The British amateur astronomer Keith Mayes has created a really nice debunking page:

http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Did%20...n%20the%20Moon

Let me quote Keith:

"I do not think for one minute that the above picture of the landing site of Apollo 15 will go one jot towards convincing hoax believers, they will claim the picture is a fake (which it isn't) and that it does not reveal enough detail to be convincing (which is true). But what WOULD it take to convince them? Photo, TV and video evidence - no, Moon rocks - no, testimony from the Moon walkers themselves - no, reams of documented papers - no, Scientists from around the world - no. etc. etc. What would?

Suppose that a prominent hoax believer was taken, at enormous costs to NASA, to the Moon and showed the old landers, would that do it? No, of course not, all the others would claim that he or she was bought off by NASA or was even working for them all along!

There is no way possible to convince these people, it just can't be done. Ask them what they would accept as evidence, and the answer, short of going to the Moon themselves, which as I have explained would be pointless as far as the rest of them are concerned, is nothing! If the Japanese go to the Moon and show images of the Apollo landers would that do it? No, they would claim the images are fake.

I can't help but wonder how these people manage to be so selective in choosing what they are prepared to accept when confronted with such a mass of evidence. How on Earth do they manage to accept other events that they have not personally witnessed?

Do they accept that JFK was shot dead? Why? Were they there at the time?

Do they accept that the Titanic sank? Why? Were they there at the time?

Do they accept that Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb? Why? Were they there at the time?

Do they accept that men walked on the Moon? No. Why not? Every argument they have put forward for not believing has been proven wrong.

If they can accept that Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb, and accept countless other historical events, based on eye witness accounts, photographs and documents, why not accept that men walked on the Moon? The sources of evidence are the same!"

http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Did%20...n%20the%20Moon


PS: This is Keith and his telescope:





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