he first manned mission to moon, Apollo 11, was launched on July 16 1969 .It carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, a history was created, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. ”I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” This was the speech given by President John F. Kennedy after the goal was reached. But the million dollar question is did they really land on the moon or is it a fake?
The first controversy aroused when Neil Armstrong was talking to the earth station before landing on the moon made a statement that,”The fuel in the shuttle is not enough to land the craft and take off from the moon”. But they landed the craft successfully and took off. When NASA was asked to comment on this they maintained that they had enough fuel resources till they landed on earth.
The second reason which created controversy was when Aldrin stepped out of the shuttle, he was climbing down the ladder as if he was on earth. In moon, the gravity is one sixth that of the earth and so it is not as easy to climb down the ladder as on the earth. A photo taken on the moon revealed the foot prints of Aldrin. With one sixth of the gravity the foot prints will not be so clear even if they used sucker in their boots.
The third one is that, many researchers and scientists till now maintain that they have not designed a suite which can withstand the van Allen radiation which the astronauts will be exposed when they land on the moon. If they have designed a suite why didn’t they send another manned mission to the moon? Till now it is the first mission and it has remained the last manned mission to the moon.
The fourth and the very much evident one was the photo which they captured. It will be very amazing to see a photo taken on moon without stars. In some photos we can clearly see a ‘C’ marked on the rocks which is usually used by Hollywood to focus a particular object. When NASA was asked to comment on this a clear explanation was not given. Till now it remains a big mystery whether “WE REALLY LAND ON THE MOON”
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