Posted on 05/22/2026 4:43:08 AM PDT by DFG
Millions watched in awe earlier this year as NASA's Artemis II crew completed a daring trip around the moon – but it seems not everyone was convinced.
A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill.
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission.
'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.
The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated them, apparently trying their best to pretend he wasn't there.
The man continued: 'Follow Jesus! God's watching you all!'
As Glover smiled and gave an uneasy wave, he went on: 'Stop lying to the public! Your psyop isn't working on millions of us! NASA's a joke!'
The Artemis II crew were hastily ushered away, yet the pursuing conspiracy theorist continued to hurl abuse, adding: 'Repent before God, y'all! I see through your lies! I know you never went to space! God's watching you all!'
The tense encounter was reminiscent of a similar run–in between Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the moon–landing denier Bart Sibrel in 2002.
Mr Aldrin, who was 72 at the time, ended that particular argument by punching Mr Sibrel in the face.
However, the Artemis II crew managed to keep cooler heads during their altercation with the conspiracy theorist.
On X, space fans praised the astronauts' composure, jokingly pointing out Christina Koch's rather confused expression.
One commenter wrote: 'Christina was too stunned to speak by this level of stupidness.'
Another added: 'She had to smile through that VEEERY awkward moment.'
And another bluntly wrote: 'They're so polite, I'd smack him in the face.'
While the vast majority of social media users were shocked by the wild claims about fake space missions, a few internet–dwelling conspiracy theorists hailed this unknown individual as a hero.
'CALLING THEM OUT IN THE CAPITAL....100%' wrote one conspiracy account on X.
Another said: 'Artemis II astronauts being called liars to their faces. Love it.'
And one chimed in: 'We know!!!! How much did you guys get paid??? You are a mockery to the world!!!'
Thankfully, claims that the Artemis II mission was faked are easily debunked by the vast quantities of evidence collected by the crew.
NASA livestreamed the entire 10–day mission, and the astronauts collected an enormous trove of photos and scientific observations.
These included the discovery of new craters on the moon's far side and observations of meteor impacts taking place in real time.
It is neither flat nor round. It is an oblate spheroid.
An Earth ellipsoid or Earth spheroid is a mathematical figure approximating the Earth's shape and size, used as part of a reference frame for coordinates and computations in geodesy, astronomy, and the geosciences. Various different reference ellipsoids have been used as approximations.
It is an oblate spheroid (an ellipsoid of revolution) whose minor axis (polar diameter), connecting the geographical poles, is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation. The ellipsoid is also defined by the major axis (equatorial axis); the difference between the two axes is slightly more than 21 km or 0.335%.
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As theorized by Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens, the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator. Thus, geodesy represents the figure of the Earth as an oblate spheroid. The oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis. It is the regular geometric shape that most nearly approximates the shape of the Earth. A spheroid describing the figure of the Earth or other celestial body is called a reference ellipsoid. The reference ellipsoid for Earth is called an Earth ellipsoid.
“I think OKsooner was asking for evidence that more than one person was involved, you know, the definition of conspiracy.”
About two groups on social media talked about the assassination and predicted to to the day and time. The FBI jumped in and said they would investigage them. Then promptly buried it.
Yeah, I guess.
The moon landing deniers are disrespectful of the 383,000+ Americans who worked on the Apollo program and who successfully landed Americans on the Moon.
The moon landings showed us that our idea of how old the Moon is, was incorrect. The lunar landers were fitted with very large snow shoes because they theorized that landing on the moon with its feet of dust would be dangerous. But when we, the United States of America, landed on the Moon, the dust was only a fraction of an inch. Further, the surface of the Moon was carefully mapped, and the presence of every crater located. But in the years that have elapsed since that glorious moment when Neal Armstrong first stepped on the Moon, humans have continued to map the surface of the Moon. From these data one can derive the actual crater deposition rate on the Moon, and from this rate one can compute back how old the Moon is, by counting all of the craters and dividing by the crater rate. The evolutionists will be sad, but the Moon is not billions of years old.
Question EVERYTHING! I have zero problem with that.
Safe and effective.
Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy and was the lone gunman.
The laptop was Russian disinformation.
Joe Biden WON the 2020 election, the fairest most honest election in history.
Masks work.
We are DOOMED by climate change.
January 6 was an insurrection.
And many more.
Question EVERYTHING!
Except, of course, the technology DID exist to pull that off, and we DID land on the moon.
A single person can easily have plotted that assassination. A single person could have carried it out. A .30-06 can absolutely cause the damage it did. How can anyone think that a conspiracy would be necessary? Our snipers do that sort of thing every day. The range in this case was no big deal, no where near as spectacular as our SF teams can accomplish.
Listen and learn—no four second delay—several “tells” if you pay close attention:
Today is the 57th anniversary of when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked in the moon. I searched for threads about this event, and found this thread from a couple of months ago.
I’m curious, do you really think we didn’t land on the moon? Or are you being facetious since we aren’t at the 60 year mark yet?
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