“That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind.” An estimated 530,000,000 people watched Neil Armstrong live on television say those exact words in July of 1969. The Apollo-11 moon landing was one of America’s greatest achievements. Or was it? Five percent of the population of the United States does not believe the astronauts actually made it to the Moon, instead they believe that it was all filmed like a movie. Many conspiracy theorists have come up with numerous explanations as to why America did not make it to the moon. For example, some of the photos that were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin looked suspicious or out of place. Other conspiracy questions asked are how come the astronauts did not come back from space with …show more content…
In support of these questions, many photographs released from the historic 1969 mission seem to be unreliable. There seems to be a stage light seen in the reflection of the astronaut's helmet, possible duplicate backdrops, layered cross-hairs, and the most mind boggling is the American flag “waving in the wind”. There were three astronauts on the space shuttle when it left Earth: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong had previously been on a space mission before. He piloted the first ever two spaceships to be docked in space, Gemini 8. Buzz Aldrin piloted Gemini 12 and while on the mission he took a two hour and twenty minute walk in space to prove that astronauts, outside of the spacecraft, could work efficiently. Michael Collins, the least popular of the three, piloted Gemini 10 and was the first person to ever meet another spacecraft in orbit. While Collins stayed in the Command Module Columbia, Armstrong and Buzz walked out of the Eagle onto the Moon. Since Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11, he carried a 70 millimeter lunar surface camera and took most of the …show more content…
For the surface shots a special camera was designed for the astronauts, the Hasselblad 500 El Data. Based on earlier photographs from the previous Apollo missions, exposure settings for the different lighting conditions were worked out in advance. F/11 was the f-stop recommendation for in the sun shots. Mike Carlowicz of NASA states, “The exposure time for the image wasn’t long enough for any stars to be seen.” The objects being photographed were so much brighter than the stars that the exposure setting on the camera was not long enough to capture the stars. If the astronauts did want to capture the stars, they would have had to set the camera on a tripod and set a long time exposure. When exposing for the stars, it would totally overexpose the foreground landscape, preventing the Moon’s surface from being seen in the photo at all. The Moon has no atmosphere, like clouds, air, or water vapor to scatter the sunlight like Earth does, making the lunar surface astonishingly bright. “The Earth and Moon were bright enough that a short-duration exposure was all that was needed”(Carlowicz). The Moon goes through lunar phases such as waxing gibbous, full, and first quarter phase as it orbits around the Earth. When the astronauts walked onto the Moon, the Moon was in the waxing crescent phase. Meaning, as seen from Earth, the Moon is more than one-half but not
...ause it was the mission that NASA was able to put the first man up onto the moon. Neil Armstrong was the pilot of the Apollo 11 flight. There was a special shuttle that was attached to the spaceship; it was called the Eagle. The Eagle was designed to transport some crew members down to the moon. Armstrong was responsible for driving and landing the shuttle safely down to the moon. While on his way down to the moon, Armstrong realized that he was starting to run out of fuel. Thankfully, Armstrong did have enough to land on the moon and make it back up to the spaceship. When the Eagle was leaving the spaceship for the first time up in space, it wasn't completely depressurized so there was something like a gas bubble come from the shuttle as it was on its way to the moon. The gas bubble moved the shuttle off course and the Eagle actually landed four miles off course.
As a result of the successful mission that landed the first men on the moon, called the Apollo 11 mission, many people were inspired to provide commentary on this landing. Although these texts describe unique individual purposes about this landing, they all effectively support their purposes through the use of several rhetorical devices.
The following four texts apart of the Culminating Activity were all related to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, which had first put a man on the moon. The first article was from the Times of London, and served to describe the events of the moon landing from the astronaut's point of view. The article used anecdotal evidence to describe Aldrin and Armstrong's experience in order to inform the audience of what had occurred, as well as the reactions in several different countries.. The speaker is a from a reputable news source, The Times, and is informing the European audience - as this event was apart of America’s space program, NASA - of the landing as a great success. Although
Once the United States landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, it was clear that the U.S. hoaxed the moon landing due to observations being viewed during the live footage of the moon landing. When watching the United States land on the moon, viewers claim to have watched the flag waving on live television. As known, there is no atmosphere in space or on the moon, so why should the flag be waving? NASA clai...
So, did NASA actually have enough technology to do this? Even though many Americans believe that the United States sent men to the moon in 1969, there are a few who believe that the moon landing was a hoax. A 1999 Gallup poll showed that 6% of Americans have doubts about the moon landing. Even though 6% of Americans doesn't sound like a lot, it translates to millions of people (Plait). It would have been easier to fake all the photographs in the Nevada desert in Area 51 than to actually perform the mission to the moon. However, NASA did indeed have the technology in the late 1960's to send men to the moon, and all the evidence they brought back proves it.
Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, in July 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and a half hours exploring, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Command Module.
Little did anyone know or expect this would be the most rewarding mission since 1961. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins left from the Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida on July 16,1969. Michael Collins was the command module pilot, Neil Armstrong was the mission commander, and Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot. The Apollo 11 crew traveled 240,000 miles in just 72 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19,1696. Collins detached for the lunar module The mission was already ahead of schedule with Americans waiting to see what was going to happen next for their country. At 10:39 p.m., Armstrong, being televised, opened the hatch of the lunar module, and three minutes later Armstrong made history by putting his left foot of the moon’s powdery surface. When Armstrong stepped down from the last step from the spacecraft, all of America jumped for excitement and joy. Aldrin soon joined Armstrong 19 minutes later, and together they took photographs, then planted the United States flag. President Nixon was so very blessed and honored that he was able to witness America make history on July 24, 1969 along with all of the other Americans. Returning back to Earth
The fact that all six moon landings happened under Nixon’s administration is how the cookie crumbled. People who believe the moon landing is a hoax are accusing NASA of pulling off something so much more complex than actually making it to the moon.
As important of an endeavor as travelling to the moon was, a definite purpose to it is not immediately clear. However, it was a remarkable accomplishment for mankind, and the United States wanted to lead it. Millions of people watched the televised event because they knew this was an incredible advancement for humans (Redd). As Neil Armstrong made the first step, he summed up the point that this event would forever be an important achievement to the human race, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" (Armstrong 268). At times it may seem that the development of new technology is stalling, but the moon landing proves that man is and will continue to make advancements. Only 66 years passed between the first airplane by the Wright Brothers and the moon landing (Stimson).
“On July 16, 1969 the world watched in anticipation as three men were hurtled skyward in a rocket bound for the moon.” (news.nationalgeographic.com). This was the Apollo 11 spacecraft, the first successful manned mission to the moon. This mission was the product of the space race (race to see who would go into outer space first, against the Soviet Union). This goal was set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961 and he promised that we would be the first to step on the moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo 11 mission is often cited as the greatest achievement in human history. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
~"The 1969 Moon Landing: First Humans to Walk on Another World." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to ever land on the moon. Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, he graduated from college in 1955 and joined the NASA team. In 1962, he became the first civilian to enter into an astronaut training program. In 1969, Armstrong headed the Apollo 11 mission, becoing the first human being to set foot on the moon. Other astronauts the accompanied Armstrong on this mission were Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins. In 1971, Armstrong became a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
Maria Blyzinsky, who is the Curator of Astronomy at the Greenwich Observatory, London, states, “yet with no atmosphere on the moon, stars should be visible” (Costella). Stars are not passive light source, they are shining. It 's small suns, and without atmosphere they certainly would be present, as they do on photographs done by soviet lunar vehicles. NASA may not have been able to create the lunar sky, instead, they decided to show the astronauts standing against a black background. As they explored the surface of the moon, many photographs were taken on different parts of the moon. According to Prabhupadangua News, “those photographs that were taken of the different parts of the moon, have identical background landscapes” (Prabhupadangua News). In the pictures of the moon, the background pictures all look the same. This is just one example of the moon landing being a hoax. They used the same backdrop for different photos that were supposed to be in different areas of the moon. NASA claims that the only light source for taking the photographs was the sun. One example of such a photo, is of Armstrong and Aldrin planting the flag. If the photo was taken by using only the light
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969, the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star, that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying, it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched from their TV sets, a rush of euphoria came over the nation as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the moon. It was the first time in the history of mankind that we would step on the surface of another celestial body. John F. Kennedy dared us to dream, he inspired the nation to reach for the moon, to set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. The Space Race was symbolic of many things. Our future as the technically dominate nation was secured in place; just as secure as Old Glory would be, when she was driven down into the soil of the moon. We not only reached the moon, we conquered it as a nation; united.