Elon Musk: “People Don’t Realize the Mistake of The Moon Landing”
The lunar landings were more than likely fabricated, fate I affirm that we didn’t go to the moon, and I would bet my life on it—we did not land man on the Moon. The moon landing has been a subject of controversy since 1969. More than 50 years later, several experts and renowned figures like Elon Musk have made quite some interesting comments. Why is the moon landing still heavily debated to this day? What is Elon Musk’s position on whether or not the government lied to us? Join us on today’s episode as we explore why Elon Musk thinks people don’t realize the mistake of the moon landing.
For as long as we can remember, humanity has always been interested in exploring the vast world of space beyond our planet. And what better place to start than on the moon? Plans to step foot on the moon started way back in 1960. Initially, the goal was to send a three-man team to orbit the Moon, not land on it. It was during the famous speech of then-president John Kennedy in 1962 that the dream of landing a man on the moon before 1970 was crystallized in the heart of America.
Kennedy’s dream did come to pass when the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, took his first steps in 1969. But accomplishing this vision came with a lot of labor and sacrifices. The government had to recruit the brightest minds and experts to work on this project, and a ton of financial resources were poured into it. Even so, the first mission wasn’t even close to success. The Apollo 1 mission was the first attempt by NASA to visit the moon with astronauts. It featured the astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee. Sadly, these men lost their lives when a fire broke out in the spacecraft’s Command Module, destroying everything. The mission failed.
NASA had to conduct a series of investigations into the incident and extensively rework the Command Module. They finally decided it would be best to add another launch vehicle that would carry the main payload—the lunar module. Subsequent missions from Apollo 4 to 9 were about testing the newly improved spacecraft and adding more features. No missions were designated Apollo 2 or 3. This is because these early missions seemed more like repetitions of Apollo 1 but didn’t feature any crew on board, so NASA decided to leave them out of the numbering.
Apollo 10 was a major milestone in this journey. It was the fourth human spaceflight mission in the Apollo program, and this time the astronauts managed to circle the moon and return successfully without any issues. The Apollo 10 mission set the stage for Apollo 11. The only difference is that the astronauts didn’t land on the Moon. By this time, scientists had studied and learned so much about the moon. This is why they could predict what the moon’s surface and weather conditions would feel like and replicate these details and scenarios to train astronauts before sending them to the Moon.
Telescopes, space probes, and satellites had already given us a wealth of knowledge about the moon. But all this was nothing compared to landing on the moon and retrieving samples from it. These trial Apollo missions helped NASA know what it would take to transport men to the Moon and back. So, when the two men Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin stepped foot on the Moon, it marked a phenomenal moment in history that was celebrated by the entire world. Apollo 11’s huge success inspired NASA to launch subsequent missions to the moon, and it also inspired other world leaders to make their own moon landing attempts.
