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"We chose to go to the moon, not because it was easy, but because it was hard."
An explosive piece of news about the Apollo went viral, and it immediately sparked a frenzy of discussion among die-hard Apollo fans. Some people threatened to attack the NASA official website inkjet, and some people directly threatened to storm the Apollo base to meet the elderly. Even the most calm Apollo male fans can't hide the anger and grief in their hearts.
What kind of explosive news can make the simple Apollo fans blow up? Let's walk into the heart of this turmoil and see what's going on!
"Apollo never actually landed on the moon, it was just a choreographed hoax!" It was this anonymous post posted on the Apollo support club's super talk that hit the fans' sore spots. And the poster is even more aggressive to list a lot of so-called "ironclad evidence" to support his opinion.
"The lunar rocks brought back by Apollo do not explain the lack of weathering on the lunar surface", "The silhouettes in the moon landing video are all rehearsed in advance...... As soon as these doubts were raised, they set off a huge wave among the fan base. Fans who had been devout in their worship of the Apollo also began to waver.
Everyone knows that during the Cold War in the 60s of the last century, the space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union reached a fever pitch. The Soviet Union pioneered the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, which marked the beginning of the space age. Soon after, they succeeded in orbiting the first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, who circled the Earth in space and gained international fame for the Soviet Union.
The United States felt lagged behind in the face of the Soviet Union's space achievements and recognized the importance of the space race. In order to catch up with and surpass its opponents, the United States has gone all out to carry out a series of research and development work. After several experiments and setbacks, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon for the first time in human history.
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the surface of the moon, a moment that is recounted by people all over the world. They left human footprints on the moon and successfully returned to Earth, earning the United States great glory in technology and space exploration.
Over the next few years, the Apollo program went on to launch five more missions to the moon, each of which achieved important results. Astronauts have walked, studied and collected a large number of samples on the surface of the moon, which have brought back valuable scientific data to Earth and greatly advanced human knowledge and understanding of the moon.
After the Apollo 17 mission, there were many reasons why the whole project came to an abrupt halt. First, the Apollo program was very expensive and placed a huge burden on the US treasury. Under economic pressure, the government has gradually shifted its focus to other areas of research and development to meet domestic needs.
The fading of the moon landing fever also contributed to the termination of the program. After the initial enthusiasm, the waning public interest in the mission to the moon and the fact that the pace of space technology progress has not been as fast as expected, so that the government takes public sentiment and the allocation of resources into account when making decisions.
Although the Apollo program ended in 1972, the exploration and study of the moon did not stop. Since then, international space agencies and private companies have launched more cost-effective unmanned missions to explore the surface and interior of the moon with probes and satellites.
Although the feat of landing on the moon is widely recognized and praised, there are still some people who are skeptical. For a long time, there have been those who have questioned whether the moon landing actually happened, and they have put forward a number of arguments to support their view.
One of the main points of contention is the belief that the US authorities may have made a hoax movie in the studio, rather than actually landing on the moon. Proponents of this view argue that there are no traces of weathering on the surface of the Moon at all, and that, according to studies of similar environmental conditions on Earth, traces of weathering should be inevitable. They believe that if they do land on the moon, they should be able to see obvious signs of weathering in the photos taken by the probe.
They also noted that the number of lunar samples brought back was relatively small. The total weight of the rock and soil samples brought back from the mission to the moon was about 382 kilograms, but the number of these samples seemed too limited for such a major scientific expedition.
In the face of these doubts, NASA has repeatedly responded to the authenticity of the moon landing and provided a large amount of evidence to support the occurrence of the moon landing. They publicly displayed photographs and videos of the mission as well as testimonies from astronauts to prove that they actually landed on the moon. In addition, other countries and independent scientific institutions have verified and confirmed the lunar mission.
The doubts of skeptics about the moon landing have not been completely dispelled. Some continue to suspect that the moon landing was a hoax, and they are not satisfied with NASA's response and still hold their part. These controversies persisted, creating a phenomenon of controversy.
In the latest news, China and France have reached a comprehensive cooperation on the exploration of space mysteries. The two countries will carry out extensive exchanges in the fields of spacecraft research and development, manned spaceflight, and write a new history of space exploration with practical actions.
I don't have a particularly strong opinion about the authenticity of the Apollo moon landing. As an ordinary citizen, I was simply impressed by this incredible feat. Even if there was any omission back then, it was due to the limitations of the time. Importantly, it has given all mankind infinite courage and dreams, and inspired us to yearn for the unknown.
As the famous saying goes: "Only by constantly breaking through themselves and climbing new heights can human beings leave their footprints in the vast universe." Let's wait and see, I believe that in the near future, the Chinese themselves will be able to realize the dream of astronauts on the moon! What an exciting time it will be!
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