Did The Space Race: True Or Fake?

Did the US fake the moon landing? Or did they truly step foot on the moon and beat the Soviet Union in the Space Race? On many occasions we are reminded that the US were the first people to step foot on the moon. Although this is such a great accomplishment, considering the US defeated the Soviet Union in the Space Race, there are still many conspiracies that say the moon landing was fake. The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for the greatest achievements in space exploration. But on July 16, 1969, the US sent mission Apollo 11 into space, and they were the first to land and step foot on the moon. The US couldn't have faked this, but others argue otherwise. In my opinion, the US moon landing was completely real and would be hard to fake, and there are many deductions to prove so. …show more content…
Most people may say that the shadows are supposed to be parallel. However, according to ¨www.theguardian.com," ¨A low sun and uneven surface can distort the angles of shadows in images. ¨ Since the moon landing took place in the morning, while the sunrise was occurring, the sun was not at an even direction towards the moon. This along with the hills on the moon caused the shadows to be different lengths and not parallel. This suggests the moon landing was real. The reason why there were also no stars shown in the photos is because they were too bright for the camera to capture them. There was a ¨fast exposure time¨ and ¨small aperture¨ (www.theguardian.com). Therefore, there was no way to capture the background of the moon with the stars because they were too bright. To recreate this, they would have had to use millions of light lasers, which at that time were expensive and only came in the color red. Overall, the moon landing was real because uneven surfaces influenced the shadows and the brightness of the stars also affected