A conspiracist recently directed me to
this site which examines this video of the moon landing:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4&t=21s
Starting at 0:21 in the video:
The astronaut’s response comes well before the 2.56 seconds needed for radio to travel to the moon and back (2*384400 km at 299792 km/s).
The NASA audio from network television broadcasts (e.g. CBS) contains the expected radio delays as well as the response of “Great!” from the lunar orbiter following “setting up the flag now”.
The claim is that the first video has the original audio.
This is debunked by identifying the source of the first video: the 1971 documentary Moonwalk One. It is understandable that filmmakers would remove radio delays and less interesting bits like “Great!”. These are the pieces of Moonwalk One that were stitched together to make the video:
- 1:05:01 – 1:05:15
- 1:09:12 – 1:09:34
- 1:06:17 – 1:06:24
- 1:09:45 – 1:10:44
Quindar tones also debunk the claim.
