为什么中国不派登月车到美国登月地点，和美国国旗自拍一张，以一劳永逸的终结美国是否真的登月的争论呢？ [美国媒体]

Why can’t the Chinese send their lunar rover to the site of the American moon landing, take a selfie next to the American flag and end the moon landing debate once and for all?

为什么中国不派登月车到美国登月地点，和美国国旗自拍一张，以一劳永逸的终结美国是否真的登月的争论呢？




Mark Shainblum, Award-winning Canadian science fiction author (1984-present)
Because…
It’s on the far side of the Moon, thousands of kilometers away from any of the six Apollo landing sites.

因为那在月球的背面，距离阿波罗登陆地点几千公里的距离。

No sane person in China or anywhere else in the world actually doubts that the Americans landed on the Moon.
Do you think the true-believers in the Moon hoax conspiracy will be swayed by a Chinese selfie? They’d just accuse of China of faking the Chang’e landing too. They almost certainly do already.
No one cares what a bunch of conspiracy nutters believe, least of all the Chinese.

而且任何理性的人都不会怀疑美国登陆过月球。即使中国拍了自拍照，你认为那些阴谋论者就会动摇了吗？他们会直接指责中国造假嫦娥登陆。没人会去关心这些阴谋论者怎么想，中国人更不在乎。



Jamil Shariff, PhD Astrophysics, University of Toronto (2015)
It wouldn’t end the “debate*”, because conspiracy theorists can always just claim that any new photographic evidence you present them with has also been faked. They will simply move the goal posts by suddenly invoking a broader conspiracy that both the Americans and the Chinese are somehow involved in. That is how conspiracy theorists operate, and why it is largely a waste of time to argue with them using actual evidence.

那没办法终结“争论”的，因为阴谋论者会说这些照片证据都是伪造的。他们会说美国和中国勾结了。这就是阴谋论者的运作方式，所以即使用真实的证据去和他们说明也是没用的。

The point of the mission was to visit the far side of the moon, i.e. areas of its surface that were previously completely unexplored. Visiting already-explored areas is a questionable use of money and resources, offering far less in the way of scientific return.

中国这次的任务是去月球背面，之前从未被探索的地方。而如果去之前已经探索过的地方，那就有点浪费金钱和资源了，因为那样带来的科技回报会更少。

I don’t think China is that eager to glorify past American accomplishments.
*Note that this is not actually a debate. The moon landings occurred, and this fact is denied by some looney conspiracy nuts.

我认为中国不会那么热衷的赞美美国过去所取得的成就。

Willy Roentgen, Worked on several military missile and spacecraft programs in a testing
Those pictures have already been taken been taken by satellites (by non-NASA agencies) in low Moon orbit for three (3) of the six (6) Apollo Moon landing sites. They have recorded the tracks of the Lunar rover, the blasts left by the takeoff rocket exhaust and even the flag left on the Moon. Case closed.

已经有非美国卫星在低月球轨道上拍下了三处阿波罗登陆地点的照片。他们也记录了月球车的轨迹，火箭升空留下的坑洞以及一面旗帜。

BTW - The Apollo landing sites on the Moon facing Earth is too far for the Chinese rover to travel from their landing on the back side of the Moon.

而且从月球背面到阿波罗登陆的月球正面有一段相当长的距离，中国探月车可能无法行走这么远。



Cameron Fraser, I attended the Apollo 16 launch and have met Apollo crew
Because…
The current Chinese rover is on the far side of the moon, so probably about 5500 km away over some pretty rough terrain. And that's not to mention that most of these robotic rovers move at pretty low speeds.
There is no debate. And…
Willful ignorance cannot be overcome with evidence.

因为中国登月车现在在月球背面，距离5500公里，而且路不好走。而且这些机器人的移动速度很慢。再者，根本不存在登月的争论。有意的无知是无法被证据说服的。