Russia space agency promises to check whether US moon landings really happened

[JonLP24]

The head of Russia’s national space agency has proposed a mission to the moon to verify whether the American moon landings really took place.

Dmitry Rogozin responded to a question about whether Nasa’s Apollo programme actually put men on the moon back in the 1960s and 1970s during a conversation with the president of Moldova, Igor Dodon.

He appeared to be joking, as he smirked and shrugged while answering. But conspiracies surrounding Nasa’s moon missions are common in Russia.

In a video of their interaction, posted to his 815,000 Twitter followers, Mr Rogozin says: “We have set this objective to fly and verify whether they’ve been there or not”.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/russia-space-agency-nasa-us-moon-landing-mission-a8650056.html%3famp

[PJMcK]

1. Oh, good for the Russians

Just what the world needs: proof from the Russians that the Americans actually landed on the Moon.

Anyone who doesn't believe men walked on the Moon is an ignorant fool.

[randr]

2. If they confirm we landed the Trumpets will believe them

If they deny they found evidence the Trumpet will believe them.
All the brave Americans in the world will not put this broken egg back together again.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. The simple way to ferret out conspiracy theories is to ask yourself...

...if there's literally *millions* in on a particular conspiracy theory (like what would be the case with NASA), then there's a strong chance that it doesn't exist, or one of millions involved would've talked by now.

[ck4829]

4. I always say "Sounds like a personal problem if everybody is on it but you"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Also, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that

one Moon landing was faked. But we went back five more times. Five more landings would not have been faked. Not to mention that the time it took for the various missions to get there had lots and lots of communications between them and the ground crews public for everyone to listen to. Can't imagine anyone faking all that.

Plus, at least one of them left something there that we still ping radar (or some such) off of, and we know that the Moon is gradually getting farther away.

[LakeSuperiorView]

6. Lasers. There are 3 US retroreflectors on the moon.

2 Russian retroreflectors as well.

We did not have the technology then to fake the landings. The video could now be faked, but back then, it would have been easier to actually go to the moon than fake the landings.

[krispos42]

7. It was faked, they hired Stanley Kubrick to fake it.

But he insisted on the soundstage being built on the moon for maximum realism.

[csziggy]

8. Are they going to check if our flag is still there?

My husband asked that question.

My question was "Will they write a song about it?" His answer, "No, that was some other guy in a different key."