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Tahir Rahman, author of We Came in Peace for all Mankind

In answer to those claiming fake, here is something taken from Windows to the Universe:

The question of whether or not NASA really went to the Moon comes up from time to time, usually with the idea that the U.S. Government wanted to embarrass the Russians by “winning” the Space Race in any way possible. The FOX TV network even did a special show on the subject earlier this year, titled Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Although some people continue to insist that the Moon landings were faked, the evidence they show to support this view is pretty weak.

People that say that NASA faked the Moon landings say that proof can be found in some of the photos taken by NASA of astronauts on the Moon. They say that there are mistakes in these photos that show that the photos were faked, and therefore the whole Moon landings were probably faked. An example of this so-called “proof” is in the photo at left, in which the American flag appears to be “waving in the breeze” on the surface of the Moon. There is no air, and therefore no wind, on the Moon. Does this mean that the photo is a fake? Absolutely not.

On July 20, 1969, two Apollo 11 astronauts planted an American flag on the surface of the moon. The flag was a standard 3-foot-by-5-foot nylon flag that was altered by sewing a hem along the top. A telescoping crossbar, hinged to the flagpole, was extended through this hem so that when the flag was planted on the Moon, it would stand out instead of hanging limp against the flagpole (as it would normally do, since there is no wind on the Moon). When the flag was planted, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had a little trouble getting the telescoping crossbar to extend to its full length, and so it ended up being a little shorter than it should have been. As a result, the flag was bunched up slightly and looked like it was actually “waving in the breeze.”