Apollo 17 Badge Hides Message About Alien Existence On The Moon?
On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17, a manned spacecraft from the US reached the moon. Although they have left an obvious buggy site behind before going back to Earth, the last Apollo mission still receives doubts if it really had a lunar touchdown. However, there is another controversy that recently surfaced with regards to the Apollo 17 mission. Is the commemorative mission badge hiding a message about alien life on the moon?
According to the Daily Star, for every anniversary commemoration for the Apollo 17 mission, there would rise a new "Apollo 17 mission is a hoax" kind of conspiracy. But for this year, an entirely different commotion spurts out and it's actually more convincing and intriguing than questioning if the Apollo 17 astronauts really did walk on the moon 44 years ago.
The Apollo 17 mission badge was designed by Robert McCall, a space artist, in 1972. The design showcases a sideview face of Apollo the Greek God, 3 white stars, 3 red lines, an eagle, Saturn, a galaxy, and the moon in half. The terms "Apollo XVII," "Cernan," "Evans," and "Schmitt" are also seen in the emblem. The design has received a fair share of the Apollo 17 skepticism, since it has showcased a planet and a galaxy without direct connection to the mission and the moon only showing by part.
For NASA, there is nothing questionable and shady about the emblem. There are reasonable explanations behind everything that's shown in the design. For one, the eagle's wings touching the moon simply shows that the moon was reached by man. The reason why Saturn and the nebula is also shown in the design tries to imply that aside from the moon, humans will also reach and aim for other celestial structures like planets and galaxies--which are practically real nowadays.
The assumption that this badge hides a message that reveals there is, indeed, aliens on the moon is only fabricated by the imagination of conspiracy theorists. These people who aims to streak a sense of absurdity to the history of Apollo 17 mission, because in this way, their hoax theories are being validated. However, should the mission be able to account or encounter aliens by their lunar landing in 1972, they would have freely shared it to the public and no need to keep it hiding behind a badge.
Meanwhile, modern lunar crews and moon missions are racing their way to the moon for the Google's Lunar X-Prize contest. Aside from the chances of winning the money at stake and actually setting foot on the moon, some of the contestants aim to prove the conspiracy theorists wrong by visiting the Apollo 17 buggy site and record updated proofs that the mission really happened and is not a hoax.
