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The 16-Bit Moon: How India’s Real Lunar Landing Got Rebranded as a Video Game
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Examine the misinformation campaign surrounding India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, which falsely claims the lunar landing was a fabricated computer simulation. This narrative gained traction because the Indian Space Research Organisation used digital animations during its live broadcast to supplement real-time data, leading skeptics to confuse these graphics with the actual mission. Independent evidence from NASA satellite imagery, amateur radio tracking, and scientific data collected on the lunar surface confirms the landing was a…
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