THE VIDEO SHELF · moon landing hoax debunking
Moon Landings Faked? Filmmaker Says Not!
A filmmaker explains why the Apollo moon landing footage could not have been faked in a studio, based on the video and film technology of the late 1960s. He walks through the limits of cameras, frame rates and effects of the era.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a concise, technically grounded rebuttal to moon-hoax claims.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- VideoFromSpace
- Topic
- moon landing hoax debunking
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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My favorite response to moon landing conspiracy theories is the counter point that we didn't have the technology to fake the live footage. It was actually easier to go to the Moon than it was to fake it, given the video technology at that time. …
eutropia on Hacker News · 2017-08
In Why people believe in conspiracy theories – and how to change their mindsThis video goes through why the video technology at the time simply wasn't even good enough to enable faking the moon landing. Even if they wanted to. [VIDEO]
herbstein on Hacker News · 2020-09
In It was more efficient to blow up a real 747 than to use miniatures or CGI
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