and one for Queensland

[miriam_e]

Again from ASC:

ONE small step, many GIANT myths

As part of National Science Week we have the fabulous UK Ken Skeldon performing his ONE small step, many GIANT myths - debunking the moon hoax theories. Brought to us from the UK by DEST.

Since astronaut Neil Armstrong's immortal "one small step for man" utterance on the ladder of Apollo11, doubts about the authenticity of the moon landings have persisted. Hoax advocates argue that all six lunar landings were fakes staged somewhere in the American desert.

Was there really a waving flag? ( the one the conspiracists said couldn't wave)
What about the stars that were supposed to be there, should we really be able to even see them?

and so it goes with fascinating insights into shadow angles and lighting, footage speed, disappearing crosshairs, dust anomalies, killer radiation etc etc.

And to accompany this I believe there's a snazzy side performance (Arcs and Sparks) he does with electricity which I'll email you about next week (seems I did not forward as much on to my home email as I thought!!!). More on that and Ken's credentials in a future email.

Come along to the Queenland Museum on Sunday 21 August at 2.30 - it's free.

Comments

[erev-lacri.livejournal.com]

I beleive they filmed that whole thing out on Area 51, which is in Nevada I believe...

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I take it that you are being humorous here? I hope. :)

There is no way it could have been filmed on Earth. The way they move is impossible under Earth's gravity, and the way they kick up dust, too. Remember the famous sequence where one of the astronauts drops two objects? One was a feather and the other was, I think, a rock. They both fell at the same speed. That couldn't have been done in an atmosphere.

And if they were filming it as a hoax, there is no way that they would have let Neil Armstrong's infamous muffed line stand. It would have been, "Cut! We'll shoot it again. Neil can you please get your line right? It's 'One small step for a man'. Okay people... places... action!"

[apocraphilia.livejournal.com]

I took a look at this recently, after I stumbled onto a site advertising a documentary claiming proof that the landings never happened. And it's compelling - travelling that far against incredible odds just to plant a flag *does* seem crazy, like creating fission, fusion or black holes. But we've done all of them, and (to some extent) just to prove we can. Because that's the kind of species we are.

Don't doubt our potential - if we can imagine it, we can do it.