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Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists Taken Down By Buzz Aldrin And Professor Brian Cox

Buzz Aldrin And Brian Cox Just Epically Tag-Teamed Apollo Conspiracy Theorists
Chris York
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Astronaut Edwin E.
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Monday saw the 46th anniversary of the first lunar landings so inevitably the conspiracy loons were out in force.

Thankfully we have the ever-so rational not to mention, intelligent, Professor Brian Cox to sort them out.

Forcefully.

Then, as if that wasn't cool enough, Buzz Aldrin - who knows a thing or two about the moon - chipped in too.

Glorious.

For good measure, Al Murray got in on the act as well.

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And this guy sums it all up.

So let us just reminisce for a while with some more evidence from a man who ACTUALLY WALKED ON THE MOON.

And here's some more proof just in case...

11 Proofs That The Apollo Moon Landings Were NOT Fake
These Two Pictures Match(01 of10)
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In 2008 the Japanese Selene probe obtained photographic evidence of the Moon landings, by comparing the image on the left (from the Apollo 15 landing) taken in July 1971 to its own 3D terrain camera images. They were exactly the same.
'The Foil Shot'(02 of10)
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This picture is often used to claim that there were 'studio lights' visible in the upper left corner. They were not studio lights, as explained by Roger Launius, of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. "Okay, let's take a step back. NASA's going to release a picture showing studio lights? Hello! The odd lights in the picture are simply lens flares," he told National Geographic, sensibly. (credit:NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr)
We Can See It(03 of10)
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It is often claimed that if the Lunar landings were real, we could see them from the Earth, or the Hubble Telescope. Nope. Fact is they're just too far away. On the other hand, we can see the Lunar landing sites thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Here is the picture. You're welcome. (credit:NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr)
Other Space Craft Have Seen It(04 of10)
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The Lunar landings have been spotted by China's Chang'e 2 lunar probe, the Indian Chandrayaan-1 probe, and various other independent (non NASA-funded) space agencies. (credit:Euclid vanderKroew/Flickr)
This Thing.(05 of10)
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... is a glass spherule (about 0.6 mm in diameter) produced by a meteorite impact into lunar soil. "We've found particles of fresh glass in Moon rocks that were produced by explosive volcanic activity and by meteorite impacts over 3 billion years ago," explains Dr. Marc Norman, a lunar geologist at the University of Tasmania. "The presence of water on Earth rapidly breaks down such volcanic glass in only a few million years. These rocks must have come from the Moon!"
This.(06 of10)
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The Lunar rocks brought back by Nasa from the Moon are identical in all vital and important ways to those found elsewhere on Earth. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Flag Was Flapping, And That Makes Sense(07 of10)
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One claim made by Apollo 11 conspiracy theorists is that the American flag was seen 'flapping' on the surface of the Moon. Fact is, that's totally expected. No, there isn't any wind on the Moon - but there is momentum and intertia. The fabric of the flag was moved around while being set in position, and naturally waved as it was being set up. It also has a pole along the top to keep it in position - otherwise it would hang straight down. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Who Took The Pictures?(08 of10)
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One of the frequent claims is that the Apollo 11 mission included images of the two astronauts with no obvious cameraman. As National Geographic explains here, that was because there were cameras in the chests of both astronauts' suits, and on the Lander. (credit:NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr)
'Where Are The Stars?'(09 of10)
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One of the claims made to support the hoax theory is that there were no stars pictured from the surface of the Moon. But this is because the Moon is very bright, reflecting a lot of the Sun's light. There are no stars because the cameras couldn't pick them up. (credit:sjrankin/Flickr)
This Expression(10 of10)
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This is the face of a man who has just walked on the Moon (Neil Armstrong), not the face of a man who has just faked it. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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