Proof of Faked Apollo Footage?
October 28, 2002 by mr-freedom
Filed under Science
I believe I have found the most conclusive evidence to support the that the Apollo missions to the Moon were hoaxed; in fact, I have proved it. I detail this below.
I live in London and recently saw a documentary [watch it here] which showed the Apollo footage doubled in speed, giving the appearance of Earthlike gravity. Quite apart from demonstrating that NASA could have filmed on Earth and halved the speed, there is much more here.
To increase the speed by a factor of two and achieve the appearance of Earthlike gravity means the gravity on the Moon is one quater of that on Earth–but it is not; it is one sixth. Thus, to achieve Earthlike gravity would require increasing the speed of the footage by the square root of 6: aprox 2.45.
In order to prove that the videos were not shot on the Moon, you need to observe the footage from Apollo XV, where David Scott demonstrates the Galilean principle by dropping a hammer and an feather to the ground in a vacume, i.e., on the Moon. The hammer is in freefall for at most 1.1 seconds. The distance it would therefore travel is:
0.5 x gravity x time x time =
0.5 x (9.8/6) x 1.1 x 1.1 = 0.99
Thus the hammer could not have fallen a distance of more than 99 cm, or 0.99 m.
I have not been able to find David Scott’s height; however, looking at photographs, he is clearly taller than Armstrong, who is 5′11″, by several inches. David Scott is also wearing “Moon Boots”. The hammer is dropped by David Scott from sholder height, easily 150 cm, or 1.5 m. This is not possible. David Scott cannot have been standing on the Moon when he dropped that hammer.
However, if we assume that NASA did indeed film the action on Earth, then halved the film speed, the distance the hammer would travel is:
0.5 x 9.8 x 0.55 x 0.55 = 1.48 m = 148 cm.
I rest my case.
My calculations have been verified by several of my friends who are maths geeks like myself, and I hope you will also verify them. I look forward to hearing from you.
Mr Freedom [anonanon20071969@hotmail.com] (from NEXUS Magazine Oct-Nov 2002)
The video does’nt work.
Hello, I just wanted to say that the object is in freefall for not 1.1 seconds, but 1.2 seconds (36 frames in a 30FPS video downloaded from the Apollo Archive). This would result in a 1.17 meter figure for an “on the moon” scenario, and a 1.75 meter figure for a “faked on Earth” scenario.
Also just to say that gravity on the moon is much less then 9.8 (thats the acceleration due to gravity at the EARTH’S SURFACE)