Neil Armstrong's Research Essay: The 1969 Moon Landings

The 1969 Moon Landings By: Amir Ali Faghanizad 9A 13219

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The Van Allen Radiation Belt

3. The Waving Flag

4. Lack of Stars

5. Conclusion

6. Bibliography

Introduction

Neil Armstrong's giant leap kicked off one of the most persistent conspiracy theories of the 20th century. The sceptics claim that the 1969 landings – and all those which followed – were faked by NASA and that no human being has ever set foot on the surface of the Moon. Even though there is substantial evidence to the contrary some people remain adamant that film director Stanley Kubrick was hired to produce the footage after his experience on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Moon landing conspiracy theories are theories which claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA with the aid of other organizations. The most notable claim is that the six manned landings (1969–72) were faked and that twelve

If the Americans hadn’t landed on the moon (or staged a moon landing), then we would probably still think of it as an almost impossible task. If we hadn’t created new technology for the use of astronauts during the moon landing, then we would not have most of the technology that we have today. If it weren’t for the moon landing, the Soviet Union would’ve probably been the first country to land a human on the moon, and they would’ve won the Space Race. The moon landing has affected not only the people of that time in the 1960s and 1970s, but it has left a long-term impact on our world even today. Had Americans not landed on the moon, life would be very different from the way it is today. The moon landing was an important event that changed history and will be forever remembered. It is just as Neil Armstrong said “It was a small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind”