# Moon landings **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 8, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727 "2001-05-08T04:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Nate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@Dr\_Nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Nate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/1 "2001-05-08T04:54:22Z")
Ok, some people say the moon landings were staged. What is some of the evidence they produced to stake their claim? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/2 "2001-05-08T05:03:04Z")
Dr. Nate, An excellent question. We have debated it many times before. Please use the “Search” function, type in “Moon landings” and set the time to “Any Date.” Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/3 "2001-05-08T13:16:39Z")
Actually, that’s something of a myth. _ **No one** _ has ever claimed that the moon landing didn’t happen. Oh, sure, you might have heard about a TV show that says the landing didn’t occur, or maybe run across a website dedicated to the topic. But that’s just part of the conspiracy to convince you that there are people who believe the moon landing was a hoax. Don’t buy into the conspiracy – no one claims something that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/4 "2001-05-08T15:56:09Z")
You don’t **really** believe the messages on this Message Board are being posted by real live people, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/5 "2001-05-08T17:43:58Z")
I know how NASA feels. No one believed me either when I landed on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/6 "2001-05-08T18:07:28Z")
Hmmm. The moon is “up”, to us. To “moon” is to expose one’s butt. Up, butt, I think I’m starting to make a connection here. I just gotta figure out who the hell is “Bob”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/7 "2001-05-08T22:53:11Z")
Of course we landed on the moon. And that garbled word Neil Armstrong said when he hit the surface was the third word that ends in “gry.” The mystery deepens… (well, _some_thing is getting deeper around here) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Azazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Azazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azazel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/8 "2001-05-09T00:35:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*… or maybe run across a website dedicated to the topic. > \*\* [Here’s a good one.](http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/%7Eakapadia/moon.html):rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/9 "2001-05-09T06:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > What is some of the evidence they produced to stake their claim? The guys at Fox said so, so it must be true!! I can see it now… “When Moon landings get hoaxed, part VII”. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/10 "2001-05-09T06:42:32Z")
Actually, coming from Fox, I’d expect to see something like “ **When The Moon Lands On The Hoax** ”. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/11 "2001-05-09T06:52:06Z")
[More info on Moon hoax stuff on SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php) ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/12 "2001-05-09T06:57:07Z")
When mankind becomes felchgry enough, he will venture forth from his cradle, with modern technology such as atomic reactors, advanced synthetics, and computing devices the size of bread-boxes which by today’s standards take up entire rooms. Until then, the moon remains only a distant dream… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/13 "2001-05-09T09:21:12Z")
Women of the 1960s will wear helmet shaped hats made of celluloid. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings/64727/14 "2001-05-09T10:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*Hmmm. The moon is “up”, to us. To “moon” is to expose one’s butt. Up, butt, I think I’m starting to make a connection here. I just gotta figure out who the hell is “Bob”. 😃 \*\* Bob’s your uncle, of course. 😛