Moon landing Faked?

[Juan]

My favorite moon-landing-fake Coast guest was a guy who claimed to have found the "original 90-minute Beta tapes" from the Apollo 11 capsule. Not possible.

Sony invented and released Beta in the mid-70s - long after the Apollo missions.  The 90-minute Beta tape didn't come along until the mid-80s - after Sony realized there was a big market for smaller tape machines at broadcasting stations.  They reworked the electronics of the home machines.

At the time of the Apollo missions, the only tape machines were made by Ampex and RCA.  They took reels of 2" wide tape, and the machines themselves were the size of a small car.  They also required an external air compressor as some of the relays and controls were operated by air pressure.  It was impossible for the Apollo capsule to have carried a tape machine with it.

sNoory, who says he's had a lifetime in broadcasting, of course never challenged the guest.

[Sleepwalker]

When the Chinese finally land men on the moon, and the world applauds them for their great achievement, what will they find? American flags from 1969 to 1972.

[Morgus]

When the Chinese finally land men on the moon, and the world applauds them for their great achievement, what will they find? American flags from 1969 to 1972.

only if the Chinese land at the same spots on the moon as the Apollo missions.
they would probably push the USA flag to the ground and plant their own flag there? 

[Sardondi]

only if the Chinese land at the same spots on the moon as the Apollo missions.
they would probably push the USA flag to the ground and plant their own flag there? 

Bingo.

[ziznak]

only if the Chinese land at the same spots on the moon as the Apollo missions.
they would probably push the USA flag to the ground and plant their own flag there? 

We all know what they do to our coca cola right?  I don't see our flags getting off with a simple tear down.

[Mels-hole1984]

That is correct.  And the moon is made of green cheese, Elvis is working at a 7-11 in Roswell and Adolf Hitler is practicing dentistry in Atlantis.

I bet you'd stick your head in a fire If I told you you could see hell. 

[Mels-hole1984]

We all know what they do to our coca cola right?  I don't see our flags getting off with a simple tear down.

I geuss I've been slacking lately...Now I'm curious.What do they do to our cola Ziz?

[MV/Liberace!]

I geuss I've been slacking lately...Now I'm curious.What do they do to our cola Ziz?

they pronounce it coca cora.

[McPhallus]

only if the Chinese land at the same spots on the moon as the Apollo missions.
they would probably push the USA flag to the ground and plant their own flag there? 

...since their country made the American flags anyway. 

[Morgus]

...since their country made the American flags anyway. 

even the ones on the Apollo missions 40 years ago?

[Eddie Coyle]

...since their country made the American flags anyway. 

Exactly my initial feeling as well, though probably not the case, but not by much. 1971- 1972 was when Kissinger and Nixon set the path for our future "Made in China" reliance. Or more like big business told Kissinger and Nixon to set the path...before the Democrats would have anyway.

[ziznak]

If our flags are still up there then they were most likely American made... if not.  Then they're gone and alien children are suffering from lead poisoning.

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

links related to the flags on the moon.

http://news.discovery.com/space/flags-on-the-moon-still-standing-120731.htm

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/000753.html

[CrabbyOld Bat]

Just got back from the moon. Flags were there. Case closed.

[albrecht]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-calls-investigation-into-whether-us-moon-landings-happened-10327714.html
apparently in response to the US investigation of FIFA 

Russia calls investigation into whether US moon landings happened

[Yorkshire pud]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-calls-investigation-into-whether-us-moon-landings-happened-10327714.html
apparently in response to the US investigation of FIFA 

Russia calls investigation into whether US moon landings happened

But before that, they'll look into how Russian whistleblowers mysteriously die by radiation poisoning.

[henge0stone]

Omg Moon landing Hoax and 9/11 coverup are top two topics. These are the worst conspiracies ever.

Moon landing and 9/11 coverup are both two huge historical events where something that has never happened before happened. Never went to the moon before, never had a huge plane hit a building before. ALL the theories and hypothesis about why these events HAVE to be fake is based on previous science and assumptions of what would happen, not what actually happened. All the arguments about van alan belt, gravity on the moon, what the lander would do when it fell all of this is based on what people thought would happen. Any good scientist who knows anything about the moon, space and physics will tell you all their logic for the 'hoax' is simply just miscalculations and assumptions that were proven to be false.

[Lord Grantham]

...since their country made the American flags anyway.