Why do people think the USA did not go to the moon in 1969?

It's not really about whether we went to the moon or not. Humans visited the moon, case closed. It's really more about how people process authority and the centrality of their own view of the world vs the experience of other people.

It's as if someone said, "there is light in the world and I am able to see because light comes from my eyes." (People did indeed used to believe that eyes radiated light so that objects could be seen.) Such an eye-lighter will never process the experience from other people that the world did not go suddenly dark when the eye-lighter closed his eyes.

Its due to the fast falling cost of fake. Today, of course, its much easier to fake 50 or so hours of footage to look like going to the moon.

But back in 1969, it was way easier to just go to the damn moon than it would have been to fake the video sent back.

Even in Kubrik's 2001, there was no effort at all to film, say, even what walking looks like on the moon--even in the shots which putatively happen on the moon--even in the shots which happen indoors on the moon! It just would have been too expensive. This in a film in which they went all-out to create awesome special effects.

Conspiracy theories are like crack cocaine for some humans - they get stuck in the quick dopamine cycle of self-actualization of "knowing" something most people don't.

My take is that it actually speaks to the incredible achievement. It was so unbelievable some people still don't believe it. I can certainly sympathize, given the technology at the time it seems far fetched that those aluminum foil vehicles made it to the moon. It's also somewhat suspicious nobody else has gone back, but I think China might be planning a moon trip next? The next landing will certainly clear all doubt.

There’s just something fun about having your bubble burst.

I think most people (including me) think the tech was too primitive. This is what I think computers were then [1]

Ultimately, I think bad ass people banded together and worked their butt off to pull off a stretch goal.

I wonder if I romanticize engineers from then or there are similar folks today.

[1] https://youtu.be/gwf5mAlI7Ug

I always assumed this started as a USSR psyops.

Its a long standing conspiracy theory which is hard to prove or disprove without actually being apart of the team that worked on the mission. I figure that even the people on the team might have doubts.

Watch this

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7794734/

A few of the more we’ll known theories:

- no stars in photos (film’s dynamic range too low)

- no observable landing sites (resolution of telescopes too low)

There are many others.