Someone Notices First Steps On The Moon Don’t Match Neil Armstrong’s Boots, Gets Destroyed With Facts
It was one small step for a man and one giant leap for mankind. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the Moon and created the first human footprint there. But a new Moon landing conspiracy theory has emerged, suggesting that he didn’t even wear the space boots required to take that step.
To support the claim, these twisted minds are comparing a photo of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit (taken in 2015 by astronomer Phil Plait at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum) with a shot from the space exploration mission itself.
While Armstrong and the other crew members did wear the Apollo/Skylab A7L suit pictured above, they had more gear. Namely, overshoes with treaded soles. And for the record, the footprint in the other photograph isn’t even Armstrong’s. According to NASA, it belongs to Buzz Aldrin.
The overshoes provided extra protection from rips, tears, and dust to the basic spacesuits. They left distinctive footprints during the Moon landing that can be seen in numerous other images from the mission. And if you’re still skeptical, go to the Moon for a closer look. NASA said that “the first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. There is no wind to blow them away.”
The next question we need to address is why the overshoes arent at the museum like the rest of Armstrong’s gear. You see, the Apollo 11 crew left behind about 100 items on the Moon as a weight saving measure. The list includes not only TV lenses and bodily fluids but the infamous shoes as well.
But before you scroll down to learn more about this alleged Moon conspiracy, remember that Neil Armstrong claimed the biggest accomplishment of the mission was not taking the steps but landing the lunar module. “Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying,” he said. “Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle.”
As of recently, a new Moon landing conspiracy theory has been surfacing on the internet
But some people weren’t convinced by it and decided to check the facts
They found that Armstrong and the other crew members did wear the Apollo/Skylab A7L suit pictured above
But they had more gear. Namely, overshoes with treaded soles
Image credits: NASA photo
And for the record, the footprint in the other photograph isn’t even Armstrong’s, it belongs to Buzz Aldrin
The overshoes provided extra protection from rips, tears, and dust to the basic spacesuits
Image credits: o0Tektite0o
This X-ray was taken as a last minute check to see if there were any foreign objects that could compromise the integrity of the spacesuit during the mission
The boots left distinctive footprints that can be seen in numerous other images from the mission
And if you’re still skeptical, go to the Moon for a closer look
“The first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. There is no wind to blow them away”
Image credits: NASA / Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
But why the overshoes aren’t at the museum like the rest of Armstrong’s gear?
The crew left behind about 100 items on the Moon as a weight saving measure. The list includes not only TV lenses and bodily fluids, but the infamous shoes as well
People were incredibly amused to hear such a ridiculous theory
Image credits: FuriousDShow
I actually laughed out loud at the Kubrick bit. Nice one Master of the Macabre.
Did I read that right? We went to the moon and it was an awesome feat but we littered it as well?
so when we go and live on the moon, we won't be able to fly a kite, or have windmills, or gliders, or windchimes, or wind surf, or do that trick where you lean into the wind... I mean, why even are we going to live on the moon? we're not? oh... ok, nevermind.
I saw a documentary about this. There's apparently this huge black monolith with magical powers that was left as a message by (presumably illegal) aliens.
Load More Replies...Remember when scientists / astronauts were our heroes? One, ahem, political party in particular loved to champion "American exceptionalism" and boast of our intellectual superiority. Now they believe the moon landing is fake, the earth is flat, and (my personal favorite) we can't do anything about global warming so just use up the resources while you can. Our president can't even tweet to congratulate Pulitzer Prize or Nobel Prize winners but takes time to denigrate ordinary American citizens. American exceptionalism is a thing of the past.
My hero is the guy working for Twitter who deleted Donald Trump's account on his last day at work. If only every Twitter employee could be bribed to do this every day the world would be a safer place
Load More Replies...You know what I can't understand? Why people choose to disbelieve the Apollo missions, of all things. I mean, sure, I can see why Roswell or Groom Lake would attract conspiracy theories, because in both cases there's a kernel of something actually covert going on. But the Apollo 11 Lunar landing? That's not only one of the most momentous, but also one of the most TRANSPARENT endeavours in human history. Everything that went on was photographed or recorded and is available to look at listen to on the NASA website. And I mean EVERYTHING. Want to see that time Neil Armstrong misjudged the focus and took a bunch of blurry pictures? It's there. Want to see 3000 pictures of similar looking rocks? They're there. Want to listen to all of the conversations that went on not only aboard the spacecraft, but also between ground controllers? Good luck with that, it's 19 000 hours. That's 2.16 YEARS worth of audio... https://archive.org/search.php?query=Apollo%2011%20MOCR%20ACR%20Collection
Hahaha man you are dumb. You still believe this c**p haha clearly you have not done any "SERIOUS" honest research. Fake as can be.
Load More Replies...The sheer mental gymnastics these people go through to come up with these wacko theories never ceases to entertain me. Thank goodness for science!
"And if you’re still skeptical, go to the Moon for a closer look" 😂
Wonderful isn't it. They go to the moon and leave litter behind. As if man isn't happy cluttering up the Earth with junk they litter the moon as well. The quote from Calvin and Hobbes is true. " The surest evidence that intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe is that none of them have tried to contact us. "
Really? So, the first time on the moon already people left their garbage?????!! Shame on us!
I know that there is a country, somewere out there, that the majority of the populacion doesnt believe in climate changes, a large number believes in adam and eve...
I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar system, including comets and asteroids, as exploration targets. Neil deGrasse Tyson
need to change my name to Mrs Malaprop - i just read your name as bored panda. sheridan was a genius
Load More Replies..."...humanity's potential if we put our minds together"... Well, and if someone forks over $107 billion. Let's not forget, nowadays NASA are trying to redo the feat with Orion, having only $20.4 billion to play with, after two savage cuts to their funding, under both Obama and Trump... Originally, they had planned the first new lunar landing to happen in 2018. Now, there won't be one because the lander (Altair) got cancelled and the first circumlunar flight will take place in 2023 if we're lucky.
am curious - how much good could 20.4 billion to play with do on earth?
Load More Replies...NASA: hmmm we need to fake a moonlanding so that the soviets will think that they lost. How about hiring a guy to do it! *hires a guy* Hired guy: *fakes moonlanding* Hired Guy: HMMM..... Too much oxygen, too much air, too little stars in the background. OH I KNOW! FILM THE LANDING ON THE MOON!
....and NO the Earth is not FLAT. God, I hate these conspiracy theorists.
I’m still in disbelief that this kind of bologna is still being passed around. The funny thing is these people believe Americans can do anything,go anywhere,that we are the biggest and best in the world. Though they can’t believe we made it to the moon.
2018- People believe that some people were born the wrong gender, yet don't believe we landed on the moon. smh.....
Transphobic? Let me guess, you think the earth is flat.
Load More Replies...No real need to read the article. Anyone with a functioning brain would be rolling their eyes as soon as they saw the headline. What amazes me far more than the Moon landings themselves is the fact that we have so many seemingly normal people who can't believe we did it. I'm acquainted with an engineer who works for a top Formula One team who doesn't believe we landed on the Moon. Seriously. Go figure.
It's a classic case of those dam Facts getting in the way of a perfect alternative reality.
“There is no wind to blow them [footprints] away,” but American flag somehow flies in the air 🤔
“There is no wind to blow them [footprints] away,” but American flag somehow flies in the air 🤔
The city's are the footprint, the moon is not scale to earth, that's why the shoes don't match, I can show city's in the groves of that shoe, I'm big G nasa knows me very well I'm on Instagram alien moon city's, moon has been alive I shoot with a Dobsonian 4.5 ufos every night
THERE WAS NO MAN ON THE MOON. LOOK UP SCOTT HENDERON'S STUDIES. ONE LINK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeUESdB_20
Well obviously the moon is as flat the earth. When you’re looking at a “full moon” at night, you’re pretty much pancake watching. I have it on good authority from the premier scientific genius of our times, Dr. Donald Trump (parson saint of geniuses) that 1) the moon is flat, 2) I am correct, and 3) round earthers are the fools. I quit reading when I discovered this article wasn’t about Michael Jackson moonwalking, what a waste of time. Science and logic are for f**s!
Lucky bastards. Being up there with all that space and darkness...the silence and peace. Just thinking about it blows my mind. On the other hand...why the hell did they have to litter the Moon? They put men on the freaking Moon...yet couldn't figure out how to dispose of excess weight and refuse properly... Still... AMAZING!
It is nice to know, that even our trash will be on the moon for a million years......
i just copied this from Wikipedia - and i want to ask why?? Image result for russian chimp in space The first primate astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948, rode to over 63 km (39 mi) on a V-2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight. Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V-2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949, after a parachute failure.
Having met Buzz Aldren, THAT comment made me laugh.....I'd love to be there when someone challenged him on that.....
someone asked me why isnt the big telescope put to show all the adventure markings, it would crash the conspiracy
The incredible is all this fine fine powder around the modulus, after landing with a rocket of 5000 pounds of force!
Some of the powder directly under the LM was blown away. But the LM's descent engine was shut down while it was still several feet above the surface. Plus it was constantly going forward and never really hovered over the same spot.
Load More Replies...I understand the weight saving measure but why the boots why not something else?
because they only need them to walk on the moon, they don't need them on the way back or on earth
Load More Replies...We can land a man on the moon but can’t elect an intelligent president?
China will probably go to the moon in the next decade or so. They may even try to claim it too, for mining rights.
Well, in December 2018 they're planing the first landing on the unseen face of the moon (in the Von Kármán Crater, close to the Lunar South Pole) with the Chang'e 4 mission. It will be an unmanned probe and lander similar to the 2013 Chang'e 3 and will communicate with Earth through relay satellite named Queqiao which was launched successfully in May 2018. As for a manned Chinese lunar landing, the current plan is 2036, so with a suitable lander STS/Orion can still get there first, if only just...
Load More Replies...When will the Moon host an intergalactic shatterdome for our space endeavours?
Who's the guy in the jeans & jacket? And why is he wearing bags over his shoes? astronaut_...0712c1.jpg
Also, who is the guy sitting on the rock with his sleeves rolled up? Just curious. david-scot...9165b8.jpg
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm just inquisitive. So can anyone tell me who brought the spotlight to the moon? And who was controlling it? Or has anyone actually watched the 3 hour Apollo 11 footage? Screenshot...1c-png.jpg
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm just inquisitive. So can anyone tell me who brought the spotlight to the moon? And who was controlling it...or hasn't anyone actually watched the Apollo 11 landings? Screenshot...5a-png.jpg
1. Still dont get how the flag is whirling , as if in the wind (no wind on the Moon, surely!) 2. The b******t excuse "we havent gone to the moon ever since, because we destroyed the technology and a lot of footage was lost/deleted "! Reeeeeeaally?!
So...IF “The first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. There is no wind to blow them away” ...then how the hell is the American Flag flying in the wind in the very next picture??!! 🙄
if someone in all that space gear they are in can jump fairly high, then imagine how much lighter a less than 10 pound piece of cloth can float.
Load More Replies...What I really enjoy the most is how people actually believe the Earth would look to be the size of the moon, from the moon, when Earth is 4x bigger. It's almost hard to believe people that stupid actually exist. lol Moon-Earth...f89686.jpg
the moon is over 300 thousand miles away, pretty sure you're the stupid one
Load More Replies...Ok... but if there is no wind on the Moon, what is that US flag doing?
So really is what this tells us is that the Americans were the first to litter on the moon. It says they left over 100 items there including there sewage? Why would they not factor in bringing everything home so they could leave it the way they found it?
It's not an ecosystem. There's no reason not to leave stuff behind and many reasons to do just that. There is no life nor culture to disturb. It's not ruining anyone's view. In fact... if they'd lugged it back to Earth, it likely would have actually become litter.
Load More Replies...There is a horizontal rod projecting from the post at the top of the pole to hold the flag unfurled. The flag was disturbed as it was planted into the ground and kept this bent shape because of the lack of strong gravity on the Moon.
Load More Replies...Lunar Regolith is extremely fine and sharp (It's actually pretty dangerous, so it's a good thing they prepared those overboots). Plus, the gravity on the moon is around 17% of what it is on Earth and there's virtually no atmosphere. Also, there IS water on the moon in the form of water ice. On top of that, even desert sand is more rounded than Lunar Regolith (through constant tumbling around by wind), hence, it won't hold its shape if dry. Simple science, dude.
Load More Replies...Here's the deal: no one is going to say "gosh we could spend billions feeding and helping the world instead of going to the moon" It's a shame we dropped the ball on space travel and exploration. We could be further along in discoveries. More Hubbles further out. There is always more to learn.
Load More Replies...You mean the flag that is in exactly the same position in ALL the pictures because it's just hanging there? I cant believe people still believe the flag is moving... BlondGoodI...-small.gif
Load More Replies...I actually laughed out loud at the Kubrick bit. Nice one Master of the Macabre.
Did I read that right? We went to the moon and it was an awesome feat but we littered it as well?
so when we go and live on the moon, we won't be able to fly a kite, or have windmills, or gliders, or windchimes, or wind surf, or do that trick where you lean into the wind... I mean, why even are we going to live on the moon? we're not? oh... ok, nevermind.
I saw a documentary about this. There's apparently this huge black monolith with magical powers that was left as a message by (presumably illegal) aliens.
Load More Replies...Remember when scientists / astronauts were our heroes? One, ahem, political party in particular loved to champion "American exceptionalism" and boast of our intellectual superiority. Now they believe the moon landing is fake, the earth is flat, and (my personal favorite) we can't do anything about global warming so just use up the resources while you can. Our president can't even tweet to congratulate Pulitzer Prize or Nobel Prize winners but takes time to denigrate ordinary American citizens. American exceptionalism is a thing of the past.
My hero is the guy working for Twitter who deleted Donald Trump's account on his last day at work. If only every Twitter employee could be bribed to do this every day the world would be a safer place
Load More Replies...You know what I can't understand? Why people choose to disbelieve the Apollo missions, of all things. I mean, sure, I can see why Roswell or Groom Lake would attract conspiracy theories, because in both cases there's a kernel of something actually covert going on. But the Apollo 11 Lunar landing? That's not only one of the most momentous, but also one of the most TRANSPARENT endeavours in human history. Everything that went on was photographed or recorded and is available to look at listen to on the NASA website. And I mean EVERYTHING. Want to see that time Neil Armstrong misjudged the focus and took a bunch of blurry pictures? It's there. Want to see 3000 pictures of similar looking rocks? They're there. Want to listen to all of the conversations that went on not only aboard the spacecraft, but also between ground controllers? Good luck with that, it's 19 000 hours. That's 2.16 YEARS worth of audio... https://archive.org/search.php?query=Apollo%2011%20MOCR%20ACR%20Collection
Hahaha man you are dumb. You still believe this c**p haha clearly you have not done any "SERIOUS" honest research. Fake as can be.
Load More Replies...The sheer mental gymnastics these people go through to come up with these wacko theories never ceases to entertain me. Thank goodness for science!
"And if you’re still skeptical, go to the Moon for a closer look" 😂
Wonderful isn't it. They go to the moon and leave litter behind. As if man isn't happy cluttering up the Earth with junk they litter the moon as well. The quote from Calvin and Hobbes is true. " The surest evidence that intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe is that none of them have tried to contact us. "
Really? So, the first time on the moon already people left their garbage?????!! Shame on us!
I know that there is a country, somewere out there, that the majority of the populacion doesnt believe in climate changes, a large number believes in adam and eve...
I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar system, including comets and asteroids, as exploration targets. Neil deGrasse Tyson
need to change my name to Mrs Malaprop - i just read your name as bored panda. sheridan was a genius
Load More Replies..."...humanity's potential if we put our minds together"... Well, and if someone forks over $107 billion. Let's not forget, nowadays NASA are trying to redo the feat with Orion, having only $20.4 billion to play with, after two savage cuts to their funding, under both Obama and Trump... Originally, they had planned the first new lunar landing to happen in 2018. Now, there won't be one because the lander (Altair) got cancelled and the first circumlunar flight will take place in 2023 if we're lucky.
am curious - how much good could 20.4 billion to play with do on earth?
Load More Replies...NASA: hmmm we need to fake a moonlanding so that the soviets will think that they lost. How about hiring a guy to do it! *hires a guy* Hired guy: *fakes moonlanding* Hired Guy: HMMM..... Too much oxygen, too much air, too little stars in the background. OH I KNOW! FILM THE LANDING ON THE MOON!
....and NO the Earth is not FLAT. God, I hate these conspiracy theorists.
I’m still in disbelief that this kind of bologna is still being passed around. The funny thing is these people believe Americans can do anything,go anywhere,that we are the biggest and best in the world. Though they can’t believe we made it to the moon.
2018- People believe that some people were born the wrong gender, yet don't believe we landed on the moon. smh.....
Transphobic? Let me guess, you think the earth is flat.
Load More Replies...No real need to read the article. Anyone with a functioning brain would be rolling their eyes as soon as they saw the headline. What amazes me far more than the Moon landings themselves is the fact that we have so many seemingly normal people who can't believe we did it. I'm acquainted with an engineer who works for a top Formula One team who doesn't believe we landed on the Moon. Seriously. Go figure.
It's a classic case of those dam Facts getting in the way of a perfect alternative reality.
“There is no wind to blow them [footprints] away,” but American flag somehow flies in the air 🤔
“There is no wind to blow them [footprints] away,” but American flag somehow flies in the air 🤔
The city's are the footprint, the moon is not scale to earth, that's why the shoes don't match, I can show city's in the groves of that shoe, I'm big G nasa knows me very well I'm on Instagram alien moon city's, moon has been alive I shoot with a Dobsonian 4.5 ufos every night
THERE WAS NO MAN ON THE MOON. LOOK UP SCOTT HENDERON'S STUDIES. ONE LINK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeUESdB_20
Well obviously the moon is as flat the earth. When you’re looking at a “full moon” at night, you’re pretty much pancake watching. I have it on good authority from the premier scientific genius of our times, Dr. Donald Trump (parson saint of geniuses) that 1) the moon is flat, 2) I am correct, and 3) round earthers are the fools. I quit reading when I discovered this article wasn’t about Michael Jackson moonwalking, what a waste of time. Science and logic are for f**s!
Lucky bastards. Being up there with all that space and darkness...the silence and peace. Just thinking about it blows my mind. On the other hand...why the hell did they have to litter the Moon? They put men on the freaking Moon...yet couldn't figure out how to dispose of excess weight and refuse properly... Still... AMAZING!
It is nice to know, that even our trash will be on the moon for a million years......
i just copied this from Wikipedia - and i want to ask why?? Image result for russian chimp in space The first primate astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948, rode to over 63 km (39 mi) on a V-2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight. Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V-2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949, after a parachute failure.
Having met Buzz Aldren, THAT comment made me laugh.....I'd love to be there when someone challenged him on that.....
someone asked me why isnt the big telescope put to show all the adventure markings, it would crash the conspiracy
The incredible is all this fine fine powder around the modulus, after landing with a rocket of 5000 pounds of force!
Some of the powder directly under the LM was blown away. But the LM's descent engine was shut down while it was still several feet above the surface. Plus it was constantly going forward and never really hovered over the same spot.
Load More Replies...I understand the weight saving measure but why the boots why not something else?
because they only need them to walk on the moon, they don't need them on the way back or on earth
Load More Replies...We can land a man on the moon but can’t elect an intelligent president?
China will probably go to the moon in the next decade or so. They may even try to claim it too, for mining rights.
Well, in December 2018 they're planing the first landing on the unseen face of the moon (in the Von Kármán Crater, close to the Lunar South Pole) with the Chang'e 4 mission. It will be an unmanned probe and lander similar to the 2013 Chang'e 3 and will communicate with Earth through relay satellite named Queqiao which was launched successfully in May 2018. As for a manned Chinese lunar landing, the current plan is 2036, so with a suitable lander STS/Orion can still get there first, if only just...
Load More Replies...When will the Moon host an intergalactic shatterdome for our space endeavours?
Who's the guy in the jeans & jacket? And why is he wearing bags over his shoes? astronaut_...0712c1.jpg
Also, who is the guy sitting on the rock with his sleeves rolled up? Just curious. david-scot...9165b8.jpg
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm just inquisitive. So can anyone tell me who brought the spotlight to the moon? And who was controlling it? Or has anyone actually watched the 3 hour Apollo 11 footage? Screenshot...1c-png.jpg
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm just inquisitive. So can anyone tell me who brought the spotlight to the moon? And who was controlling it...or hasn't anyone actually watched the Apollo 11 landings? Screenshot...5a-png.jpg
1. Still dont get how the flag is whirling , as if in the wind (no wind on the Moon, surely!) 2. The b******t excuse "we havent gone to the moon ever since, because we destroyed the technology and a lot of footage was lost/deleted "! Reeeeeeaally?!
So...IF “The first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. There is no wind to blow them away” ...then how the hell is the American Flag flying in the wind in the very next picture??!! 🙄
if someone in all that space gear they are in can jump fairly high, then imagine how much lighter a less than 10 pound piece of cloth can float.
Load More Replies...What I really enjoy the most is how people actually believe the Earth would look to be the size of the moon, from the moon, when Earth is 4x bigger. It's almost hard to believe people that stupid actually exist. lol Moon-Earth...f89686.jpg
the moon is over 300 thousand miles away, pretty sure you're the stupid one
Load More Replies...Ok... but if there is no wind on the Moon, what is that US flag doing?
So really is what this tells us is that the Americans were the first to litter on the moon. It says they left over 100 items there including there sewage? Why would they not factor in bringing everything home so they could leave it the way they found it?
It's not an ecosystem. There's no reason not to leave stuff behind and many reasons to do just that. There is no life nor culture to disturb. It's not ruining anyone's view. In fact... if they'd lugged it back to Earth, it likely would have actually become litter.
Load More Replies...There is a horizontal rod projecting from the post at the top of the pole to hold the flag unfurled. The flag was disturbed as it was planted into the ground and kept this bent shape because of the lack of strong gravity on the Moon.
Load More Replies...Lunar Regolith is extremely fine and sharp (It's actually pretty dangerous, so it's a good thing they prepared those overboots). Plus, the gravity on the moon is around 17% of what it is on Earth and there's virtually no atmosphere. Also, there IS water on the moon in the form of water ice. On top of that, even desert sand is more rounded than Lunar Regolith (through constant tumbling around by wind), hence, it won't hold its shape if dry. Simple science, dude.
Load More Replies...Here's the deal: no one is going to say "gosh we could spend billions feeding and helping the world instead of going to the moon" It's a shame we dropped the ball on space travel and exploration. We could be further along in discoveries. More Hubbles further out. There is always more to learn.
Load More Replies...You mean the flag that is in exactly the same position in ALL the pictures because it's just hanging there? I cant believe people still believe the flag is moving... BlondGoodI...-small.gif
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