In a flash, it has been more than 50 years since the United States manned the moon landing.
And in the past 50 years, there have been waves of public opinion about "the old United States landing on the moon is a scam".
In the era when the Internet did not rise, these public opinions relied on various tabloids, magazines, radio and television media to disseminate.
In the years that we have just changed, these "moon hoaxes" have become commonplace abroad.
In the age of the Internet, when I first came into contact with the Internet more than 20 years ago, I often saw discussions on forums about these issues.
The more developed the Internet, the more popular these public opinions become.
In fact, the stir-fry is all old materials from twenty or thirty years ago, and after various processing and alienation, after the superposition and amplification of the online world, it becomes divine and easy to bring emotions.
To a certain extent, this kind of discussion of right and wrong has become a pan-entertainment.
Anyway, there is no loss to anyone, from experts from all walks of life, down to general netizens, gossip and gossip, eat melons and watch the excitement.
A decades-old topic, you don't have to be serious, just laugh and talk.
The point is, for decades, people have not seen NASA come out to refute the rumors.
No one is in a hurry to defend the truth or falsehood, so why are others in a hurry?
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During the May Day period, our Shenzhou and Chang'e were launched successively to continue our space journey.
When Chang'e-6 was launched, CCTV broadcast live and invited some experts to explain and interpret in the live broadcast room.
When the host was communicating with Pei Zhaoyu, deputy chief designer of the third phase of the lunar exploration project, the host talked about Chang'e-4 falling in the Aitken Basin at the south pole of the moon, and the location of the 6th was also in this basin, but it was different from the 4th.
Mr. Pei took it and said: I didn't find that ...... That ...... in the Apollo Basin".
The host found that Mr. Pei hadn't organized the language yet, so he changed the topic and continued to chat.
Live shows, these situations are also normal.
But for a while, the superimposed effect of the two keywords "not found" and "Apollo" quickly detonated Internet public opinion.
If you understand it directly, you just haven't found the evidence of Apollo's moon landing.
In fact, the "Aitken Basin" mentioned in the live broadcast is located at the south pole of the moon, this basin is very large, spanning the front and back sides of the moon, and is one of the largest impact craters in the solar system.
However, Apollo's previous moon missions, in order to ensure safety, are directly opposite the earth, the moon is ± north and south latitude and east and west longitude ± 45 °, the Apollo Basin in the Aitken Basin, was later named Apollo Basin in order to commemorate the Apollo moon mission.
The two are incompatible.
For example, in 2012, Zhao Baochang, chief designer of the Chang'e-2 payload subsystem, later said that the images sent back by Chang'e-2 could see the remains of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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A lot of people are a little worried about "whether the Americans actually went to the moon".
They can always get excited about some "evidence" that can debunk the lies of the United States.
I don't think it's harmful, but some netizens are too stubborn.
Personally, I think it doesn't matter if it's true or not, it's good to keep a regular curiosity.
In fact, it is common for our domestic public opinion to be suspicious of the authenticity of the American moon landing, and you have to be in the base camp of the West, where there are piles of all kinds of literary and television works that "prove the falsification of the moon landing".
In my hometown in the United States, there are too many Americans who question the authenticity of the moon landing, after all, the belief in monotheism itself naturally produces a large number of divine sticks.
But we don't see NASA taking the initiative to refute the rumors.
What's even worse is that many of the early "moon landing conspiracy theories" are most likely released by NASA itself through various channels.
People are naturally curious, and they have never been resistant to this true or false information.
One to ten, ten to hundred, export and then to domestic sales, all kinds of information superimposed, new and old information superimposed, constantly being fried, it is more and more difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Public opinion has been maintained for more than 50 years, which has made "the American moon landing a hoax" an enduring hot topic of public opinion.
We know that in order to create topics and maintain attention, celebrities will often release some true or false scandal materials, allowing public opinion to play freely.
It's good for NASA to create buzz, keep the buzz, and promote public interest in the space industry.
In recent decades, there have been few other topics that have been as consistent as this one for all of humanity.
NASA is happy to see this result.
With the help of human curiosity, the popularity of NASA's manned landing on the moon continues to be maintained.
NASA itself has never refuted rumors, but for decades, enthusiasts around the world have enjoyed it, and some people have even made "proving the falsification of the moon landing" one of the focuses of their lives.
Of course, there are many people on our side who are tired of studying these issues, as long as they are normal, in fact, they are harmless, and public opinion is just that.
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Now the most hurtful thing about Americans' self-esteem is that the Chinese are going to land on the moon, and it will take three or five years, and the Americans have shouted for many years to return to the moon, but they just can't go back.
When the time comes, the Chinese will go to the moon, the Americans will not be able to go back, how can the Americans prove their scientific and technological hegemony?
How do you prove that you are still the chosen nation?
Although Americans often say that they want to return to the moon again before the Chinese land on the moon.
However, people with a little common sense and a better understanding of international information in recent years understand that it is impossible for Americans to go back in the past few years.
It's a terrible thing for the self-esteem of Americans.
Facts speak louder than words, and when the time comes, the people of the world will ask why people can go to the moon while you can't go to the moon when the Western world has been smearing and spreading rumors about China for many years.
You don't even go up to the moon, why should people think that you are still a powerful hegemon?
This trend of public opinion will become more and more popular with China's manned landing on the moon.
If you can't get there, the world will of course suspect that there is something wrong with your manned landing on the moon, or even a fake.
When our astronauts returned from the moon, the world's media flocked to ask them about a range of topics of human concern.
For example, did the Americans go to the moon, did you see the relics of their moon landing, and did you find the equipment they abandoned on the moon?
Our astronauts don't need to explain much, as long as they smile "hehe", it is enough to deal a devastating blow to the American space myth.
We are upright, and our evasion of answering can arouse the reverie of the world more than positive and negative answers.
Anyway, the Americans' own NASA doesn't refute the rumors, so why should we mix them up?
Of course, we also welcome the fact that the United States has once again successfully returned to the moon and, decades later, has done what it once did.
But what does this mean?
Where Americans can go, we're going.
Where Americans can't go, we're going too.