Dimitri Rogozinthe controversial former director of the Russian Space Agency, joined the ranks of conspiracy theorists what do you think man did not reach the Moon in 1969. the official declared on his official Telegram channel that before his arrival at the Roscosmos, he requested evidence of the Apollo 11 mission. For Rogozin it makes no sense that NASA would have accomplished such a featsince it has not been able to repeat it in fifty years.
“About ten years ago, when I was working in the government, I sent an official request to Roscosmos to provide documentary evidence of the Americans’ stay on the moon,” he said. “I was painfully embarrassed by the fact that Soviet cosmonauts returning from multi-day expeditions could barely stand on their feet,” he said. The former head of the space agency I couldn’t believe that Armstrong and Aldrin were moving smoothly after exiting the lunar module.
Despite his insistence, the results of the request were not as expected. Dimitri Rogozin mentioned that the agency sent him a book where Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov confirmed the lunar landing. Leonov, who could become the first Soviet to set foot on the Moon, declared that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin accomplished the feat “because they told themselves so.”
Years later, Rogozin would take control of Roscosmos and transform it into a competitive space agency. During his management, the director He kept looking for evidence of the trip to the Moon, although he found nothing. The official said the questions only earned him criticism from academics and colleagues for undermining “sacred cooperation with NASA,” as well as a call to action from a senior Russian manager.
The former head of the Roscosmos does not believe in the official version of the arrival on the Moon
According to conspiracy theories, NASA faked the moon landing in order to win the space race for the Soviet Union. It is not surprising that Dimitri Rogozin, an old-school patriot seeking to restore the glory of the USSR, makes these kinds of statements. During his time at the head of Roscosmos, the manager was involved in various controversies ranging from threatening to kill Elon Musk or stranding an astronaut on the International Space Station.
It is important to mention that Rogozin does not doubt that Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins traveled to the Moon, but that they have managed to disembark. The former head of the Russian Space Agency accuses personalities such as Eugene Alexandrov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, of having US-aligned interests. Alexandrov, who promotes scientific knowledge through the Pseudoscience Commission, harshly criticized Rogozin when he requested proof of the moon landing in 2018.
The statements by the former director of Roscosmos are in line with his new role in the war in Ukraine. After being fired from the Russian Space Agency, Rogozin left for the occupied regions of Donbas and proclaimed himself the leader of a group of volunteer fighters. At the moment, holds no office and has lost all power it once heldalthough that does not prevent him from sharing his memories and space theories on his Telegram channel.