Episode 2.8 // Lights, Camera, Moon Landing!

When Neil Armstrong touched down and said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” he meant it, right? The 1969 moon landing was a long-awaited event that brought the world together and the United States across the Space Race finish line. But, as with any historic victory for powerful people in powerful governments, doubters soon followed. To this day, many still believe the Apollo 11 mission was a Hollywood hoax.

SOURCES:

• https://spacecenter.org/exhibits-and-experiences/starship-gallery/kennedy-podium/

• https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/space-race

• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html

• https://www.wired.com/story/world-watched-apollo-11-moon-photos/

• https://www.wired.com/1994/09/moon-land/

• https://qz.com/1663894/the-origin-of-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories/

• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people

• https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/18/how-stanley-kubrick-staged-the-moon-landing

• We Never Went To The Moon - By Bill Kaysing

• https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/cspan-space-exploration-2019

• https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/6/24/18692080/moon-landing-50th

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/moon-landing-conspiracy-theories

• https://www.iop.org/explore-physics/moon/how-do-we-know-we-went-to-the-moon#gref

• https://www.history.com/news/moon-landing-fake-conspiracy-theories

• https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/28293/1/was-the-shining

• https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-distance/en/

• https://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s2ch3.htm

• https://www.paesta.psu.edu/sites/default/files/digital_library/denying-apollo-moon-landings.pdf

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