50年前，他们究竟有没有登上月球？阿波罗阴谋论大揭秘!

月球表面、阴谋论、冷战正酣、科技霸权

用英语怎么说？

“休斯顿，这里是静海基地，

‘鹰’着陆成功。”

这是美国宇航员阿姆斯特朗的声音

从月球表面传回，

宣布阿波罗 11 号登月舱

在月球表面成功着陆。

宇航员阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林打开舱门，

在全球亿万人通过电视转播的注视下，

迈出左脚踏上了月球。

“这是个人的一小步，人类的一大步！”

　　那是 1969 年 7 月 20 日 

距离今年正好过去了 50 年。

当年美国的阿波罗登月计划

还只是美苏太空竞赛下的产物，

却在今天成就了一个全人类的纪念日。

在美国阿波罗登月计划结束后，

人类再没有另一个载人航天器

离开过地球轨道。

人类登月难度之高，后无来者，

阴谋论也至今甚嚣尘上，

认为所谓的登月壮举不过是一场骗局。

Neil Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin stunned the world when they appeared on TV screens 50 years ago, stepping onto the lunar surface and bouncing around in zero gravity on July 20, 1969.

The momentous mission to the moon occurred when the Cold War was raging and the two world superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, were competing for technological superiority.

But many people still refuse to believe the touch-down happened, with conspiracy theories persisting since the 1970s.

Suspicions were aroused by shots of the astronauts planting an American flag in the ground – and a faint breeze appears to create a ripple-effect in the video footage.

Critics say the flag’s movement shows the presence of wind, but as there’s no atmosphere on the moon, the theory is that it was filmed in a studio.

Science website How Stuff Works points out that the flag itself was specially made for the moon’s surface, with a taut wire inserted along its top, so it doesn’t droop.

Nasa says Aldrin was twisting the flagpole to get to the moon soil, which caused the flag to move.

Then there’s the slow-motion walking. The high bounces and jumps could easily have been achieved by wires, some critics claim.

But scientists have slammed that theory, pointing out that dust can be seen kicked up by the astronauts while they leap on the moon’s surface.

If Nasa filmed the video on Earth, the dust would gather into clouds because of air in the atmosphere. Instead, the dust is kicked up and falls right back to the ground without collecting or floating around.

“Nasa would have had to build an entire studio and suck all of the air out to create a vacuum – something that would be incredibly difficult even by today’s standards.”

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Neil Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin stunned（震惊）the world when they appeared on TV screens 50 years ago, stepping onto the lunar surface（月球表面） and bouncing around（跳来跳去） in zero gravity（零重力） on July 20, 1969. 

The momentous（重大的） mission to the moon occurred when the Cold War was raging（冷战正酣，rage作动词通常指一件负面事件正猖獗或大规模肆虐） and the two world superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, were competing for technological superiority（科技优势）.

But many people still refuse to believe the touch-down（着陆） happened, with conspiracy theories（阴谋论）persisting（依然存在）since the 1970s.

Suspicions were aroused by shots（照片） of the astronauts planting an American flag in the ground – and a faint breeze（徐徐微风） appears to create a ripple-effect（波纹，这里指旗子被风吹起后随风飘舞的形态，这个词的引申义指连锁反应，很常用哦） in the video footage（录像）.

Critics say the flag’s movement shows the presence of wind, but as there’s no atmosphere（大气层） on the moon, the theory is that it was filmed in a studio.

Science website How Stuff Works points out that the flag itself was specially made for the moon’s surface, with a taut wire（笔直的钢丝）inserted （插入）along its top, so it doesn’t droop（下垂）.

NASA says Aldrin was twisting（转动，旋动）the flagpole（旗杆） to get to the moon soil, which caused the flag to move.

Then there’s the slow-motion（慢动作） walking. The high bounces and jumps could easily have been achieved by wires, some critics claim.

But scientists have slammed（狠批） that theory, pointing out that dust can be seen kicked up by the astronauts while they leap（跳跃） on the moon’s surface.

If NASA filmed the video on Earth, the dust would gather into clouds（集聚成云团） because of air in the atmosphere. Instead, the dust is kicked up and falls right back to the ground（马上掉落回地面）without collecting or floating around（漂浮）.

“NASA would have had to build an entire studio and suck all of the air out（把所有的空气抽走）to create a vacuum（真空）– something that would be incredibly difficult even by today’s standards（按照今天的标准来看）.”

文章来源：thesun.co.uk

图片来源于网络

今天的文章，一些航天语汇不太常见会影响理解，难度我打4.5颗星。不久前Emma也有机会去参观了美国休斯顿航天中心，着实令人震撼。

如今，美国再一次把登月放进了议程，开启了重返月球计划。2017 年 12 月，特朗普在白宫签署太空政策指令，宣布美国宇航员将重返月球，并最终前往火星。

今年，NASA 正式宣布将新的月球计划命名为阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis），这一名称与阿波罗计划（Project Apollo）遥相呼应，在希腊神话中，阿尔忒弥斯正是阿波罗的孪生姐姐。新一轮的登月计划目的地不仅是月球，更是以月球为起点，前往更远的火星。

stun vt. 震惊 

lunar surface  月球表面 

bounce around  跳来跳去 

momentous   重大的

rage  vi. 肆虐

compete for technological superiority

争夺科技领先地位

conspiracy theories  阴谋论 

persist  依然存在 

slow-motion   慢动作

slam    狠批

vacuum   真空

独到英语

精彩回顾

63岁的IMF总裁拉加德宣布辞职！下一站她要去哪里？
《长安十二时辰》，看完我就震惊了！