[s6e10] Nasa Moon Landing Hoax Today

"The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have been harder to fake it than it was to actually go."

Next came the flag. "There's no air on the moon," Jamie noted. "So why does it look like it's flapping in the wind?"

Was the Moon Landing faked? | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Big Questions [S6E10] NASA Moon Landing Hoax

The workshop was humming with a different kind of energy. Adam and Jamie weren't just testing a car crash or an explosion; they were taking on the : the belief that NASA staged the moon landing in a Hollywood studio.

The finale took them to the . They weren't just looking through a telescope; they were firing a high-powered laser at the moon. "The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have

They placed a replica flag inside a . On Earth, air resistance makes a flag stop moving quickly. But in a vacuum, without air to provide friction, the flag continued to oscillate for a long time after being touched. The "waving" wasn't wind; it was physics in a vacuum. Act III: The Lunar Footprint

The first stop was a photo studio. Conspiracy theorists often pointed to in lunar photos as proof of multiple studio lights. Adam, ever the enthusiast, stood next to a simulated lunar lander. | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Big Questions The

They aimed for the exact spot where the crew left a retroreflector. Seconds later, a tiny spike appeared on the graph. The laser had bounced off a man-made object on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. Conclusion: Myth Busted