I used to think the moon landing was fake because of the flag... then I saw a video from my kid's science class.

For years, I argued the flag waving in a vacuum was proof. My daughter had a school project last month, and the teacher showed a slow-motion clip of the astronauts twisting the pole to plant it. The 'wave' was just the fabric settling after they let go... it never moved on its own. I felt pretty dumb for not checking that first. Anyone else have a go-to piece of 'evidence' that fell apart under a simple check?

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grant_wilson7220d agoMost Upvoted

Man, the shadows got me for a while. I saw those photos with weird angles and thought, "That's not right." Then I learned about a wide-angle lens on a flat, bright surface. It distorts everything, makes close shadows look long and stretched. The sun was the only light source up there. It checks out. Felt like a real fool after that one.

dakota16020d ago

That slow-motion flag video is convincing for sure. I still find the Van Allen radiation belts a hard point to ignore though, @grant_wilson72. The explanation about the short transit time and the ship's shell just doesn't feel complete to me.