108 Saint Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 1BU
UK
Free event.
Did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin really land on the Moon in 1969? Yes!
There have been many conspiracy theories proposed over the years since 1969 that insist Neil and Buzz didn’t land on the Moon’s surface. Buzz’s famous response to a conspiracy theorist was to punch them, but Megan Whewell will take you through some of the more popular theories and explain how you can respond using less violence and more science.
Megan Whewell is currently studying for an Astrophysics PhD at University College London. She previously worked at the National Space Centre in Leicester, and as part of her job presented public talks during school holidays. Over one holiday those talks asked the question “Did the moon landings really happen?”. She considers these talks a wholehearted success because she got, on average, one ‘conversion’ a day from conspiracy theorist to believing in the Apollo programme.