Eversberg T. The Moon Hoax? Conspiracy Theories on Trial

New York: Springer, 2019. — 171 p.This book is about the American moon-landings - and about the doubts expressed ever since concerning the reality of these landings. Were the images of men on the moon really just a huge and cleverly executed hoax? Eversberg explains the best-known claims and conspiracy theories, and analyses the evidence with the help of detailed full-colour images, as well as numerous film documents that can be accessed directly from the book. He addresses both the persistent older claims and more recently devised doubts. The book will inform and entertain a wide range of readers interested in space exploration and tells a gripping story covering physics, politics and history.Dedication
Foreword
AcknowledgementPrologue: The Conspiracy of the Faked Moon Landings
Russians, Rockets, and Election Campaigns
Proof I: The Dilemma
Stars are Missing in the Sky
But Look! The Flag Flutters!
A Lamp: Oblique Shadows
Manipulation of the Pictures
Is Everything in Slow Motion?
Telescopes Can See Everything
Warning! Hazardous Radiation!
Too Hot, Too Cold
The Lander’s Exhaust Plume and Its Crater
The Spacesuits Are Too Stiff
Sharp Footprints Cannot Be Made Without Water
The Computer Technology
The Rover Has Problems
Ghosts in the Lens
Ghosts on the Screen
The Rocket Man Meets Walt Disney
Where Are the Pictures?
Everything Is a Lie
Distance Measurements
Moon Rocks
Radiowaves and Color TV
Probe Photos
The Stars in the Sky
What Can We Learn?
Technology, Money, and the Return to the Moon
Appendix A Apollo Drawings
Appendix B The Astronauts of the Moon Landing Missions