Want to get to know a person better? Ask him about the moon landing. His answer will allow you to immediately determine whether it is worth continuing to communicate with him, hiring him or signing a long-term contract. About why belief in a lunar conspiracy borders on insanity, says space specialist Vitaly Egorov.
The point here, in fact, is not in the Americans and the attitude towards them. Although no, this too. We admit that now in Russian society, the attitude towards America is negative, many are not satisfied with their foreign policy, technological superiority, and some other details. But today's attitude of a person to someone or something is in no way capable of influencing the events of the past. And here is the first characteristic of a person: is his subjective view and preferences capable of influencing an adequate perception of reality? Do you need a friend, partner or colleague who builds his own little world in his imagination, where he is comfortable living? Yes, we all live in such little worlds, but some are still trying not to break away from reality.
Landing on the moon is a very complex technical operation that required the efforts of tens of thousands of highly qualified professionals. This is colossal innovation and risk. And all the details of this mission are detailed in millions of pages of published documents, scientific publications, photos and videos. To understand the details of the flight to the moon and return back, you need not only and not so much engineering and space competence, but a desire to find out how it was. How did they sit down and take off? Where is the lunar soil now and who is studying it? What traces are left on the moon and how to see them? Can cosmic radiation harm people in flight? All questions have answers. But if a person continues to ask them, expecting or demanding answers from you, then this is also his characteristic: he is not ready to seek new knowledge, is incapable or lazy in looking for answers to questions,which interests him, and he is quite satisfied with the first version of the answer that comes up, if he just likes it or corresponds to his beliefs. When a space engineer asks such questions, this is simply an admission of his inadequacy, and, unfortunately, such questions are now working at Roscosmos enterprises. Fortunately, there are very few of them.
The lunar conspiracy is a big lie, a big fear and a big venality. It will take thousands of people involved in forging various stages of the mission. After all, it is not enough to make a movie, you still need to hide a hundred-meter rocket somewhere after the launch, assemble a dummy of the landing ship, dig up, and then tear away kilometers of the "lunar" surface without a trace. Well, okay, these are Americans, everyone knows how they know how to make films, love money and are able to tell tales about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. But the lunar conspiracy requires the involvement of a much larger circle of people from other countries. How about the specialists who supported the flights of the Vostoks, Voskhod and Soyuz, built the H1 super-rocket, and ruled the Moon rovers on the Moon? They did not doubt the reliability of the landing and tell how they closely followed the American lunar program. So are they idiots or liars? Were they able to be deceived by a Hollywood hand-made article, which is now being exposed by schoolchildren with photoshop, or for some reason they were included in the biggest lie in the history of mankind? What about European, Soviet and Russian, Japanese and Indian scientists who studied the lunar soil, launched satellites to the Moon and did not see any signs of a fake? Did they sell out or were they intimidated into agreeing to lie and sacrifice all their scientific authority?launched satellites to the moon and saw no sign of a fake? Did they sell out or were they intimidated into agreeing to lie and sacrifice all their scientific authority?launched satellites to the moon and saw no sign of a fake? Did they sell out or were they intimidated into agreeing to lie and sacrifice all their scientific authority?
Or maybe everything is simpler: there was a real landing, our specialists congratulated the competitors on a worthy victory, and cosmonauts, astronauts and scientists from all over the world continued to study space and the Moon together? And only a believer in a conspiracy is ready to admit that the most worthy representatives of humanity are corrupt and / or cowardly liars. What, then, does he think of those around him in everyday life, including you?
The flight to the moon is the most outstanding achievement of Mankind. Unattainable summit of science and technology of the entire civilization of the Earth. Without Mendeleev, the fuel would not have flared up, without Kepler the orbit would not have lain, without Pythagoras the drawing of the ship and the rocket would not have appeared. This is our victory too. Although the Americans left traces in the dust, without the flights of Gagarin and Leonov, there would be no steps of Armstrong and Cernan. It was a race, and it is impossible if someone is running alone. This is an achievement of those that is possible only thanks to bold decisions, a high concentration of strength and will, faith in a person's ability to create the impossible and make dreams come true. Denying or even doubting the moon landing is a voluntary renunciation of all these qualities. Ask those doubting the lunar program what they think about building the pyramids. I guarantee with a 95% probabilitythat these people will tell you about aliens or the Atlantean civilization or whatever, instead of admitting that a simple Egyptian in a reed band with a copper pick in his hands was capable of such an incredible construction. This is not a matter of technology, it is a matter of attitude, because each of us looks at others through the prism of ourselves. Am I capable of great things? So others are the same: the peasant of the Old Kingdom, and the engineer of the United States. So who would you like to be friends with and work with, with someone who does not believe in themselves and others, or with someone who is ready for great things?because each of us looks at others through the prism of ourselves. Am I capable of great things? So others are the same: the peasant of the Old Kingdom, and the engineer of the United States. So who would you like to be friends with and work with, with someone who does not believe in themselves and others, or with someone who is ready for great things?because each of us looks at others through the prism of ourselves. Am I capable of great things? So others are the same: the peasant of the Old Kingdom, and the engineer of the United States. So who would you like to be friends with and work with, with someone who does not believe in themselves and others, or with someone who is ready for great things?
Vitaly Egorov
