On July 21, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first two men to step foot on the lunar surface. Armstrong made history by burying the US flag into the surface and delivering his “one small step” speech that brought the Space Race to an end. The event has been shrouded in conspiracy though, by wild claims NASA faked the event in a film studio in order to boost morale in the US at the height of the Cold War.
Part of this theory includes the possibility that NASA fabricated the 380kg of Moon rocks brought back during the Apollo series, but space rock specialist Trevor Ireland put this theory to bed.
In a press release by the Australian National University in 2019, he said: “Any attempt to make Moon rocks in a laboratory would be a monumental failure and likely cost more money than it took NASA to get to the Moon and back.
“The lunar soil is like nothing we have seen before on Earth.
“It is the result of aeons of bombardment on the surface of the Moon.
To make Moon rocks in a laboratory would be a monumental failure
Trevor Ireland
“The rockets have compositions that are unique to the Moon.”
Dr Ireland went on to explain how scientists are still using these rock samples to learn more about the lunar surface.
He added: “There are 380kg of Moon rocks.
”Getting this amount of material back to Earth is just as difficult as getting the 21 Apollo astronauts on seven missions to the Moon and back to Earth.
“That six of the missions landed on the Moon, and brought samples back to Earth, is one of the greatest achievements in history.
“To this day, we continue to analyse the Apollo lunar rocks and they still have surprises for us.”
Despite his overwhelming evidence, the conspiracy theories are unlikely to die down.
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Opinion polls taken in various locations have shown that between 6 percent and 20 percent of Americans, 25 percent of Britons, and 28 percent of Russians surveyed believe that the crewed landings were faked.
Since the late Noughties, high-definition photos taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of the Apollo landing sites have captured the lander modules and the tracks left by the astronauts.
In 2012, images were released showing five of the six US flags erected on the Moon still standing; the exception is that of Apollo 11, which was blown over by the takeoff rocket’s exhaust.
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