For some reason I begin watching videos claiming to prove we did not go to the moon and others that debunk the myth. It is fascinating to watch. I am convinced we traveled to the moon. The only reason I can think of for faking the whole thing would be as a moral boast to the nation. We were in the middle of a cold war and Vietnam. Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot the year before. Race riots had occurred. The hippie movement was in full swing. Generally people were becoming disillusioned and unsettled. The moon mission was a distraction from all that was happening. It united Americans in a feeling of national pride, even if it was short lived. An astute observer of human nature would have understood this. That argument doesn’t convince me it was faked. As one website points out (yes it is a humor website but that doesn’t make it untrue) tens of thousands of people would have to be lying for the hoax to be real. Keeping a secret that big is near impossible. So, I think believing in the hoax theory is insane.
One interesting tidbit though. I found one conspiracy theorist who claims NASA discovered either and alien base or the ruins of an alien civilization on the dark side of the moon. The theory states that this secret has been discovered by other nations and that is why so many of them have begun a race to reach the moon. They want to be able to harness the alien technology on the moon. These nations include Iran, China, Japan, and many other nations. In response, NASA, which is a division of the department of defense, has launched a nuclear device they will detonate on October 9 of this year to destroy the alien technology. NASA’s website mentions a mission LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, which will launch a probe into the moon’s surface on Oct. 9th but no mention nuclear weapons. I guess in a couple of months we shall see. If it is a nuclear device, let’s hope it doesn’t throw off the moon’s orbit. Boy wouldn’t we be in trouble then.
p.s. the conspiracy website includes a petition asking NASA not to destroy the moon, if you want to fill it out.
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