To The Moon and Back

Did we do it or not? Did humanity visit our nearest neighbour and leave footprints on its surface 50 years ago? Or did the great landing get faked to make us believe we did it to establish superiority during the time of the Cold War?

For me? No.

My reasoning:

The gravity differences between Earth and the Moon should turn humans into super beings. We should be able to take mighty leaps from place to place. The footage shows the exact opposite.

It’s a naive way of gauging things, but it’s valid. Think about it. He’s got the strength to match Earth’s gravity. On the Moon, everything is 1/6th the weight, including him. He has superpowers there. He has enough to flip a car and hop over small buildings. Instead, we’re shown a guy taking one very small step for mankind.

When he walks, he looks ridiculously feeble. Pathetic.

Consider a baby finding its feet for the first time. It staggers and falls. This continues until muscle mass increases and coordination improves. An astronaut is an experienced walker on Earth. His muscles and skills are tuned to Earth’s gravity. He’s overqualified and superstrong. Each step would result in an accidental eight-foot stride.

But tiny steps happen. At no point does he display any action (accidental or otherwise) that exceeds his Earthly abilities. Even when he trips, he practically falls at his feet.

From the first step, he’s mastered the art of moonwalking. It’s as if he’s walked there a hundred times before. It’s not right. It’d take time to adjust, to detune his powers to the Moon’s gravity. There should be fumbles, accidental tall leaps, and trips that lead to long strides at high speed. Instead, we get micro-steps, low hops and slow-motion trips that go nowhere. It’s all wrong.

There’s a reason for this. He didn’t walk on the Moon.

Settling this debate using mini-steps and non-leapy hops doesn’t compare to other arguments you’ll see out there. That’s because I’m prepared to accept flags that flutter and stars that don’t appear in the night sky. I can even ignore the lighting debates that suggest certain shadows indicate that stage lighting was used to illuminate the astronauts on a set. I’m just smart enough to know my limits when it comes to understanding light, stars and fluttering flags.

Gravity isn’t my forte either, but I know what’s reasonable when it comes to forces in a low-gravity, low-resistance environment. There’s one other thing I know about the Moon. We turned our back on it.

That’s right. We’ve never done anything with the Moon. It’s strange for us to leave something alone once we’ve accessed it. We practically mess up everywhere else. The absence of interest confirms it for me.

We didn’t exploit it. Weird. That’s so unlike us. Why?

A moratorium, you say? How oddly convenient.

If there’s a dollar to be made or a strategic defence/attack benefit, we’ll find a way. It’s what we do. The Moon is the perfect location for a relay/communications station or a remote observatory, but no. We didn’t do that either. We didn’t do anything. We’ve ignored it. (And moratoriums can hide lies about so-called trips to the Moon.)

As far as those landings go, they never happened. No human in the 60s or 70s ever put a foot on the great round ball in the sky. It was simply a race that needed to be won. That doesn’t make the race outcome true. No one was at the finishing line to witness it. But it makes it a great story that no one can prove.

Up until now, we haven’t had the technology or protection to get beyond a low-level orbit.

–Angelwanderer