The conspiracy theory goes that NASA achieved the footage of astronauts on the moon by slowing down shots taken in real time. This, we are meant to believe, would give the appearance of working within one sixth gravity; apparently, it really is that easy. Who knew?

It’s hard to debunk something like this without actually showing it. With the video below – our first video debunk – we’ve put together the footage and have then sped it up. This, the conspiracy theorists tell us, will show that the original actions were just performed in normal time and then slowed down to give the “moon effect”. But does it…?

No, no it doesn’t. I almost wish it did; I wish I could ping myself up a ladder like Buzz Aldrin does in that video, if that was indeed the “real time”…