As exciting and thrilling as it is to watch all the historic footage from the Apollo moon landings, you have to admit, the quality is sometimes not all that great. Even though NASA has worked on restoring and enhancing some of the most popular Apollo footage, some of it is still grainy or blurry. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ai-upscales-apollo-lunar-footage.html…
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China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side
The Chang’e-4 mission, the first to land on the lunar far side, is demonstrating the promise and peril of using ground-penetrating radar in planetary science. From a report: China’s robotic Chang’e-4 spacecraft did something last year that had never been done before: It landed on the moon’s far side, and Yutu-2, a small rover it was carrying, began trundling through a…
Get ready for the ’20s!
“Anybody besides me notice that the past two decades have been nameless?” Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/get-ready-for-the-2020s-decade…
Film expert explains why Moon landing footage would have been impossible to fake
It’s been a half-century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don’t believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever. A common theory is that film director Stanley Kubrick helped NASA fake the historic footage of its six successful moon landings. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-expert-moon-footage-impossible-fake.html…
Moon landing conspiracies continue to endure
The idea that the Moon landings were faked remains one of the most enduring of all conspiracy theories. Peter Knight – a professor of American Studies… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328948/moon-landing-conspiracies-continue-to-endure…
Video: Moon hoax not
Don’t believe the moon landings were real? Go ahead. Watch this. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/video-moon-hoax-not…
Four surprising technological innovations that came out of the Apollo moon landings
NASA’s Apollo programme was one of the most challenging technological achievements in the 20th century. Beyond the space race and exploration, it contributed to several inventions and innovations that are still having an impact on our lives. But at the same time, there are several myths regarding what technologies actually came out of it. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-technological-apollo-moon.html…
Trump says NASA should stop talking about going back to the Moon
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that NASA should stop talking about going back to the Moon, which caused confusion since his administration aims to restart Moon landings by 2024. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-trump-nasa-moon.html…
Nike Releases Flat Earther’s UFO and Illuminati-Themed Shoes on 4/20
You know we as a society have hit peak conspiracy theory and UFO saturation when these elements of our cultural consciousness and folklore start popping up in unexpected and high-profile places: mass media, professional sports leagues, and even the halls of the U.S. government. UFOs, the paranormal, and all things conspiracy-related may be hot right… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/nike-releases-flat-earthers-ufo-and-illuminati-themed-shoes-on-4-20/…