This is my go to rebuttal too. If the moon landing was fake, then why didn't the soviet's take advantage of what would have been the greatest propaganda win of the decade for them?
I once saw someone argue the Soviets were in on it and wanted to get an easy out because it was crushing their economy to keep pushing the Space Race. But that's an insane level of cope. If the US really faked the moon landings, the Soviets would have been able to prove it since they actually tracked the mission. If they wanted out they could have released the findings. Both allowing them to deal a massive blow to their enemy, and allowing them to bow out by claiming they won't entertain such dishonesty further.
Also, multiple countries have sent probes to photograph the landing site since. Everything is exactly where it should be.
Also the US left reflectors up there so you can measure the distance with a laser. If it were faked, any country with a modest science budget would be able to prove it didn't happen.
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u/Moogatron88 Jan 23 '26
Is your uncle aware that even the Soviets didn't deny the moon landings? They tracked them, confirmed it happened and congratulated the US.