5th Hour - MythBusters Bust the Moon Hoax

Ben Johnson wrote:The most convincing part of the moon hoax theory was the part about the light reflecting off of the astronaut (DV). The myth busters proved this theory wrong by using material with the same albedo as the moon's surface (IV) and set up an exact replica of the situation on the moo to see whether light could reflect off of the surface and brighten the astronaut when he was in the shadow of the lander and the experiment worked, in the picture the man looked bright just as in the original proving the moon hoax theorists wrong. 2 constants may have been, the albedo of the material, and the location of the source of light.

lindsay-moody wrote:so.... i thought the flag waving in a vacuum was pretty cool. and it was i strong point. the myth busters used an American flag that was made approximately the same way (constant) as the one used in NASA's moon mission and hooked it up to some poles to keep it from collapsing. They wanted to see if a flag would wave (DV) on the moon if there was no atmosphere (IV) if the pole was turned (constant) the way it was on the moon. when they tested waving the flag in the atmosphere, after turning the pole, the waving died down quickly. When the flag pole was turned in a vacuum, the waving continued, proving that the flag could flap on the moon, not from wind, but from unused momentum from turning the pole.

kurt.ragan wrote:The evidence that i found most believable during the moon hoax video was when they pointed out that the shadows were pointing in different directions and not parallel. the mythbusters took this and did an awesome job. They attempted to bust this "evidence" by creating a small replica of one of the pictures where the shadows were not parallel. the IV of this experiment was the way the ground was shaped. The DV was the way the shadows faced. Constants were the same setup with objects at the same spots, and one light source. After failing the first time the mythbusters used more sand to direct the light off the sand and the rocks at the same time making the illusion that there were 2 light sources.

serenasomerville wrote:in my opinion i believe that it is important to do our research on a issue before taking a stance because what humans see is not always the truth. it just looks like the truth from our point of view.it seems to be so easy to believe what we see because we are so use to believing what the eyes can see, but the mind can not. just because you see something does not make it true. only believing what we can see may cause dangers that you may not think of on the spot. spreading false information may stir up issues that may not ever be resolved. the more that humans believe makes a lie sound like the truth. after watching myth busters i have come to the conclusion that we have landed on the moon and that the people who came up with the conspiracy theory had nothing else better to do than stir up necessary issues, they are only digging their selves a hole that eventually they won't be able to get out of.

megan Gates wrote:Its funny how every reason the conspiracy theoryist gave: explaining why the moon landing is a "hoax", the myth busters proved that their reasonig is invalid. This just goes to show that you cant believe every thing people tell you even if they have what seems like logical evidence. For example when the conspiracy theoryist stated how the flag was moving and then brought to our attention that thier is no wind in outer space. This is how they minipulate us by catering to what seems logical to us. So that is why it is important for us to do our "homework" and find both sides of the story so we are able to make our own oppions; instead of, relying on other peoples logic to determine what we think.

lindsay-moody wrote:so.... i thought the flag waving in a vacuum was pretty cool. and it was i strong point. the myth busters used an American flag that was made approximately the same way (constant) as the one used in NASA's moon mission and hooked it up to some poles to keep it from collapsing. They wanted to see if a flag would wave (DV) on the moon if there was no atmosphere (IV) if the pole was turned (constant) the way it was on the moon. when they tested waving the flag in the atmosphere, after turning the pole, the waving died down quickly. When the flag pole was turned in a vacuum, the waving continued, proving that the flag could flap on the moon, not from wind, but from unused momentum from turning the pole.

megan Gates wrote:Its funny how every reason the conspiracy theoryist gave: explaining why the moon landing is a "hoax", the myth busters proved that their reasonig is invalid. This just goes to show that you cant believe every thing people tell you even if they have what seems like logical evidence. For example when the conspiracy theoryist stated how the flag was moving and then brought to our attention that thier is no wind in outer space. This is how they minipulate us by catering to what seems logical to us. So that is why it is important for us to do our "homework" and find both sides of the story so we are able to make our own oppions; instead of, relying on other peoples logic to determine what we think.

ScubaSteve.Smith wrote:Looking at both sides of the issue can affect the issue dramitically. One side of the story could be completely different from the other side. We believe things that we see because we are worried about the truth. If we seen it with both of our eyes, we are more likely to believe it. You cant believe everything someone says, its the "Show Me" State, so you have to show me. Thats where research falls into the equation. You cant really give a confident statement or opinion on something unless you have done your reseach. Just like you can't judge a book by its cover. In regard to the moon landing, I think we did land on the moon. Conspiracy Theory had some good strong theories. On the other hand Myth Busters, dispossed of all the theories.

ScubaSteve.Smith wrote:Looking at both sides of the issue can affect the issue dramitically. One side of the story could be completely different from the other side. We believe things that we see because we are worried about the truth. If we seen it with both of our eyes, we are more likely to believe it. You cant believe everything someone says, its the "Show Me" State, so you have to show me. Thats where research falls into the equation. You cant really give a confident statement or opinion on something unless you have done your reseach. Just like you can't judge a book by its cover. In regard to the moon landing, I think we did land on the moon. Conspiracy Theory had some good strong theories. On the other hand Myth Busters, dispossed of all the theories.

DanManzella wrote:Of course to every argument there's two sides of the story, But this side of the argument just so happens is being told by special effect artist. the same kind of special effect artist that would have faked our moon landing in the first place. Everything myth busters replicated was done on earth, just like it was when NASA supposedly did it on the moon. Any one can force feed answers down your throat but very few see past the lies and continue to think for themselves. some evidence myth busters supposedly "busted" was showing that nonparallel shadows could be on the moon even with one light source still. myth busters made a little replica of the picture where the shadows were nonparallel. The IV was the craters and imperfections in their "moon" surface. The DV was what direction the shadow was faced. Two controls are same direction of light source and same amount of light source.for the procedure first they got a big enough light source that could b the sun. secondly they mixed spandex, Portland cement, and bone black or black powder. then they took their first picture with the surface being flat and compared it to their original shot. next they gave their replica some "realistic" imperfections until the shadows just so happened to match up like NASA's stage photos. the conclusion that they were able to draw from their experiment was the myth is busted because its possible for other reasons then more then one light source for nonparallel shadows.

BriannaMoore wrote:It is always important to look at both sides in whatever project or issue you approach because you do not want to seem bias. Of course its easy to believe whatever we see or believe because that is just what humans are use to doing. Especially in America, people feel as though what is the point in doing extra research when it has already been done. The danger in not doing research to ensure the validity of a source results in more ignorance than what there already was. After seeing the video I do believe that we landed on the moon now that I have seen for myself more research that has been put into the whole situation.

lindsay-moody wrote:

megan Gates wrote:Its funny how every reason the conspiracy theoryist gave: explaining why the moon landing is a "hoax", the myth busters proved that their reasonig is invalid. This just goes to show that you cant believe every thing people tell you even if they have what seems like logical evidence. For example when the conspiracy theoryist stated how the flag was moving and then brought to our attention that thier is no wind in outer space. This is how they minipulate us by catering to what seems logical to us. So that is why it is important for us to do our "homework" and find both sides of the story so we are able to make our own oppions; instead of, relying on other peoples logic to determine what we think.

i think that you said that perfectly. and that if we ourselves are not experts on something, no matter what it is and someone tries to tell us about the truth of it. we have a responsibility to find out all sides to a story or else we are uneducated.

Azia Aldridge wrote:I think they pointed out a lot of good points. Like the flag moving, at first i saw where they were going with it. But as soon as they tried it out, it did the same thing that the people that went to the moon said it did. The boot was a great idea too. They sat up everything just like it, and tried it out and it worked. So now i am really on the edge about if we did or didn't land on the moon. :-/

megan Gates wrote:Its funny how every reason the conspiracy theoryist gave: explaining why the moon landing is a "hoax", the myth busters proved that their reasonig is invalid. This just goes to show that you cant believe every thing people tell you even if they have what seems like logical evidence. For example when the conspiracy theoryist stated how the flag was moving and then brought to our attention that thier is no wind in outer space. This is how they minipulate us by catering to what seems logical to us. So that is why it is important for us to do our "homework" and find both sides of the story so we are able to make our own oppions; instead of, relying on other peoples logic to determine what we think.

Hayz.Adkison wrote:I think that it is very important that we take a look at both sides of a situation before we decide to take sides. Everybody thinks about things differently and have their own input on things. Therefore we all think and different and its up to our own opinion and experience to decide who we side with and who we don't decide with. Everybody will have different evidence to back up their opinions because everybody has different technology to do different test. It is easy for us to believe what we see because it is information being fed to us with scientific evidence. We never take a deeper look to the info we are given because of where we go it from. If you take sides before you did research to see whats true and whats not, then you could be taking sides and led into lies and false information. After watching the Myth Brothers' video I am not sure what to think. This is because with what the Myth Brothers' did, to me, just proves that they were able to do everything on Earth just as well as it is on the moon. Both videos have completely changed my views and really have me thinking hard about whether we landed on the moon.

serenasomerville wrote:in my opinon i believe that it is important to do our research on a issue before taking a stance because what humans see is not always the truth. it just looks like the truth from our poin of view.it seems to be so easy to believe what we see because we are so use to believeing what the eyes can see, but the mind can not. just because you see something does not make it true. only beliving what we can see may cause dangers that you may not think of on the spot. spreading false information may stur up issues that may not ever be resolved. the more that humans believe makes a lie sound like the truth. after watching myth busters i have come to the conclusion that we have landed on the moon and that the people who came up with the conspercy theory had nothing else better to do than stur up unecessary issues, they are only digging theirselves a hole that eventually they won't be able to get out of.