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tl;dr You need a camera and either a long lens or a telescope that'll hook to it to see how parallax lets you view the moon from different angles.

So, the moon always shows one face to Earth. Round Earthers believe it's because, despite the moon being a sphere, it's "tidally locked" to Earth and stuck in that position. Sounds suspicious, eh?

Well, Round Earthers also believe we are also on a big sphere, and that sphere is constantly turning. If that's true, we're also shifting in position in relation to the moon. If the moon was a sphere you'd be looking at it from different angles, wouldn't you?

Well, turns out you can. If you can take good quality photos of the moon at dawn and dusk you'll see the moon from different angles. If you take a number of different photos over night and string them together you'll be able to see the angular change. With a good view (you'll need a 1000mm equivalent lens or better) the 3D motion is apparent enough to demonstrate both that the moon is a sphere and that you're moving in relation to the moon.

tl;dr You need a camera and either a long lens or a telescope that'll hook to it to see how parallax lets you view the moon from different angles. So, the moon always shows one face to Earth. Round Earthers believe it's because, despite the moon being a sphere, it's "tidally locked" to Earth and stuck in that position. Sounds suspicious, eh? Well, Round Earthers also believe we are also on a big sphere, and that sphere is constantly turning. If that's true, we're also shifting in position in relation to the moon. If the moon was a sphere you'd be looking at it from different angles, wouldn't you? Well, turns out you can. If you can take good quality photos of the moon at dawn and dusk you'll see the moon from different angles. If you take a number of different photos over night and string them together you'll be able to see the angular change. With a good view (you'll need a 1000mm equivalent lens or better) the 3D motion is apparent enough to demonstrate both that the moon is a sphere and that you're moving in relation to the moon.

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"We cannot go to the moon because that is 60 year old tech and has been destroyed. It is too costly to recreate it."

Same goes for you.

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No it doesn't. See, I don't give a fuck what people on the internet believe. UFO's, flat earth, believe whatever the hell you want to. Don't care.

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No it doesn't. See, I don't give a fuck what people on the internet believe. UFO's, flat earth, believe whatever the hell you want to. Don't care.

You cared enough to try to denigrate people who believe that we went to the moon. You wouldn't have made a comment in this thread if you truly didn't care, but you did. Whatever you have to tell yourself I guess.

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"You cared enough to try to denigrate people who believe that we went to the moon."

What? No I didn't. I didn't denigrate anyone. That quote I quoted is not because I think we didn't go to the moon or that I think people who believe it are idiots. Saturn V rockets were/are real. People were in them. They didn't bounce off the dome over the firmament.

I was making fun of NASA for being lying fucks.

But whatever you have to tell yourself I guess.