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<tt>Greetings all<br>
Today is the 40th anniversary of humans touching down on the moon
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/374/">http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/374/</a>).<br>
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Many of you would have heard about the so called "moon hoax" i.e. the
idea that the whole moon landing was staged and that we actually never
landed on the moon. Please advise anyone you hear this from to take
some time to learn about why this is not true! The following notes are
a nice summary of how it all started and why hoax claims are so
ridiculous (from <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html">http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html</a>).<br>
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Please use this opportunity as a good excuse to engage with these
people and an excellent way to teach them some science in the process.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Kevin<br>
0824878466<br>
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<h2>Fox TV and the Apollo Moon Hoax</h2>
(February 13, 2001)<br>
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<p>On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox
TV network aired a
program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'',
hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi.
The program was an hour long, and featured interviews with a series of
people who believe that NASA faked the Apollo Moon
landings in the 1960s and 1970s. The biggest voice in this is Bill
Kaysing, who claims to have all sorts of hoax evidence, including
pictures taken by the astronauts, engineering details,
discussions of physics and even some testimony by astronauts
themselves. The program's conclusion was that the whole thing was faked
in
the Nevada desert (in Area 51, of course!). According to them, NASA did
not have the technical capability of going to the Moon, but pressure
due to the Cold War with the Soviet Union forced them to fake it.
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<p>Sound ridiculous? Of course it does! It <i>is</i>.
So let me get this straight right from the start: this program is an
hour long piece of junk. </p>
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