the Moon—being interviewed by a young child and responding to the question: “Why has nobody been to the Moon in such a long time?” During his response Mr Aldrin says: “I think I know… Because we didn't go there.”
- Anecdote About ‘Extraterrestrial Prank’ Never Really Happened
- Mr Aldrin Didn’T Say Journey to The Moon ‘Didn’T Happen’
- Interview with Child About The Moon Landing Has Been Taken Out of Context
The first clip used in the shows Mr Aldrin speaking directly to camera where he appears to describe “humanity’s first extraterrestrial prank”. He explains that in the pictures and video from the Moon landing, his name can be seen on the tag on his space suit, but that you can’t see his face behind the helmet. He then says: “This is a secret I’ve be...
In the second clip, an audience member at a talk can be seen asking Mr Aldrin: “What was the scariest moment of the journey?” The former astronaut appears to reply: “Scariest… it didn’t happen. It could have been scary.” The implication of this short clip is that Mr Aldrin was admitting that the journey itself never took place, though there could h...
In the third clip, a small child is shown asking Mr Aldrin: “Why has nobody been to the Moon in such a long time?” As part of a longer response, he appears to say: “I think I know… Because we didn't go there.” Once again, his answer has been wrongly interpreted as an admission that the Apollo 11 mission never went to the Moon at all. We have writte...
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- No stars. Some conspiracy theorists reference the lack of stars in the pictures taken by the Apollo astronauts from the surface of the Moon. Media caption,
- The flapping flag. Another claim is that the famous US flag, which appears in photos of the moment, appears to be flapping in the wind. Doubters say there wouldn't be wind on the Moon as there is no air.
- It wasn't impossible. Some people don't believe in the space shuttle and the missions to the Moon because they think the journey itself was impossible because of something called the Van Allen belts.
- Moon rocks. Another piece of evidence for the landing is the fact that the astronauts came back with rocks from its surface. They returned with more than 842 pounds (382kg) of Moon rocks, which have been shared and studied by scientists in many countries for decades.
Oct 4, 2022 · Buzz Aldrin, who in 1969 joined fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong in landing on the moon, is regularly, and wrongly, accused of saying his historic space flight was a hoax.
Feb 17, 2022 · Astronaut Buzz Aldrin explaining that broadcasters used animations during their coverage of the moon landing does not prove that it was faked. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact...
