• @babysharknanana@lemmy.world
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    352 years ago

    It would be interesting to learn what the “moonlanding never happened” crowd has to say. Must be some next-level brain exercise to keep the story going. 😄

    • edric
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      42 years ago

      Aren’t they generally ok with crew-less landings and mostly deny actual humans landing on the moon?

      • TimeSquirrel
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        2 years ago

        Not the more crazy ones. They believe there’s literally a barrier in the sky that prevents objects from going past a certain altitude. It stems from old abrahamic religious texts of an impenetrable “firmament” surrounding the Earth.

      • @Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        Yea, they claim if we’re only getting rovers out there now, there no way humans actually made it there.

    • P03 Locke
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      42 years ago

      I’m not doubting it’s real. (It’s pretty obvious with the reflections on the solar panels.) But, the lighting looks weird on the Moon, like it has this painting quality to it.

      • @evatronic@lemm.ee
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        92 years ago

        It’s a combination of two major factors: The camera is pretty low-resolution, both in its ability to take video, and pixel density, and because there’s no atmosphere to give us the “blur” and color filtration we’re so used to seeing around objects.

    • TimeSquirrel
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      102 years ago

      Technically, they made it first if you count lithobraking as a valid landing technique.

      • Ugly Bob
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        82 years ago

        Technically, lithobraking is the final stage of any descent, but high speed lithobraking is usually not conducive for future mission objectives.