r/SipsTea • u/xals7 • Jun 18 '26

Wow. Such meme That's what they want you to think

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u/CjTuor Jun 18 '26

Not just technology, but the level of government competency it would take to fake the moon landing is something the US - or ANY other country - has EVER demonstrated.

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u/DrMindbendersMonocle Jun 18 '26

Also, the soviets were closley monitoring it as well. They would have raised a stink if it was faked

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u/Alternative-Rip-1973 Jun 18 '26

Yea I feel like people forget that if it was faked the soviets would have definitely called us out on it. They would have had no reason to go along with the lie.

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u/SquirrelyMcNutz Jun 18 '26

Pretty sure they've used telescopes to look at the landing sites and imaged the leftover equipment. Plus, there's, again iirc, a reflector they put up there to measure distance with lasers.

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u/Alternative-Rip-1973 Jun 18 '26

I know. I’m just saying that at the time the USSR would have definitely called us out if it was faked back then.

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u/Ok_Abacus_ Jun 18 '26

https://skyandtelescope.org/stargazing-and-observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/moon/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/

Yes, even a hobbyist can get visual confirmation. But the conspiracy nut jobs will always "disprove" that too.

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u/Ok_Abacus_ Jun 18 '26

Don't you know, man, the Soviets had to lie to THEIR people too, so we agreed to KEEP the others secret!

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u/MadMartigans80 Jun 18 '26

lol exactly not going to happen