Point #1:
The single biggest argument that moon landing believers bring out against moon landing deniers is that it would be too much of a secret to keep hidden for all these years.
To fake a moon landing, you’d need 400,000 conspirators
My reply to that is that we already have historical proof that keeping a large scale secret is possible. We did this already with the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project employed nearly 130,000 people at its peak. That was kept secret.
Someone is going to point out that 400,000 is more than 130,000 and the length of time is longer. The length of time is longer because we dropped the bombs on Japan and let the secrets out. Also, anytime you do something you gain experience. The government gained experience with the secrecy regarding the Manhattan Project and then expanded upon it with the moon landing.
Point #2:
There has never been a single spot on the Earth that we have explored and then walked away from to never return. North Pole, South Pole, Marianas Trench…when we discover something we return. We landed on the Moon 55 years ago, supposedly did a few more landings until 1972, and then never went back. That’s after 52 years of technological improvements. It’s absurd! Imagine if someone told you that Europeans never went back to the New World after Columbus.
We should have the Moon setup like it was in the Sam Rockwell movie: Moon by now.
Conclusion:
I believe the moon landing was faked.
I like the Kubrick conspiracy
This is posted in Unpopular Opinion, not Unpopular Facts. My belief is just an opinion and I have no proof, therefore it is not a fact.
We haven’t gone back because there isn’t a reason to. There’s little new to test that we can’t otherwise test in simulated moon gravity, and no real discernable resources worth harvesting. We can’t stay long-term yet, so any and every trip is expensive as hell for a very short visit. It’s close enough that we can use optics to observe it in detail, and many types of scans can also be done from planetside. Going back right now takes a lot of money, a lot of risk, and there’s little reward to be had. We’ll go back when we’re ready to settle for longer periods of time.