12 . Who filmed Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon ? 1 . The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation from the Van Allen radiation belt and galactic ambient radiation ( see radiation poisoning and health threat from cosmic rays ) . Some conspiracists have suggested that Starfish Prime ( a high-altitude nuclear test in 1962 ) was a failed attempt to disrupt the Van Allen belts
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