On
November 20th, 1969, while ascending back to the command module, Commander Charles Conrad
Junior and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean let go of the Apollo 12 launch vehicle, causing
it to crash back to the moon.
Immediately upon impact, an extremely unexpected event took place.
It was reported that the moon had a seismic ringing effect similar to that of a bell for
more than an hour.
But what exactly did NASA hope to accomplish with this experiment, and why did it even
conduct it in the first place?
To find out, make sure you watch this video all the way through to the end because you
don't want to miss out on this one.
Researchers from NASA wanted to gain a better understanding of the moon's make-up and how
it was formed.
During the Apollo 12 mission, astronauts installed a Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) at the
landing site as part of the broader Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP).
Once the Apollo 12 astronauts were safely back in the command module, they smashed the
lunar module into the moon's surface.
The impact was the equivalent of detonating one ton of TNT and triggered what’s known
as a “moonquake”—the first human-made moonquake to take place.
The PSE seismometers recorded the resultant vibrations, which were far stronger and lasted
much longer than the experts had predicted.
They were nothing like the earthquake tremors we're used to.
NASA resumed its moonquake studies with identical results on the Apollo 13, 14, 15, and 16 missions.
The findings were shocking at the time since they pointed to the moon being much less dense
than Earth, which it is: the moon is just 60% as dense as Earth.
Does this, however, imply that the moon is hollow?
According to Walter Cunningham who was the third civilian astronaut, and was a lunar
module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, “With Apollo 12, people refer to it as a
crash.
It wasn't really a crash; it was an aimed deorbit of the rocket used to lift off the
lunar module.
And the crew separated the launch vehicle and crashed it back into the ground, right
close to where they had a seismograph that they had installed down there.
Well, it vibrated, so it was an early clue as to how solid was the surface of the moon.”
What was interesting about this was that the moon suddenly began to ring like a bell and
continued to do so for over an hour.
Dr. Wernher Von Braun, then-director of NASA, decided that for Apollo 13, they would purposefully
crash a larger part of the rocket into the lunar surface.
When they performed this, the moon rang like a gong for more than three hours and to a
depth of more than 20 miles.
This was unexpected, and it continues to perplex many scientists today.
Because the moon is mostly formed of the surface of a rock called basalt, the assumption is
that it must be hollow.
Although it is a lightweight rock, it absorbs a lot of impact.
Because of this, you wouldn't expect the moon to reverberate after a significant hit if
the entire surface was formed of the same type of rock.
The reason for this is that the idea of the moon being hollow contradicts everything we
know about physics.
But what causes the Moon to "ring" like a bell?
Here’s where things got lost in translation.
“The moon was ringing like a bell,” Clive R. Neal, professor of civil engineering and
geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, says of the experiment results in a
NASA writeup.
And that’s true from a scientific standpoint.
Similarly, the writeup compares moonquake vibrations to those of a tuning fork, which
is a type of acoustic resonator.
“It just keeps going and going,” Neal says.
Earthquakes on Earth normally only cause vibrations for about 30 seconds, and never for more than
two minutes.
This is largely owing to the abundance of water on the planet.
As Neal explains, “Water weakens stone, expanding the structure of different minerals.
When energy propagates across such a compressible structure, it acts like a foam sponge—it
deadens the vibrations.”
Meanwhile, all of the NASA-induced moonquakes lasted more than ten minutes.
The shockwave from the Apollo 12 moonquake took over eight minutes to peak after impact
and nearly an hour to completely subside.
However, we now have a very good scientific explanation for it.
There isn't much water on the moon that we know of—most of it is ice—and the moon
is much drier and more rigid than Earth.
As a result, the composition of the moon causes vibrations to "ring" and persist for a considerably
longer period of time.
In his 1966 book "Intelligent Life in the Universe", renowned scientist and astronomer
Carl Sagan characterized modern research regarding the composition of celestial bodies throughout
the cosmos.
Carl Sagan proposed that a natural satellite cannot be hollow.
This is strange.
Because, unless the moon is hollow, it shouldn't be vibrating.
That would imply that it is something that is artificial.
Some scientists believe that major areas of the moon have been hollowed out.
If that's the case, chances are it wasn't accomplished naturally; it had to be done
artificially.
This raises a crucial question: who would have had the ability, skills, and technology
to do so?
Not us, for sure.
That could only be done by extraterrestrials, and no one else.
There is evidence in ancient literature and legends of a time when no moon could be seen
in the night skies.
In describing the history of the Greek region of Arcadia, Aristotle writes that the Pelasgians
lived in the area since very old times; at a time when the moon did not exist.
Evidence has also been found in other parts of the world.
In Bolivia, glyphs on the wall of the courtyard of Kalasasaya (built in 13,000 BC) provide
evidence that the moon came into orbit around the Earth at a specific moment in time thousands
of years ago, long before what mainstream historians refer to as recorded history.
Furthermore, the calendar gate in the same location indicates that a smaller satellite
once rotated around the Earth.
What does it all mean?
The ancient memory of a human-inhabited Earth without a moon has been passed down through
centuries, establishing the traditions of different civilizations.
How did the moon get there?
Is it a part of the Earth?
A planet that entered the magnetic field of the Earth?
Was it constructed by a long-vanished civilization, or did it form naturally?
Perhaps this is all the work of aliens after all.
A new map of the moon, however, has shown a treasure trove of locations rich in precious
titanium metal, with some lunar rocks containing 10 times as much as rocks on Earth.
The map, which included visible and ultraviolet wavelength observations, revealed the valuable
titanium deposits.
These discoveries may shed light on some of the mysteries of the lunar interior, as well
as provide the framework for future lunar mining.
The map of the moon's surface was constructed using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter (LRO), which has been orbiting the moon since June 2009.
The wide-angle camera aboard the probe took pictures of the surface at seven distinct
wavelengths and resolutions.
LRO's instruments were able to provide scientists with a clearer image of the chemical makeup
of the moon's surface because specific minerals strongly reflect or absorb distinct regions
of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The researchers surveyed the lunar surface and compared brightness in wavelengths ranging
from ultraviolet to visible light, identifying places rich in titanium.
The scientists then compared their findings to lunar samples returned to Earth by NASA's
Apollo missions and Russia's Luna missions.
The researchers were perplexed by these titanium-rich regions on the moon.
According to the scientists, the highest amount of titanium in similar rocks on Earth is roughly
1% or less.
According to the new map, these titanium troves on the moon range from roughly 1% to slightly
more than 10%.
Titanium is found largely on the moon in the mineral ilmenite, a combination composed of
iron, titanium, and oxygen.
If humans ever mine on the moon, they could be able to break down ilmenite and extract
these elements.
Furthermore, Apollo data show that titanium-rich materials are more effective at holding solar
wind particles like helium and hydrogen.
These gases are likely to be critical resources in the development of lunar colonies and lunar
exploration.
So, all of this begs the question of why we haven't heard about these discoveries, or
at least the relevance of some of them.
If the hollow nature, rare metals, and ancient legends about a time before the moon were
accurate, it would transform our concept of reality.
But if all of them were true, you'd have to be really stubborn to believe it's just a
coincidence that occurred to happen naturally.
And, since the Apollo flights, many people feel that NASA knows something about the moon
that they aren't willing to share with the public.
Evidence for this conclusion can be found in the Brooking Report.
The report is notable for one brief part titled "The implications of a discovery of extraterrestrial
life" which addresses the probable repercussions of such a discovery on public attitudes and
values.
The section briefly discusses potential public reactions to various possibilities for the
finding of extraterrestrial life, emphasizing the importance of additional research in this
field.
It recommended further research to determine the likely social impact of such a discovery
and its effects on public attitudes, including research into how leaders should handle such
a discovery's information and under what circumstances leaders might or might not find it advisable
to withhold such information from the public.
Given the Brookings report, if NASA did find something on the moon, it could explain the
body language and attitude of the Apollo 11 astronauts in a press conference after they
returned to Earth, in which they appear clearly anxious, frazzled, and on edge, as if they
had seen or heard something terrifying but are unable to discuss it.
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Is the Moon really hollow?
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