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62 sats \ 8 replies \ @alt 18 Feb \ on: Did we really land on the moon? AskSN

If it was all faked, why didn't the Soviet Union deny it? They had their own space program with lunar satellites, they were tracking the Apollo 11 flight, and if the Americans didn't land there then the Soviets had every incentive to call them out for faking it.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @byzantine 18 Feb

this is the main argument against a moon landing conspiracy and it certainly is compelling that both them and the chinese would know it was fake just via satellite reconnaissance alone

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @alt 18 Feb

It's my go-to counterpoint to moon landing conspiracy theorists because there is no reasonable argument against it. The physical evidence and data itself is undeniable, but it is hard to explain succinctly. The fact that the Soviets didn't try to deny the US landing though, there's no real explanation for that other than "it actually happened".

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 18 Feb

I've thought the same thing. Its a pretty good argument.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @javier OP 18 Feb

I don't know, probably because at the time they believed it? Remember, they didn't had Internet. Most soviets didn't have TV even.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @alt 18 Feb

I'm talking about the Soviet government. They had their own space program with lunar satellites. They had the capability to track Apollo 11 and to independently verify the landing, with every incentive to call out a fakery.