[s6e10] Nasa Moon Landing Hoax Direct

As the episode wrapped, the team looked at the data. They had recreated the "faked" photos, proved the flag’s movement, and literally touched a piece of human history with a laser beam.

The following is a story inspired by the , "NASA Moon Landing Hoax," where the team set out to debunk the most persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo missions. The Day Science Toppled the Tallest Tale

Next came the flag. "There's no air on the moon," Jamie noted. "So why does it look like it's flapping in the wind?" [S6E10] NASA Moon Landing Hoax

"The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have been harder to fake it than it was to actually go."

"If there’s nothing up there," Adam said, watching the monitors, "the laser won’t come back." As the episode wrapped, the team looked at the data

They built a miniature lunar landscape with one primary light source. To their surprise, the uneven topography of the "moon" naturally bent the shadows, making them appear non-parallel just like the Apollo photos. One point for NASA . Act II: The Waving Flag

They placed a replica flag inside a . On Earth, air resistance makes a flag stop moving quickly. But in a vacuum, without air to provide friction, the flag continued to oscillate for a long time after being touched. The "waving" wasn't wind; it was physics in a vacuum. Act III: The Lunar Footprint The Day Science Toppled the Tallest Tale Next

"Look at that!" he shouted, pointing at the skewed shadows. "If the Sun is the only light source, shouldn't they be parallel?"