They aimed for the exact spot where the crew left a retroreflector. Seconds later, a tiny spike appeared on the graph. The laser had bounced off a man-made object on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. Conclusion: Myth Busted
Conspiracy theorists argued that footprints in the dry lunar dust should be impossible without moisture. Adam stepped into a tray of dry, fine-grained lunar simulant in a vacuum. Because the dust was jagged and had nothing to "cushion" it, the footprint held its shape perfectly. No water required. Act IV: The Laser Reflector [S6E10] NASA Moon Landing Hoax
"The truth is," Jamie concluded, "it would have been harder to fake it than it was to actually go." They aimed for the exact spot where the
"Look at that!" he shouted, pointing at the skewed shadows. "If the Sun is the only light source, shouldn't they be parallel?" No water required
As the episode wrapped, the team looked at the data. They had recreated the "faked" photos, proved the flag’s movement, and literally touched a piece of human history with a laser beam.