Man’s First Step On Moon Man’s First Step On Moon

Facts About Moon:Facts About Moon: The Moon is the second brightest object in the sky, and The Moon is the second brightest object in the sky, and

the only planetary body that can be seen with the naked the only planetary body that can be seen with the naked eye as a globe rather than a point.eye as a globe rather than a point.

To the naked eye, we can distinguish light and dark To the naked eye, we can distinguish light and dark regions.regions.

The dark regions were named “The dark regions were named “mariamaria” (seas) by early ” (seas) by early astronomers, by analogy to the Earth. Of course, we now astronomers, by analogy to the Earth. Of course, we now know that there is no liquid water on the surface of the know that there is no liquid water on the surface of the Moon.Moon.

Dimensions:Dimensions:

DiameterDiameter: 3476 km, just over quarter the Earth.: 3476 km, just over quarter the Earth. MassMass: 7.3x1022 kg, just over 1% of the Earth!: 7.3x1022 kg, just over 1% of the Earth!

Neil Armstrong + Buzz AldrinNeil Armstrong + Buzz Aldrin

First men to land on the First men to land on the moonmoon

July 20,1969July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong first to Neil Armstrong first to

step on the moonstep on the moon

Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake?Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake?

How can the flag be fluttering?"How can the flag be fluttering?" Award winning British photographer David Persey is Award winning British photographer David Persey is

convinced the pictures are fakeconvinced the pictures are fake Distraction - The U.S. government benefited from a Distraction - The U.S. government benefited from a

popular distraction to take attention away from the popular distraction to take attention away from the Vietnam war.Vietnam war.

Cold war Prestige - The U.S. government considered it Cold war Prestige - The U.S. government considered it vital that the U.S. win the space race with the USSRvital that the U.S. win the space race with the USSR

Risk - The available technology at the time was such that Risk - The available technology at the time was such that there was a good chance that the landing might fail if there was a good chance that the landing might fail if genuinely attempted.genuinely attempted.

Some More Inputs:Some More Inputs:

China, Russia, India, Japan, and newerChina, Russia, India, Japan, and newer

space faring nations are planningspace faring nations are planning

multigenerational great projects to gomultigenerational great projects to go

to the Moon and beyond.to the Moon and beyond.

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