Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites:
Jesus Diaz: Would the LRO return images of the moon landings when it flies over them?
Grey Hautaluoma (NASA Headquarters, Office of Public Affairs): Yes, it will. We don’t have a timeline yet for viewing the Apollo sites, but it will be in the near future.
There you have it. Soon we will have photos showing the remains of the Apollo Lunar Modules, also known as LEM (Lunar Excursion Module.) Built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering, the Lunar Module was 20.9-foot tall, with a 14 feet diameter and a landing gear span of 29.75 feet.
However, the Lunar Reconnoissance Orbiter will only be able to take photos of what is known as the Descent Stage, the bottom part of the LEM that housed the main propulsion system. This part was left on the Moon’s surface, while the Ascent Stage launched after each mission to rendezvous with the Command Module orbiting around the Moon.
Other remains left on the Moon include the Lunar Roving Vehicles, used in Apollo J-class missions: Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. Since they are 3-meter long, the LRO will be able to distinguish them as well.
Rick
July 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM
When LRO take that pictures, the conspiracy theorists will claim now that NASA had forty years to prepare or fake that landing sites…wait and we’ll see!!
Report Permalinklol
July 9, 2009 at 5:36 AM
LOL, 40 years to come up with a picture? LOL RIGHT……………
Japan has already sent a satellite (2008) to probe the surface of the moon. NO LANDING SITES were found or seen. LOL
Report Permalinkphil
August 11, 2009 at 4:09 AM
Well the big day has been a real disappointment. the photos of the landing sites just look like some pathetic photoshop newbiw student did them. in fact there are similar objects all over the moon apparently from what are claimed to be lander descent bases. What a surprise.
Report PermalinkMakeitso
July 21, 2010 at 8:08 PM
God forbid that anyone in NASA or any US administration since the ‘Moon Landings’ lie! I mean they were all lovely, honest people weren’t they? Don’t let a little thing like the 2nd World War persuade you otherwise! Do you guys still think that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Lets just all believe everything we are told like good drones lest we be called ‘Cuckoo’!
Report PermalinkWho the hell truly knows if they landed on the moon or not? Anyone who is sure they did or sure they didn’t are BOTH wrong I’m sure. The story is a little more complicated than we all make out I believe, but I reserve the right to have my own opinion despite being called a Cuckoo!
Kashim
December 13, 2010 at 12:27 AM
Have you people ever wondered why NASA have NEVER released any pictures in high quality and high definition even though we have extremely powerful cameras today?
If its possible to take pictures of distant stars and galaxies then how is it that we can’t take detailed pictures of the moon showing the equipment left behind by the Apollo missions? Why? Because it never happened that’s why.
Humans as a race had fantastic photographic technology decades ago and even then no pictures showing anything, always blurred ambiguous images – shameful really.
Report Permalinkmichael
December 18, 2011 at 4:50 PM
I f Nasa did fake the moon landing and there are some real inconsistencies such as footage of lander with mountain in background then same mountain without lander as well as Neil Armstrong jumping of lander ladder at velocity like on earth gravity does make you wonder,so then they could easily fake moon landing site images so wont prove anything unless you personally had a telescope powerful enough to see for yourself,i don’t know if they went to the moon or not for sure they could have faked it but did they?Look at 2001 a space odyssey made in 1969 look how real the footage looks which also makes Nasa claims that the special effects were not good enough in that era to make a convincing fake landing possible .
Report Permalinkmatt
July 8, 2009 at 9:18 AM
hehe, I think they underestemate the power of conspiracy theorists, if you think a trivial little thing like photo evidence is gonna convince them…
Report Permalinkmichael
December 18, 2011 at 5:11 PM
why dont they just do a close up fly by of the moon landing site withing a few hundred meters up or a kilometer at most in altitude should prove it once and for all.So long as this is not faked LOL.
Report PermalinkCorey Evans
July 8, 2009 at 9:26 AM
And what stops them from just fabricating these photos? I’m not saying it was fake but come on a kid with Photoshop could create this “evidence”.
Report PermalinkJason
December 13, 2010 at 12:36 AM
I absolutely agree, any kid could have produced these pictures with any photo editing software.
I am a novice astronomer and have 3 telescopes at home and with them I have not just seen but been able to count the rings of Saturn but in the 12 years that I have gazed at the moon in extreme clarity (which is far, far closer to Earth than Saturn), I have yet to see any equipment left behind on the moon.
I have seen stones and pebbles as small as 15 cm wide using my telescopes but I can’t see a 20 foot high Lunar Module or a family sized rover the astronauts left behind.
What kind of BS is this? NASA are jokers just like the American people, the American dream and everything else that is American – ALL BS !!!!!
Report Permalink0kensai0
July 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM
They’re conspiracy theorists. You can pack them into a rocket and send them to the landing site and they question whether they’re actually on the moon….paranoia is hard to disprove because no evidence is good enuff
Report PermalinkCorey Evans
July 8, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Doing another moon landing in the last 30 years would have helped, don’t find it strange they some how managed to land a man on the money using technology most of have in our watches, yet now days it’s always in the next 20 years or so.
Report PermalinkDavid Pirtle
September 15, 2009 at 10:25 AM
We never returned to the moon because Nasa’s mission was rewritten in the seventies to focus on the Shuttle, not because we couldn’t go. We went to the moon nine times, and we landed upon the surface six of those times. There was little reason to keep going just because we could. Today Nasa is returning to the moon because their mission has been changed again. They are going to stay.
Report PermalinkMorgan Lupson
July 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM
yea, when I read that all I could think about was some one tampering with the photos, there’s nothing stopping them
Report PermalinkLauren
July 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Hello,
I have just discovered this amazing documentary called Moonwalk One-The Director’s Cut that was initially filmed in 1969. It is an amazing account of the Apollo 11 space mission in which man first walked on the moon! Not only does it capture the scientific accomplishments, but it also serves as an outstanding time capsule of society at the time and their reactions!
Forty years later, it turns out that the original director, Theo Kamecke, has the only pristine copy of the original 35mm film. Never before released to the public for home viewing, the film has been restored to a spectacular high-definition wide screen masterpiece with an all new soundtrack!
Make sure to get your copy in time for the 40th anniversary of man walking on the moon! I got my copy at http://www.amazon.com, and you can also orider it at ww.co.uk and http://www.moonwalk.com. This is a great film for students, teachers, enthusiasts, families, and more. No matter your interest, this film will not be a bore!
Best wishes,
Report PermalinkLauren
Daniel
July 8, 2009 at 9:38 PM
what the hell are photos gonna prove? even if we get to the moon, they still could’ve been purposely put there…? 40 years later, they are saying “ok guys, we will take photos now to prove it” – 40 years later.
come on nasa, wtf?
Report PermalinkJohn
July 9, 2009 at 12:46 AM
NASA carried out six manned moon landings between 1969 and 1972. Then 40 years of struggling to get the shuttle off the ground.
NASA will end up renting space on Russia’s launch vehicles because the shuttles will be decommissioned eventually.
On a side note, Stanley Kubrick’s “A Space Oddysey: 2001″ was a great film wasn’t it? It was made a year prior the first manned moon landing.
So, excuse me if I am a little skeptical.
Report PermalinkJerry Bronner
July 9, 2009 at 2:51 AM
I don’t know if we really did go to the moon or not, but I don’t think it’s “cuckoo” to be suspicious of the claim.
It does stand out as an anomaly that we went 40 years but haven’t been able to put a man outside low earth orbit since. The highest we (or anyone else) has put a man since Apollo is a mere 850 miles up.
I won’t go so far as to say they faked it, but if that turns out to be the case it won’t shock me.
Report Permalinkkalidas
July 9, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Will the “new” photos include any UFOs which may appear or will they be removed?
Report PermalinkJerry Bronner
July 9, 2009 at 2:56 AM
PS, one other comment: why has it taken 37 years to photograph the landing sites? Even the skeptics agree that we have sent many unmanned probes to the moon. How is it that we can send men to the moon in 1969 and unmanned probes before and after but can’t take a photograph of the lunar surface until 2009? That doesn’t make any sense to me.
Report Permalinkrustysoul
July 9, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Nothing can be believed anymore. Nothing.
Report Permalinkphishybongwaters
July 9, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Well, seeing as there’s clear evidence that NASA doctored some moon photos, this won’t clear up anything. They need to explain why they “touched up” photos, why they apparently faked some video of them in transit to the moon.
Besides, no ones questioning the technology being able to send equipment there, so for the hard core non believers this proves nothing.
I for one will not believe it just because the government says so, seeing as they had to most to win and lose by going/not going.
And why won’t any of the astronauts swear on the bible they went?
I’m hoping for some great high quality images either way, but I hope you guys aren’t expecting it to resolve anything……
I think they went, just not as many times as claimed, but that’s just me, tho I have one huge lingering question..
The apollo missions were thrown together fairly quickly, with technology about as advanced as any digital wrist watch. They made it, safely, many many times.
But now, with todays technology, they require at least 15 years to do it safely?
WTF is that about.
Those of us with doubts might just be crazy, but anyone believing solely on the word of the government, the same government that time and time again has lied to it’s people on various subjects, that’s just insane.
Question your reality folks, don’t just take it for granted.
Report Permalinkmichael
December 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM
one thing that does surprise me is that people seem surprised that the government or politicians could lie to us? over the moon landings, September 11 or the Kennedy assassination, these people are professional liars who get acting lessons so wake up everyone of coarse they could lie to us they do it all the time.
Report Permalinkgeorge
July 9, 2009 at 3:21 AM
After 2 years,in the 60′s,NASa made space ships to travel and land on the moon.After 40 years,NASA can’t get into space without the Russians help.
Report PermalinkFYI: Whole moon landing was fake–to get an upperhand on the cold war.
Fact: no living creature can survive on the moon–instantley killed–out in space yes but not on te moon surface. Your Government lies,wakeup fools :^/
David
January 28, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Hey guys, do you like how in the photos at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html
The shadow of the lunar module lies in the opposite direction to all the other shadows?
Report PermalinkLobsterman
July 9, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Check out
Dark Mission dot net
“Dark Mission – The Secret History of NASA” by Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara
In interviews Hogland talks about how during the Apollo launches to the moon that in the press gallery fliers were left for the press saying that the landing on the moon was a hoax. They did not know who left the flyers but there was one on each member of the press’ chair when they came into the room.
This was done to create a false conspiracy’s to lead people down the wrong rabbit hole.
It was dis-info to create a conspiracy to keep people preoccupied with a false conspiracy – maybe to keep the “nutters” from looking into who’s pockets the billions given to NASA went?
Report PermalinkBob Smith
July 9, 2009 at 3:44 AM
There are no conspiracies – Watergate never happened.
Report PermalinkDon
July 9, 2009 at 3:55 AM
It amazes me how so many people will believe just about anything that is put in front of them. And even more interesting is how the obvious truth is scoffed at.
Report PermalinkWill Davis
July 9, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Use Google Images and type in Apollo 11. Find the photo posted in this article and save to your photos. Open it in your photo and enlarge. Look at the blue area behind the lights. You will see corners on the dome room. Now look on the ground, there is a cable run. The camera had a battery pack, so those cables had another purpose.
Report Permalinkjoe gauza
July 9, 2009 at 5:04 AM
It’s funny when people lable other people who question official stories, and call them conspiracy nuts, when by and large, the official story has never been proven true either. If people who question stuff like the moon landing and 911 are onto something, then wouldn’t it be all those of “sane and sound mind” the ones believe crazy stories? I agree there is a conspiracy theory for everything but you’re crazy to believe everything that people who want to control you tell you.
Report Permalinkrory snyder
July 9, 2009 at 6:04 AM
here is footage of the Apollo 11 crew faking part of
their alleged mission to the Moon back
in 1969… Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUGRngAhBI
Report Permalinklion_of_Babylon
July 9, 2009 at 6:18 AM
The only way to disprove conspiracy theories is to show scientic evidence.
Report PermalinkBig M
July 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
What a load of stinking crap. They announced the same thing in March of 2005, and they never released any photos. Why? Figure it out.
For anybody who still believes this moon landing garbage, there’s only one question they need to be asked. How could these astro-NOTS have stood on the surface of the moon and transmitted live video over a distance of 240,000 miles, with no telecommunications satellite within 200,000 miles of them?
If they even begin to try to explain it, you know that you’re dealing with a f***ing moron.
And by the way, why does it matter to dimwits like this guy whether people believe this? The government lies every time that it opens its hole, so for a person to believe ANYTHING they say pretty much stamps them as an idiot.
Suck on that, Jesus.
Report PermalinkBig m fAn
July 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Thanks big m for the heartiest laugh in weeks. I almost cried. Suck on that jesus was down right hilarious. Even more so after i saw the authors name. Keep up the good work.
As to all u naysayers – fuck. Im so sick of hearing the inept, drive by, know it all, absolutist, cia misinfo inspired, commentary from u msm sourced and cited ass clowns, it bears witness to the outbreak of kaczynskis as a viable alternative to the mundane jawing of a 60hz driven, fat ass automaton generation, who is even worse than their liberty trashing, apathetic, pharma drugged and duped fathers who claim they r the ‘best gen ever’. So ya, i second big m – suck it jesus. Suck it long and suck it hard.
Report PermalinkCaptinCrunch
July 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM
I have never seen this many comments on a gizmodo article before!!
I for one want to (and do) believe man landed on the moon. At the end of the day you can probably “prove” or “disprove” anything you like if you spend long enough on it. I’ve heard all the augments and i don’t see it as a problem to be skeptical, but it’s just as easy to create counter augments. Maybe i’m a romantic, but i like to think man went to the moon in a tin with less tech than a calculator for the same reason Captin Cook sailed into uncharted oceans, or Shackleton walked to the antarctic. “If Man realises technology is within reach, he achieves it. Like it’s damn near instinctive.” replace “Technology” with “goal” and it makes a bit more sense. (10 points for knowing the quote).
I guess it just comes down to believing what you want to believe, but it seems like a ridiculously big secret to keep. =)
Report PermalinkAngus MacPherson
July 9, 2009 at 10:23 AM
People watched the lunar landings with telescopes from their backyards all over the world. Pretty much ends the “did we go or not” argument.
However that argument is being used to overshadow something more important..what we actually found on the Moon and the true nature of the Moon itself.
Official NASA photos show clouds in the lunar atmosphere, Atmospheric Hazing, What appear to be vehicle tracks going up and down crater walls, vegetation, water reservoirs, construction, mining, etc etc. These can be seen in the book “We found Alien Bases on the Moon” by Fred and Glenn Steckling and the photos in the book come with the NASA Serial Numbers so you can get the originals for yourself.
Be careful where those who have something to hide direct your attention as typically it’s not towards what they are hiding…
Report PermalinkGul Able
July 10, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Show us YOUR photos of the “landings” taken from your binoculars! Puleeze!
Report PermalinkSarah
July 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
That would be a bit hard as if you know the facts they landed on the side of the moon no visible to earth, so that proof went right out the window, and another poser said it correctly the Japanese sent a satellite up their recently no landing site or equipment found, no I suppose the Japanese are liars and blind, hmmm.
Report PermalinkDavrosfromSkaro
October 26, 2009 at 1:54 AM
“That would be a bit hard as if you know the facts they landed on the side of the moon no visible to earth”
Apollo 11 landed on the Sea of Tranquility which is on the face of the moon pointed towards Earth. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_tranquility
Although Angus is incorrect when he speaks of people using telescopes to observe the moon landings – no telescope currently in existance can observe the moon in enough detail to do this – independent observers were monitoring radio communications and tracking the Apollo 11 mission. This is how we know Russia launched Luna-15 in an attempt to beat the Americans to the moon. Jodrell Bank in the UK, whilst monitoring the Apollo Mission also picked up the Luna 15 transmissions. Jodrell Bank has details on the event here: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/2009/luna15-apollo11/
The Japanese Satellite (SELENE) did indeed orbit above the Apollo Landing sites. However, the orbit was at appx 100 km, twice the distance above the lunar surface than the LRO. If the LRO photos (here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html) aren’t enough to convince sceptics that the landing did happen, I don’t think the Selene ones would either.
The Selene mission did show some evidence for Apollo 15′s exhaust plume and confirmed the Astronaut’s description of the Hadley Rille.
Remember, of course, that neither the LRO nor Selene’s primary mission is to find evidence of previous moon landings.
Report Permalinknskahakls
July 9, 2009 at 11:34 AM
laughable shit.
moon landing is exactly like pearl harbour, 911, WMDs, “bailout” stimulus, etc… all rubbish
japan probe just went about the moon taking pictures of ALL THE PURPORTED sites and returned clear proof of no landing. there’s not a trace of some apollo bullshit at any of the NASA/nazi landing sites.
you’re a filthy liar promulgating more nazi USA lies and laughable rubbish.
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