This topic has caused a lot of controversy.
In the 1960s the conquest of space was a question of prestige in the struggle between the two superpowers – the USSR and the USA. The Americans launched the space program “Apollo”, the purpose of which was the exploration of the moon and demonstration of technological superiority over the country of the opponent. The crew of the first ship of the series “Apollo” was tragically killed during ground tests. But the flight of Apollo 11 “if you believe the official version, was successful: the Americans spent on the lunar surface more than 2.5 hours and collected approximately 22 kg of lunar rocks. Only the Apollo program from 1969 to 1972 was done 6 successful landings on the moon, which the earth brought almost 400 kg of lunar soil.
For a long time these facts are not questioned. The famous Soviet cosmonaut G. Grechko has repeatedly expressed its strong belief in the reality of what is happening. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, he echoed: “Seriously believe that the Americans were on the moon, can only completely ignorant people,” though not deny the possibility of pick-UPS in the pavilion. It is interesting that in the USSR no one about the fraud of the Americans did not publicly stated. This version was expressed by the American writer bill Casing in the book “We never went to the moon,” published in 1976 thus was born the theory of “lunar conspiracy”, which every year became more and more supporters.
Photos and videos have generated a lot of questions: why they can not see the stars as in the vacuum of space can fly the flag, how could be mixed shadow, if the moon has only one light source – the Sun? These inconsistencies tried to explain this: the stars are not visible due to a weak exposure, the flag wasn’t flying, and ranged from touching of astronauts, and the film simply could deteriorate.
The author of the book “Antipolo. Moonlight affair States,” historian Yuri Mukhin – one of the most ardent supporters of the theory of “lunar conspiracy”. He drew attention to the fact that the gravity of the moon is 6 times lower than the earth, so that all jumping astronauts would have to look different, as well as the speed of falling objects. On the lunar surface, the astronaut could jump higher than his height, and in the video the jumps look like they did in terms of earth’s gravity. Doubt the author also raises the possibility of astronauts in the module start from the moon and dock with a ship in orbit around the earth.
Doctor of physico-mathematical Sciences, the author of a book about the mysteries of the exploration of the moon Alexander Popov also firmly believe that the Americans on the moon was never. Instead of the carrier rocket “Saturn-5”, in his opinion, created a layout for the filming of a successful launch. Particles of soil from the wheels of the lunar Rover in the video fly away and 1-1. 5 m, although according to calculations it should be at least 5-6 m. there is Also a noticeable triangular loop is only possible in an air environment. Lecturer cinematography cinematography L. Konovalov says: and photo, and video is a fake one, a lot of facts indicate that the survey was conducted in the pavilion.
There is another version: the Americans were on the moon, but shooting is not produced, or the tape was damaged. And to present evidence was necessary. Then NASA used the earth’s specialists. And lunar soil could not get the astronauts and unmanned spacecraft, if it is really the lunar soil. In any case, the USSR could not know the truth. In this regard, the assumptions about the failure of the Union from publicizing for the sake of political pressure on the United States or economic privileges.
