Moon Landing Hypothesis

In this essay I shall analyze the claim that the moon landing of 1969 was faked, and what the world saw was fiction created by NASA, so they could claim to be the first to get people to the moon. Firstly I will examine hypothesis that supports the claim, and also hypothesis that supports that the moon landing did happen. After looking at the hypothesis I will rate them using criteria from the SEARCH method, from here I will conclude if there is a possibility of the above claim to be true. Since the moon landings in 1969 many people have claimed that the moon landings were orchestrated by NASA, this claim was justified by the fact that NASA could have had motive to pull such a stunt off; in 1961 J. F. Kennedy announced that they would get an American to the moon within the decade , along with this there was also the pressure that stemmed from the race with the Soviet Union . Firstly, I will examine the evidence that supports the primary hypothesis. One of the most common claims is that the photographs taken of the lunar landing were faked, due to inconsistencies in some of the photographs. Firstly, there are no stars in the skies of the photographs. Secondly, many of the shadows in the photos act in a way that would suggest

This will be done employing five criteria. The first criteria is testability; can the claims made by the hypotheses be tested? If they can and the result is positive this gives higher probability of that hypotheses to be true. Second, fruitfulness; has the hypotheses predicted unexpected phenomena, that have then become true? Third, scope; has the hypotheses explained lots of different observed phenomena? Fourth, simplicity; has the hypotheses made few assumptions? Fifth, conservatism; does the hypothesis ring consistent with other well established theories and beliefs? Applying these criteria to the claims will help conclude which is the most likely to be