Conspiracy theory behind why there are hardly any photos of Neil Armstrong on the moon
The moon landing has always been a hot topic of debate.
Some people believe the photos of Neil Armstrong are fake or they just don't recognise the astronaut in the lunar photos.
But the truth is, there are two verified photos of Armstrong on the moon, taken by his fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Not to mention there’s plenty of footage from 1969 showing the duo hopping about on the lunar surface.
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One of the photos shows Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, raising the US flag with Aldrin. Another one shows his face.
Part of the reason there aren't more photos is because they lived in a time before social media demanded constant proof of everything.
Reddit helped clear up this confusion, debunking the moon-landing myths.
User @Appropriate-Square67 posted a question to r/nasa subreddit after saying that they recently read through the book Of a Fire on the Moon.
'I came across a note that there is basically no picture of Neil Armstrong on the moon besides the video footage where he climbs out of the lander,' they said.
'I’m seriously interested in this fact because the author also mentioned what this must say about a human who is the first one on the moon but wouldn’t have taken a picture of himself in this situation.
'I also thought about the possibility to just hand over the camera to Buzz Aldrin. Would had been Neil Armstrong able to just give the camera to him?'
NASA enthusiasts jumped in with their chance to prove the pictures in question.
One commenter addressed: 'There are actually two still pictures of Armstrong on the moon.'
The history buff explained one with Armstrong's back to the camera and another of Armstrong taking the picture of Buzz Aldrin, which you can see reflected in Aldrin's visor.
'If you do a web search you'll find a bunch of articles about why this happened. From what I've read, the primary reason was that it simply wasn't considered important,' they added.
'Taking a selfie (or having Aldrin take a picture) wasn't something that was listed on their checklist of work to accomplish, and there was very little spare time to do anything that wasn't on that checklist.'
Another user agreed that: 'As others mentioned, it wasn’t considered a mission priority to take pictures of themselves.'
So that's that settled!