Text: Jiang Qingtong
Editor|Jiang Qingsheng
Preface
The mystery of the universe has always been what the earthlings want to explore, and every country has taken great pains to explore the universe, and the United States, as a major country in science and technology, completed the moon landing program in the last century, not only leaving the first footprint of mankind on the moon, but even planting the American flag.
However, in 2013, there was an article that doubted that the "Apollo moon landing" of the United States was fake, and this year, because of the comparison of the national flags of China and the United States on the moon, the topic of whether the United States landed on the moon was real or false was once again brought out.
What's going on here? Why is the U.S. "Apollo moon landing program" always under suspicion?
The Chang'e-6 launch mission was successfully completed
On May 3 of this year, the good news of the successful launch of Chang'e-6 was reported, and everyone who knows about it knows that this time Chang'e-6 is going to the far side of the moon to take samples, and then return to Earth.
And this will be the first human sampling operation on the far side of the moon, so this time it is not China that has developed Chang'e-6 itself, but China has invited more countries to cooperate.
In total, the collaboration involved more than 50 representatives from 12 space agencies and countries that wanted to witness the first human landing on the far side of the moon.
Many people don't understand why the back side of the landing will attract so much attention, in fact, this is very easy to understand, the first is that we have been in the front of the moon in the early stage, and several countries have completed the front side of the moon activities, and China has retrieved the front of the moon soil several times.
And we don't know everything about the far side of the moon, and the danger factor of this operation is very high, and it may be the location of this backside sampling that will be more of interest to other countries.
That is the Aitken Basin, this basin is a very large crater, you must know that the diameter of this basin is about 2,500 kilometers, the maximum drop is 16.1 kilometers, and the depth is 13 kilometers, known as the "mysterious crater" in space.
That's why we in China are so fascinated by it and want to explore it, because there may be many rare elements in this basin, and there may even be substances that have not been found on the earth and are no longer there.
Chang'e-6 is burdened with such a burden, although we have already figured out where to land Chang'e-6 safely in the plan.
But the mission was still very dangerous, and the Chang'e-6 equipment needed to work in extreme temperatures, which we had already thought about when we designed it.
But what people didn't expect was that after Chang'e-6 landed on the moon this time, the issue of the United States landing on the moon once again appeared on the bright side.
Is the U.S. moon landing real or fake?
From ancient times to the present, the moon has been given a beautiful yearning in the mainland, and many poems have praised the moon, not only in ancient times, but now we still have such a beautiful fantasy when we land on the moon.
Of course, not only the mainland, but also other countries, Chang'e in our mythological story went to the moon and flew to the moon by relying on the elixir, but in reality we don't have this kind of elixir to eat, and we can only explore step by step if we want to land on the moon.
Don't look at China's current space technology among the best, but when countries such as the Soviet Union and the United States began to study it, China did not have the ability to do so.
The competition between countries was already very fierce at the beginning, but only the Soviet Union and the United States were fierce, and whoever could land on the moon and leave human footprints on the moon would attract the attention of the world and become a country remembered by history.
Of course, the simple way to put it is that the first country to land on the moon will improve its international standing and win the first place in the fierce competition.
The United States and the Soviet Union were very optimistic countries at that time, and there was also a fierce secret competition between the two countries, and the Soviet Union had to be even more optimistic.
You must know that the Soviet Union released the first artificial satellite in 1957, which is not only a big step ahead of the United States, but even in the leading position in the world.
Two years later, the Soviet Union again wanted to launch Luna-1 to the moon, but things were not as simple as expected, and the Soviet plan was that Luna-1 would need to hit the moon.
But because of the applause of the manipulation, the 1 flew directly over the moon, and many people at the time thought that the Soviet Union would be the first country to land on the moon.
But I didn't expect to be cut off by the United States in the end, and the American "Apollo" directly made a big move to make the plan of a manned landing on the moon come true.
In 1969, American astronauts landed on the moon, and American astronaut Armstrong became the first astronaut in history to land on the moon and leave his own footprints on the moon.
The United States also won a big victory in the contest for the first moon landing and became the first scientific and technological power at that time, but with the international exploration and research of the moon, the United States seems to have a lot of first.
China's current aerospace strength is still gradually becoming stronger, whether it is the Shenzhou series or the Chang'e series, etc., all of which show the strength of our aerospace industry.
But until now, China has not achieved the goal of leaving Chinese footprints on the moon, and the same is true for other countries, and until now only the United States has imprinted footprints on the surface of the moon in the Apollo program.
But this also makes people very curious, the current technology is not as powerful as the United States? What is even more incredible is that the United States was able to send astronauts to the moon and even step on footprints, but now the United States is not only unable to send astronauts to the moon, but even the exploration is very difficult.
This is very confusing, and in an interview with Pei Zhaoyu, the designer of Chang'e-6 suit, he said that he did not find the Apollo Basin when the United States landed on the moon, and this news caused a sensation at that time.
What makes people want to say even more is that the Soviet Union never thought that it might have been deceived, which is also unexpected, and more doubts are still on the national flag.
The flag gives the answer
In 2013, there was already an article in People's Digest that began to speculate that the "Apollo moon landing" in the United States was fake, and the issue of the national flag was also mentioned in it.
The United States claims to have landed on the moon six times and planted a flag each time, and if it were to follow that way, there would already be six American flags on the moon.
NASA said that the probe vehicle camera recently lined up a set of photos, in which five American flags are still there, one of which has disappeared.
And with the "Apollo" 11 first landing on the moon astronaut Eitling, said that when they planted the national flag, they have always been very worried about a problem, that is, whether the national flag will not be planted firmly, and finally it will be blown down during the live broadcast.
But I didn't expect it to really fall in the end, which also made countless people begin to question the authenticity of the American moon landing, and we all know that when China planted the national flag, China's national flag was straight and not affected by wind and gravity.
But the fact that the flag of the United States has even appeared in a windswept microwave state has made more people start to hope that the United States can give a perfect explanation, and the United States, in the face of many doubts, blames all this on human errors and mechanical failures.
But it is not very convincing, and a comparison between the Chinese flag and the American flag can see what the problem is, after all, the current United States is not only unable to land on the moon, but even began to ask China for lunar soil, which also blocked some people's mouths.
Why is it that no one questions or speculates about China's landing on the moon?
Why is no one questioning China's moon landing?
This is actually different from the United States, our China's aerospace technology has been until now, no matter which series has been reported at the end, and it has been broadcast live, there is no doubt about this.
But even with such a public moon landing, there will still be people who question the authenticity of China's moon landing, such as the Chang'e-4 time, many people question whether China really launched a lunar probe to the moon?
In fact, Chang'e-4 had already sent a map of the environment on the far side of the moon when it first landed on the moon, but this map still could not stop those doubts.
Instead, they thought it was a picture that China had synthesized in order to convince them, and even agreed that China would actually grow plants on the moon.
And even if China proves that everything it has done is true, they will not believe it, and it is precisely because of this that China will no longer pay attention to these doubts and only do its own development and research.
But China's ignorance does not mean that other countries are also paying attention, and the United States has previously launched a lunar reconnaissance orbit and has been orbiting the moon, which is why this vehicle took pictures of China's Chang'e-4 and Yutu-2 working on the moon.
Officially, because of this photo, all those voices of doubt have disappeared, and no one has questioned China's "journey to the moon" until now.
Of course, some people will wonder, shouldn't the United States at this time just hide this photo? Why did it come out? In fact, the main reason is that the United States wants to cooperate with China in aerospace, but the previous unhappiness between the two countries and the relevant contracts signed between the two countries show that this is impossible.
epilogue
Of course, it doesn't matter to us whether the United States can go to the moon now, the most important thing now is to wait for Chang'e-6 to safely bring back the lunar soil behind it, so that China's research on the moon can be taken to a higher level.
Refer to the article
Beijing Evening News, August 9, 2013 "Meideng Moon Fraud? Snowden's Weibo has raised many doubts".
People's Digest 2013 No. 10 "Is the American "Apollo Moon Landing" Fake? ".
China National Space Administration's report on May 3, 2024, "The Chang'e-6 Launch Mission Was a Complete Success, Beginning the Journey of Sample Return to the Far Side of the Moon".
Observing the network on February 16, 2019, "The clearest so far! The latest photos of Chang'e-4 are here".
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