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Moon landings faked? New graphics chip sheds light on a 47-year-old conspiracy theory (VIDEO)

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Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:03 UTC

The following promotional video is for a new NVIDIA graphics chip. The objective of their showcase simulation was an accurate realtime-rendering of the lighting conditions on the Moon during Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's famous 1969 lunar landing.

As you'll see, it matches very closely to the actual photographs taken. It thus adds, we think, a valuable and credible data point to the Moon landing controversy, and exposes the 'flat' thinking of some of the 'experts' in this controversy, specifically those who argue for the landings having been faked...

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HashAttack2 · 2016-03-30T10:13:56Z

In summary, they could not replicate the lighting in the photos but then they determined that the spacesuits of the astronots reflected 80 to 90% of sunlight

NB: This reflection effect of the suits only occurs when additional light sources are required - you will not see this level of reflection if looking directly at the suit!!!

nedlud · 2016-03-30T12:28:47Z

the evolution of the species

@Sott:

Everyone knows that grasping at straws is the surest way to scientific victory.

There are fat ones, colored ones, plastic ones, paper ones, ones that bend around corners, and so on....

Don't get caught with the shortest straw, however.

DON'T DO THAT!

You'll be sent to jail, and you won't be given a 'Get Out of Jail, Free' card either.

Great work, Sott.

Have a big fat cigar, on me.

Everyone knows, too, for the desired evolution of the species, that big cigars are better than little weanies.

signed,
Charles 'HMS' Darwin, aka 'always putting his mouth where the BIG money is'

Ragnar · 2016-03-30T14:08:08Z

Actually, the moon has an atmosphere that's 1/3ed that of earth. Donno if that makes any difference...

locust · 2016-03-30T17:26:02Z

Why wouldn't they lie about it?

Anyone who thinks that the Moon landings are real should read today's article about Bernays and propaganda.

Does this wonderful new chip explain why Buzz Aldrin claimed that before the Apollo 11 LEM left the Moon, he and Armstrong tossed their backpacks out in order to save weight? Good thing there was no problem on take-off -- that would have embarrassing, them sitting on the Moon with no way to go outside if anything needed fixing.
Does it explain how we can hear Armstrong talking while the LEM is descending? Gee, he's only sitting on top of a rocket engine…which we can't hear.
Why did NASA lose or destroy the technical documents for the Saturn V, the LEM, the rover and the spacesuits, all the binary transmission data and 90% of the 'images' from the Moon?
That is the behavior of someone covering up a fraud.

You are aware, aren't you, that almost all of NASA's images did not appear until the 1990s?
No? You're not aware that the images which this chip is investigating are probably not from the 1960-70s?

AOC · 2016-04-02T19:40:11Z

Too Much

There is too much evidence of fraud and coverup regarding the moon landings to believe they were real. They sent rockets off the pads, into the earth's atmosphere, but most likely not to the moon. Lots of lies with a little bit of truth mixed in.

Nitrous · 2016-03-30T22:31:47Z

Now they can fake anything.

AutomatedMan · 2016-04-01T03:10:16Z

Next up...

The Nvidia Maxwell chip will simulate the astonishing physics of the Magic Bullet using just 2 frames from the Zapruder Film!

Rincewind · 2018-11-25T20:34:41Z

I don't see this explaining the shadows pointing in different directions.

davidfxl · 2018-12-11T18:03:18Z

Possibly the lie is that they went to the moon but not using the technology as presented in the pictures and videos. Just another idea.

This is news to me and very disturbing. I have just come in. I am English and live here. I will see how this i being reported here and get back.

skywood

You’re either with us or against us. George H & W Bush, Kissinger, Brzezinski were not available for comment.

VooDoo6

It gets cold in the winter and hot in the summer, get over it. Grow up and stop supporting fear porn, ok? K.

tekdude

Nothing to see here. Democrats, the ones who brought us slavery now have new slaves...the brown ones. American birth rates are down, so they want...

Bezel Bub

Re.: The brawl. I don't understand the language but I like to think that some personnal opinions were exchanged that are not officially permitted....

Demore

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