I believe what you're saying and I believe our astronauts were brave men and women - the early ones often test pilots - people who routinely put their lives on the line for their country. The only part I'm disputing is the actual moon landing. I'm not trying to convince anyone... and 99.999999999999999% of Americans agree with you. I watched many of the early take-offs - and was glued to the TV for the splashdowns. Took my kids to the Kennedy Space Center to look at the moon rocks... I'm not some anti-science person. I just don't believe we had the technology to land the craft and take off. It's not personal.
You think maybe they lowered a bucket and the moon rocks just jumped in?
You know what makes them moon rocks, don't you? It's not just that they came from the moon. They are ancient rocks.
We don't have rocks that old here on Earth. They get churned through tectonic activity. The oldest rocks we can find are scarcely older than three billion years. Life was old when they were laid down.
But some moon rocks are from the original composition. It's the control for what the experiment called life has done to minerals on this planet.
So you’re saying that all our people who claim to have walked, skipped, golfed, and planted the American flag on the moon are liars.
We didn't have the technology? I've got a bridge to sell you. -- The Brooklyn Bridge.
We didn't have the technology to build this bridge, either. But we built it. Men died, too.
They died from what they called "caisson disease". We recognize it now as "the bends". At the pressure they were working, nitrogen dissolved in the blood. When they returned to the surface, nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream caused severe pain and physical damage.
Two things happened. We learned more about working at depth.
And the bridge got built.