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How, and where NASA faked the lunar orbit, landing and lift off. |
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how, and where NASA faked the lunar approach, lunar orbit, lunar landing,
and lunar take off, for all the Apollo Moon landing video's. Contrary to
what many believe, the sequences were not shot in a desert, Hollywood studio,
or Area 51. There may have been the odd picture taken at Area 51, and a
few Apollo pictures that were taken in some remote desert, but the majority
of stills and video were performed at Langley Research Center, Hampton,
Virginia. Scientist's at NASA knew in the early 60's that a manned mission
to the Moon was impossible within 8 years, and a plan to fake the Moon
landings was put into operation.
NASA's fake Moon pictures
were taken at various locations such as KSC, JSC, LRC, and of course the
odd one or two desert locations. I would also like to point out to that
the art of faking both still photographs, and movie film is as old as photography
and film itself. The 1930's film "King Kong" showed a huge gorilla scaling
up the Empire State building. If it's on film are we led to believe it's
real? No of course not, but that is exactly what PAN's, (Pro Apollo Nutters)
are claiming. Their ridiculous debunking claim is that digital manipulation
of photographs and film was not available back in the 1960's, but they
did not have digital artifacts back in 1930 when the film "King Kong" was
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This crane was PURPOSELY built in 63/64 to perfect the lunar landing as close as possible to the real thing, and used to suspend both astronauts, and the LM itself. It enabled movement of the astronauts and LM in all directions, i.e., up down, left right, forward and reverse. The trial runs were so good, and with NASA, fully aware that a Moon landing was impossible, opted to use the setup for faking the alleged film of lunar landing, and take off, whereby the flag is blown over. According to Bobby Braun and other NASA officials the idea was to teach the astronauts how to land a rocket propelled LM. However NO ROCKET POWERED LM WAS EVER SUSPENDED FROM THIS CRANE. In any case anyone with the slightest gumption knows that it is IMPOSSIBLE to control a rocket engine. If the PAN's disagree, then perhaps they could direct me to a video or film showing how the feat was, or could be accomplished. The landings were controlled purely by traverse and lowering of the LM in the same way as a conventional crane. Below are more pictures showing mock LM suspended from this crane. In the center (left) picture note the circular objects on the ground floor. The vast expanse of ground area beneath this crane was ideal for creating mock lunar landscapes. In reality the area was covered with gray ash, (possibly from some coal fired power station or boiler house), or plain cement. The circular objects were then raised by crane to create authentic looking Moon craters, as shown later. |
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The far right picture
above is a time lapse sequence taken at night. Notice spotlights on crane
gantry, and how it illuminates the ground surface. The mock LM was traversed
full length of crane, and simultaneously lowered at the same time in order
to create an authentic looking lunar landing, when viewed from within the
mock LM itself. Power supply to the mock LM was by cable from crane tower.
This enabled a large fan, (fitted beneath the mock LM), to create the dust
scatter effect of a rocket engine as it descended to the fake Moon surface.
The film shown to public of the LM supposedly blasting off from the Moon's
surface was also created beneath this crane at LRC. The mock LM was simply
attached to the crane, and hoisted very rapidly at the same time a pathetic
looking blast off sparks was enacted beneath it. The film was then speeded
up for showing to the public, and it is interesting to note that the camera
filming this sequence cut short once the LM had reached the crane maximum
height. In other words WHY didn't the camera continue to film the LM until
it was out of view? Quite simply because it was not possible to do under
the circumstances in which the "lift off" was faked.
The above pictures were taken by Bob Nye on June 20 1969, one month before Armstrong, err, supposedly stepped on the Moon. Picture on right shows the lander hovering above fake Moon crater surface beneath the crane. Believe me folks this is how it was done, even if Pro Apollo Nutters say no way. Picture on left, taken at night, looks like a realistic Moon setting, although I am in no doubt that some out there will actually say this photo is the Moon. I have heard so much BS from the Pro Apollo Nutters nothing would surprise me. The light source seen in left picture is the same light source that highlights Buzz Aldrin in the controversial picture of him allegedly on the Moon. Those lights are fixed at top of crane gantry, as shown in earlier picture. |
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The picture shown above shows Armstrong at the site in January 1970. This is 6 months after he supposedly landed on the Moon, and likewise Apollo 12 had done the same. Evidently he returned to the simulation site 6 months later to figure out how he could do it, having conned the world into believing he actually did land on the Moon 6 months before this picture was taken. Pictures below show how
astronauts were suspended from the crane in order to simulate low gravity.
They eventually settled for an upright position with the astronaut suspended
by strong elastic bungee cord, so that his feet were only just touching
the ground, the same way as a baby bouncer. You can try it yourself by
placing a given weight at the end of an elastic band. As the astronauts
walked in a given direction, the overhead crane moved in the same direction.
This enabled the astronauts to literally float along in a crude "Moon walk"
fashion.
There is a classic piece
of film, and I have only ever seen it once. It shows two astronauts supposedly
on the Moon, but one astronaut is following behind the other in a dead
straight line, and at a fixed distance. Two partners in a strange desolate
place would not walk in such a stupid fashion, and so far apart. It's obvious
both are following a given line/route, i.e., the line or route in which
the two overhead cranes are forcing them to follow. In the pictures below,
it can be seen how astronauts were suspended from this crane. It is interesting
to note that high backward leg swing in far left picture. That high backward
leg swing is identical to the back leg swing in the Apollo 17 photo of
Harrison Schmitt supposedly tripping up on the Moon (shown right). In another
video sequence of Apollo 17 astronauts supposedly cavorting on the Moon,
one of them is actually suspended 2 feet horizontally off the ground. This
sequence lasts for a couple of seconds, so how do NASA officials explain
that, and why is it that no one else has passed comment on this totally
absurd picture shot? It's clear evidence that person in space suit is suspended
from wires, or some other line. The picture below shows astronaut suspended
via a tubular spring to create the "bounce effect" as though they were
walking in reduced gravity on the Moon.
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Picture on left is a view
taken from top of the Langley crane, looking down onto fake lunar surface
created beneath. Picture right shows Donald Hewes beneath the Langley crane.
Hewes created the fake lunar surface, and was heavily involved in the fake
lunar landing and lift off video's.
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The Studio Moon Set Still not convinced? Then maybe this NASA archive, dated 26 August 1969, and copied word for word, will change your mind. It relates to Donald Hewes, who oversaw operations/filming with the fake landing and take off. Read it, then think hard about it. Why were NASA phaffing around with fake lunar landscapes, one month AFTER Armstrong supposedly pulled it off for real? Answer, to make the fake film look ever more realistic, when future, higher quality images were broadcast to an already gullible audience.
Looking
down from the top of the gantry on to the simulated Lunar Surface. James
Hansen writes: "To make the simulated landings more authentic, [Donald]
Hewes and his men filled the base of the huge eight legged, red and white
structure with dirt and modeled it to resemble the moon's surface. They
erected floodlights at the proper angles to simulate lunar light and installed
a black screen at the far end of the gantry to mimic the airless lunar
"sky." Hewes personally climbed into the fake craters with cans of everyday
black enamel to spray them so that the astronauts could experience the
shadows that they would see during the actual moon landing." (p. 375) From
A.W. Vigil, "Piloted Space Flight Simulation at Langley Research Center,"
Paper presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1966 Winter
Meeting, New York, NY, November 27 - December 1, 1966. "Ground based simulators
are not very satisfactory for studying the problems associated with the
final phases of landing. This is due primarily to the fact that the visual
scene cannot be simulated with sufficient realism. For this reason it is
preferable to go to some sort of flight test simulator which can provide
real life visual cues. One research facility designed to study the final
phases of lunar landing is in operation at Langley. ... The facility is
an overhead crane structure about 250 feet tall and 400 feet long. The
crane system supports five sixths of the vehicle's weight through servo
driven vertical cables. The remaining one sixth of the vehicle weight pulls
the vehicle downward simulating the lunar gravitational force. During actual
flights the overhead crane system is slaved to keep the cable near vertical
at all times. A gimbal system on the vehicle permits angular freedom for
pitch, roll, and yaw. The facility is capable of testing vehicles up to
20,000 pounds. A research vehicle, weighing 10,500 pounds fully loaded,
is being used and is shown [in this picture]. This vehicle is provided
with a large degree of flexibility in cockpit positions, instrumentation,
and control parameters. It has main engines of 6,000 pounds thrust, throttle
able down to 600 pounds, and attitude jets. This facility is studying the
problems of the final 200 feet of lunar landing and the problems of maneuvering
about in close proximity to the lunar surface."
Published in James R. Hansen,
Space flight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo,
(Washington: NASA, 1995), pp. 373-378.
We now go inside the Langley Research Center complex itself to see how
they faked the lunar approach and close orbit of the Moon's surface. We've
all seen the film supposedly taken from the LM as it approached the Moon,
and then begin to orbit. The speed at which it changes from approach to
lunar orbit is utterly ridiculous, as any craft traveling at that speed
would crash straight into the Moon. No one could control a craft
in such as way as shown in the film, and in reality no one did. The following
pictures show exactly how it was done.
Size does matter believe
me, especially when NASA want to create a fake lunar surface as shown in
the above picture on left. It literally dwarfs the two men stood in front
of it. It's unbelievable the time, trouble and expense that NASA incurred
purely to fake the lunar missions. It was of course done purely to convince
the world they were the leaders in space. This very large picture, and
others were used in conjunction with a rail mounted camera, which also
focused on a large rotating PLASTER PARIS model of the Moon, ) shown on
the right). NASA knew, (after Kennedy's speech in 61), that
a lunar landing before 1970 was impossible. Realizing this they had no
option but to fake the missions. A program was launched at LRC to design
props/backgrounds etc. to convince the media they had achieved the goal
set by Kennedy. The pictures above were scanned from a book, hence the
poor quality, however the following pictures are from NASA.
The high resolution picture
above left shows a 20' diameter sphere which can be rotated from below.
In the left of that picture can be seen a huge blank placard. This is the
scene before LRC staff began work on converting the sphere to an
authentic looking Moon complete with craters, ( for lunar approach), and
the placards were to be lunar orbit. Notice also the rail track around
placards, (there were 3 placards in all). Note moving trolley on that track.
The camera was mounted on that trolley. It first began to film the rotating
sphere, (lunar approach), it then swung around and began scanning the fake
lunar surface on placard, (lunar orbit).
The picture above right
shows the sphere after modeling work. Pretty impressive eh? Notice how
background is in the dark. Remove that bloke from the picture and you could
EASILY pass this photo as being taken by the Apollo command module circling
the Moon. It is evident that there were many people involved in the faking
of Apollo, and NASA claim that if it were faked someone would have spoken
out by now. Well LRC staff are sworn to secrecy, and they must have been
100% in favor of the fakery, otherwise they would not have participated
in the first place.
The two pictures above show how
LRC made "plaster paris" copies of the Moon craters on the placards. They
are checking that the craters are exactly to scale and layout, as craters
shown on the lunar photographs previously taken by high magnification telescope.
(Editors Note: Lunar Orbiter Photos 1965-1967) Notice the sphere in left
hand picture after modeling work. This sphere had a light inside it which
was translucent on the outside, hence the appearance. The large placards
with Moon craters was also backlit. Turn off all your lighting, and you
end up with the picture shown below left. This is how the Moon would look
in the void of space if you could get close enough to it, however no one,
not even Armstrong could get anywhere near to the real thing.
NASA claim that picture
on the right is far side of Moon, taken by Apollo 8. Compare this sphere
with one shown above in left hand pic. It speaks for itself does it not?
In all of these pictures notice the black background. This of course made
it easier for touching up photo's to ensure that background space
was indeed black.
These two pictures prove that you do not need pressurized suits to create
an authentic Moon approach or orbit. Take a film whilst approaching the
plaster paris model, and it would be enough to convince a gullible audience
that film was taken whilst approaching the Moon.
This final picture shows Charlie Duke (pointing), and John Young, at the simulator controls for lunar approach/orbit. The picture on TV screen is reminiscent of the pictures we saw on our TV screens. We were told it was the Moon, but the picture showing on TV screen in photograph is not the Moon. It is a camera filming the plaster paris model of Moon. Both
John Young and Charlie Duke were heavily involved in faking of the Apollo
Moon missions.
So there you have it. I have shown how NASA faked lunar approach/orbit, and lunar landing/take, so next time you see a film on TV of any Apollo craft supposedly approaching, orbiting, landing on, or taking off from the Moon, you will know exactly how it was done. |
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unknown Author and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Pegasus
R.C or its members. However the presentation is well done and contains
much historical data and photographs not easily found, and as it touches
on the subject of NASA coverup, we felt it a valuable addition. The reader
is left to form their own conclusions. The original and other pages concerning
this issue can be found at...
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