"The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have been harder to fake it than it was to actually go."
The following is a story inspired by the , "NASA Moon Landing Hoax," where the team set out to debunk the most persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo missions. The Day Science Toppled the Tallest Tale [S6E10] NASA Moon Landing Hoax
They aimed for the exact spot where the crew left a retroreflector. Seconds later, a tiny spike appeared on the graph. The laser had bounced off a man-made object on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. Conclusion: Myth Busted "The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have
The first stop was a photo studio. Conspiracy theorists often pointed to in lunar photos as proof of multiple studio lights. Adam, ever the enthusiast, stood next to a simulated lunar lander. The laser had bounced off a man-made object
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They placed a replica flag inside a . On Earth, air resistance makes a flag stop moving quickly. But in a vacuum, without air to provide friction, the flag continued to oscillate for a long time after being touched. The "waving" wasn't wind; it was physics in a vacuum. Act III: The Lunar Footprint
"If we're going to do this," Jamie said, his voice flat as ever, "we have to go big. We need a vacuum, we need high-powered lasers, and we need to stop people from saying the flag was waving." Act I: The Shadow Play