Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers

by Mary D. Bennett, David S Percy

Dark Moon addresses the question that was first asked in July 1969 – did the Apollo missions really land a man on the Moon and return him alive and well to Earth, or is the record seriously flawed? Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the full background of Project Apollo.Artificial lighting was used in the Apollo photographs – yet none was taken to the Moon. This book demonstrates that the Apollo photographs and the 1969 TV coverage were faked.Dark Moon highlights the key challenges of getting human beings safely to the Moon and back. Recent NASA documents reveal startling evidence that the space agency is still unable to send a manned mission to the Moon and that lunar gravity is now a major setback. It is as if Apollo never happened."Departure from the Moon’s surface, which wasn't a problem during the Apollo era, is now a problem due to the perceived difficulties in getting out of the so-called deep gravity well. Furthermore, NASA admits that the agency doesn’t have sufficient understanding of radiation beyond LEO. If just one crucial link in a Moon visitation project is missing, the whole program becomes impossible." – Phil Kouts, "Radiation surely must be the showstopper preventing mankind’s exploration of the Universe.” – Professor Clive Dyer, 1997.Lack of knowledge about the biological effects of and responses to space radiation is the single most important factor limiting the prediction of radiation risk associated with human space exploration. – The Augustine Commission, 2009. Dark Moon demonstrates that the Saturn V launcher was underpowered and may not have been able to leave low-Earth orbit. "New research indicates that the F-1 rocket engines could only lift off the pad a modified version of the Saturn V – just 2000 tons instead of the stated 2,800 tons." – Gennady Ivchenkov, PhD."With such a start to the flight, the Apollo 11 craft had no chance of catching up with the required ascent schedule." – N.V. Lebedev, Veteran of Baikonur CosmodromeLaser It is not necessary to have a laser retro-reflector on the Moon in order to receive a return laser signal from the Moon – this was demonstrated back in 1962.Dark Moon details the development of human space travel, including all the trials and tribulations to date, shows how the US and the USSR cooperated on many fronts in those pioneering days and discusses the reasons why the Soviets said nothing about Apollo, despite their political differences. Deep Space Spacecraft will require radical conceptual renewal before a human can be sent either to Mars or the Moon and returned safely to Earth. To ensure the survival of all future astronauts the authors propose a system based the generation of artificial gravity and an environment that mimics the conditions on Earth.The authors examine the basic essentials for finding a suitable planet for adaptation and on which self-aware beings can live. They investigate aspects of the important relationship between Earth and Mars, including structures sharing an identical geometry, topography and geography on these two very different planets.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Conspiracy Theories, Science

1124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 1998

Reviews

[Kaydon_the_dino · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first few chapters are a fairly standard rehash of the "proofs" we never went to the Moon. If you have read Kaysing or any other book about this you know all that there is to read in these chapter. As far as I can tell, their one original contribution to the standard story is that the photo "errors" are there due to the contributions of some benevolent whistleblowers, who planted them there on purpose and are not there due to the hubris and oversight of those in charge of faking the Apollo missions.

The following chapters quickly dissolve into crazytown, with Roswell, Nazis, the face on Mars, Stonehenge and just about every other "fringe" or out there belief making an appearance. It is highly entertaining, in a fantasy sort of way.

[chrstphre campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Extensive & Detailed…

… much more so than many of The similar books of this genre that I’ve been exposed to ( ? )
It’s not a ‘The Apollo Moon Landings were all faked’ or its opposite, it seemed like a reasonably well balanced examination of The ‘evidence’ which tips both ways when viewed with an unbiased set of spider like eyes ( ! )
The photos & illustrations might have been a little better though ( ! )

[SkipO · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really looking forward to reading this book,
The first chapter held my interest quite well, but then it was downhill all the way from there.
Way too much cutesy stuff and repetitiveness in the book.
Didn't learn much more than I had already read.
Disappointing to say the least where it could have been a much better book

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started reading this with enthusiasm, expecting - hoping for - a balanced argument. But it seems somewhat biased and is incredibly detailed and technical. Often not a bad thing, but this gets a bit much and quite frankly I lost interest.

[OmniBen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The current number of reviews, although admittedly small, certainly don't paint this book in a very positive light. Allow me to somewhat redress this balance with an alternative opinion. Never A Straight Answer, or NASA as it is more commonly known. Books debunking or throwing a dark side of the moon amount of shade on the decades of lies and deception this agency has regurgitated onto the American tax payer and the people of the world at large are some of my favourite books in my collection, and Dark Mission sits proudly among them as a personal favourite. Well written and researched and overflowing with a wealth of arguments against our repeated sojourns to the moon in decades past, and then never again since (apparently), Dark Moon is a lengthy and enjoyable exploration of arguments, both well known and not so well known. Anyone with even a passing interest in these topics will no doubt find this an intriguing proposition and an entertaining way to while away a dozen hours or so. And whilst I haven't read this in a number of years (I feel another reread would be the ultimate test as to how well this has stood the test of time). Still, there is more than enough here to satisfy just about every kind of open minded person. Not sure how readily available this is these days, although definitely worth checking out if you can find it. 4.5/5


OmniBen.

[Lynne Bassaro · Rating 2 out of 5]

So repetitive. I felt I was reading the same content over and over and over...

[Tushar · Rating 5 out of 5]

At this point, you have to be incredibly stupid to believe that Apollo manned missions weren't faked.