If the Moon Landings Weren’t Fake, Why Haven’t We Been Back?

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Conspiracy theorists have many "reasons" for why we've never been to the moon: the Van Allen radiation belts are too deadly, the challenges are too difficult, re-entry into the atmosphere is too hot. But Jason Funk, who asked today's question, points out that the cranks have at least one point—if we did go to the moon in 1960s, why haven't we been back after five decades of technological evolution? Good question. Let's dive in. TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

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0:00.0	The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,
0:09.4	Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.
0:14.1	Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,
0:20.8	wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,
0:27.2	environment, and geography.
0:29.5	I invite you to come along for the ride!
0:59.5	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,
1:14.6	Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:21.3	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:29.2	Hey everyone, today's question comes to us from Jason Funk.
1:33.2	Take it away, Jason.
1:34.8	Hey Scott, it's been almost 50 years since humans have left low earth orbit and little
1:39.6	alone been to the moon.
1:41.3	This adds lots of credence to the conspiracy theorists who say that it was all fake to beat
1:46.1	the Russians.
1:47.1	Did we actually have the technology in 1969 to go and land on the moon?
1:52.3	And if so, why haven't we been back for almost 50 years?
1:56.5	Jason, to answer your question, were the Apollo missions a hoax?
2:00.6	Does that lead credence to people who say NASA made it all up?
2:04.9	The answer is absolutely.
2:07.2	It's true.
2:08.4	Hollywood completely made it up.
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