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Analysis Of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Moon

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One of the most patriotic moments in United States history was an American stepping foot on the Moon. It came at a time when the U.S. was involved in the Cold War, bringing joy to the entire country. It was a task that took years of failure and hard work to accomplish. The moon landing helped elevate the status of the United States as a country trying to catch up to the Soviet Union in the race of space advancement. However, this accomplishment has been diminished by many who have claimed it be staged. Two of them are Bill Kaysing, who published a book detailing the hoax in 1976, and Bart Sibrel, who published a documentary in 2001. The documentary created by Bart Sibrel, being more recent and widely available, attracted a large …show more content…

Moreover, the video shows over 20 space launch failure to indicate how much money was wasted on the space program. The author of the video seemed to want to attract as many viewers as possible and convince them of the theory so he a created a video appealing to a large audience. The 1976 book, “We Never Went to the Moon”, by Bill Kaysing attracts a different type of audience in comparison to Sibrel. The title of this book has a more serious tone as it making a clear claim that “we”, the United States have never been to the moon. The audience of this text is targeted towards adults who have a deep understanding of science, specifically science related to space objects and their interactions, along with those are very curious about the moon landing. In the beginning of the book, the author specifically mentions that only thirty percent of adults believe that the landing was staged, meaning the author is trying to convince the rest of the adults in the country, who are the audience of the book. Also, the book contains historical context detailing how rockets originated to give the readers information of how space rockets started before diving into the moon landing speculation. Next, many pictures of the laboratories used to construct and test space rockets are shown so that reader understands the process it took to get there. The book is targeting those want to learn more than just evidence of the staging of the landing. Throughout

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