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Rant: I used to believe the moon landing was fake, but a trip to Huntsville changed my mind
For years, I was sure the 1969 Apollo 11 footage was filmed in a studio, buying all the usual arguments about the flag waving and weird shadows. Then, about two years ago, I visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama and saw a real Saturn V engine up close. The sheer size and complexity of that machinery, built with 1960s tech, made me realize the scale of the effort was just too huge to fake convincingly. The thousands of engineers and contractors involved would have had to keep that secret for over 50 years, which feels impossible. I still think some details in old photos look odd, but I can't ignore the physical proof I saw. What's one piece of evidence that actually made you question a conspiracy theory you once believed?
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samk771mo ago
Yeah, "the scale of the effort was too huge to fake" is what got me too. I read how many separate companies were involved and realized a secret that big could never hold.
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valc911mo ago
Seeing the real hardware changes your perspective fast.
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What was the biggest thing you thought you knew that turned out to be wrong once you saw it?
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