bailey.susan•25d agoProlific Poster

I used to think the moon landing was fake, but a trip to Huntsville changed my mind

I was at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama last fall, just looking at the Saturn V rocket. It's huge, you can walk right under it. A retired engineer there, named Bob, pointed at the engine nozzles and said, 'You can't fake that kind of heat scoring.' He explained how the metal was warped from the real burn. I stood there for like twenty minutes just looking at it. Seeing the actual hardware up close made all the old film 'proof' seem silly. Has anyone else had a moment where seeing something in person totally flipped a belief for them?

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logan_lee8825d ago

Gotta say, the whole moon landing debate always seemed like a weird hill to die on. People arguing over grainy film when the real hardware is sitting in a museum. Seems like a lot of energy for something that doesn't really matter.

kai94225d ago

Totally get that. Seeing real stuff up close just shuts down the conspiracy brain. Had a similar thing with old war planes at a museum once.

grant82617h ago

Seeing real stuff" is the problem though. Museums can show replicas or just parts of something. A plane in a museum proves that plane existed, not the whole story around it. You're trusting the label on the display case as much as the old film.