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Neil Armstrong in the news

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Here:

Neil Armstrong reveals pride of lunar landing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/spac ... peech.html

Neil Armstrong urges return to the moon
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/47491/neil ... o-the-moon
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I remember some years ago reading an interesting article which said the landing on the moon actually never succeeded. All those photos or videos of Neil and Aldrin were actually 'hollywood effect'... :mryellow:
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@Stargazer. Haha. I think that was debunked quite convincingly in one of the MythBuster's episode on the Moon Hoax. YouTube it if you are interested to watch it.
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Thats what i thought so till this video came up.. they did a whole documentary on it and this was the last and final part...
I firmly believe that we landed on the moon but then again, i cant see any logical explanation for this video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tqZyZVoDM

your thoughts?
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Hi,
Razsky wrote:Thats what i thought so till this video came up.. they did a whole documentary on it and this was the last and final part...
I firmly believe that we landed on the moon but then again, i cant see any logical explanation for this video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tqZyZVoDM

your thoughts?
I don't see anything wrong with the video... the commentator is not convincing at all.

Anyway, if they didn't land on the Moon, you think Soviet Union will let them get away with it?? Remember, the United States land on the Moon during the height of the Cold War. Although Soviet Union didn't land on the Moon, they definitely had the technology at that time to determine whether did the United States really land on the Moon. Hmm... unless the Cold War was also fake... an act by the United States and Soviet Union.

Just my S$0.02.

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yes, we got to return to the moon to retrieve the rest of the pillars. moon hoax my foot. those who claim we never landed on the moon should go watch transformer 3! seesh...
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More than 100,000 people were involved in the project one way or another.
If its a hoax, some of these people would have spilled the beans.
Also, NASA has been using a set of mirrors placed on the moon to perform precise measurements to determine how fast its moving away from us. If that was a hoax too, then maybe the Decepticons placed it there.
Furthermore, moon probes in orbit has been able to take photos of the moon buggy trail. [smilie=cute.gif]
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Airconvent wrote:Also, NASA has been using a set of mirrors placed on the moon to perform precise measurements to determine how fast its moving away from us. If that was a hoax too, then maybe the Decepticons placed it there.
may be it's the autobot space ship NASA is shooting the laser off. surely that is reflective enough!
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Well, some people are reeeeeaally free when it comes to making shit up.. For those that did felt that the video i posted earlier suggested that the moon landing was a hoax, you could try this video below that debunks it, well, rather effortlessly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OnZwqc-96Y

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Well I walked by a chap in the States sitting by the road holding a poster that says 911 was staged by the US government. Felt like giving that guy a kick. Surprised that no one already did.
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