NASA Unsure of How to Counter the 'Moon Hoax'

The Associated Press ^ | January 5th 2003 | MARCIA DUNN

[ContentiousObjector]

Science Bump

[BenLurkin]

My advice to NASA is to ignore this nonsense. The only people who belive it, ironically, are the same types that fall for this:

[friendly]

Some people are complete morons. They form the core of the democrat electoral base (especially in Florida).

[Jhoffa_]

The VLT will take care of that for them..

No need to answer the wackos.

[Pikachu_Dad]

There have been some excellent books put out by free lancers. Why does the AP want an 'official' response.

[afuturegovernor]

Can't wait for some tin-foil-hat Freeper to get on this thread and claim the landing was a "big government" hoax planned by the CIA.

[Mamzelle]

"A Pall Over Apollo" ....only a title committee would love that one.

Can hardly believe this story is still out there. Boy, it sure is easy to hurt the tender egos of these old f@rts.

[JesseShurun]

They can bring out Neil Armstrong to answer any and all questions on Cspan, it's that simple.

[PatrickHenry]

Massive kook alert!

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[Chi-townChief]

"He took a jab at the 1978 movie "Capricorn One," which had NASA's first manned mission to Mars being faked on a sound stage."

Didn't O.J. Simpson star in "Capricorn One?"

[Crusader21stCentury]

It's very simple, point the hubbel towards the landing sites and take some pictures.

[ChemistCat]

Won't have him around to do it much longer, so they'd better get to it. Like WWII vets, Gemini and Apollo astronauts are collectively aging, aging, aging away from us.

Doesn't ANYBODY have a NASA/spaceflight ping list? If so, I want to be on it.

[Hatteras]

"Tom Hanks will speak out, too."

Well, thank goodness they have a REAL expert to refute the hoaxers...

[DCPatriot]

Well, they could go up AGAIN you know. There has to be a value of sorts in installing satellite dishes and communications on the lunar surface.

If a 1960's moonship can land, you would think the Shuttle could orbit the moon as well as the earth. IMO, they can't because the landing was a hoax.

Of course, I could be wrong. ;^)

[ContentiousObjector]

HST doesn't have the resolution to take pictures of the landing sites,

[jeremiah]

They could counter arguments, the time tested way. Teach people to think above the moron level. For instance, I cannot understand how they kept the capsule cool. I know the pat answer, but since space is a perfect vacuum, and the capsule is under constant radiation, the interior would seem to be logically, an oven. Standard cooling systems, like refrigerator, only work by transferring energy, being there really is no such thing as heat and cold. So where did it convey the heat to, since a vacuum is non-concuctive? I don't believe we didn't go to the moon, but that is a question, that could be answered with a better teaching of physics. If anyone can explain the seeming paradox to me, please do.

[NewLand]

Let's start a conspiracy that Bill Clinton was a hoax and never existed.

I wish it was only that easy.

[BenLurkin]

Didn't O.J. Simpson star in "Capricorn One?"

Yes, but his best work was left on the cutting room floor.

[ContentiousObjector]

I cant wait to see how they explain getting the Russians to participate in the hoax