I saw a program tonight called "Conspiracy Theory - Did
We Land On The Moon ?", and I have to say it was quite
convincing

A man called Bill Kaysing (many references to him found with
Google, eg http://www.okneoac.com/kaysing.html) claims that
so-called Moon landings by NASA were in fact filmed in the high
deserts of Nevada. He cites such discrepancies as

- shadows that indicate multiple light sources
- persons and craft details well-lit even in the darkest shadows
- movement not consistent with 1/6th gravity
- no blast crater by the LEM, despite the force of its engine
- instability of the LEM in testing, and the minute chance
  of it making so many Moon landings perfectly
- no background stars
- no disturbed dust settling on LEM footpads
- flags appeared to wave in a breeze
- the same background appearing in different missions
- no radiation sickness of astronauts passing through the
  Van Allen belt, particularly as there was an enormous
  solar flare at the time of Neil Armstrong's mission (and
  a possible reason why the Soviets did not attempt a
  lunar mission)
- photographic crosshairs sometimes partly obscured by
  foreground objects, when crosshairs must be on top of
  anything in the photos
- a string of untimely deaths of astronauts (25% of NASA's
  squad) considered to be potential whistleblowers

He claims the whole hoax exercise was Cold War politicking
after the Russians gave the US Govt a dose of the green apple
splatters by getting Sputnick in orbit, possibly paving the way
for sub-space missile trajectories

The NASA representative gave the weakest of defences to
these claims, such as "this is all baloney, for the simple fact
there are human footprints on the Moon". Duh, who's word
have we got for that ? And simply dismissing any claim as
"wrong" without any argumentative evidence

I did see Capricorn One many years ago, but never realised
many many people actually believe the US Govt perpetrated
such a huge hoodwink

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