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Moon landings ITV the astronauts are as transparent as...

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whatthewhatthewhat · 16/07/2019 21:55

The whole hoax!

Seriously! Ffs, you can see the line of horizon, they look green screened on that shit... like when you went to the museum in the 90s and pretended to be superman!

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Ohrats · 19/07/2019 15:47

A tear too.

joyfullittlehippo · 19/07/2019 15:48

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poopofprettycolours · 19/07/2019 15:53

Please don't tell me that every space flight takes some of Earth's gravity up to space. Am terrified I'll float away if we lose too much.

bellinisurge · 19/07/2019 16:30

"Not here to 'convince' anyone!"
Displaying your own foolishness is also an option.

whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 16:39

@Ohrats just because there is a reflector doesn't mean a person physically put it there...

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whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 16:40

@bellinisurge foolishness? Because I believe that there is a very strong possibility that it was all a PR stunt?

Sure, the government have never lied to the people before...

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whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 16:44

let's trust the government

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Theworldisfullofgs · 19/07/2019 16:53

I'm not sure you are actually real. I'm mean after all your OP is on a green screen. I haven't seen you in real life. Are you sure you are real?

bellinisurge · 19/07/2019 16:58

"Because I believe that there is a very strong possibility that it was all a PR stunt? "
I wonder what else you don't believe in. Tbe Earth is round?
Or maybe the Holocaust was all a hoax.Confused

Ohnotanothernamechange · 19/07/2019 17:20

Isn't it amazing to see that, for all our differences and despite current political tensions, countries all around the world are willing to pull together to help support a hoax to make the US government of 50 years ago look good. Brings a year to your eye.

Love this comment!!

I tend to put moon landing hoax believers in the same bracket as flat earthers and holocaust deniars. The fact that these people walk amongst is incrediably disturbing!

whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 17:21

@bellinisurge so you take everything at face value? Believe everything you see, read and watch? I'd rather question stuff, thanks...

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Ohrats · 19/07/2019 17:23

Now I acknowledge it's not impossible but for clarity, is your view that the US was sending reflectors to the moon's surface whilst, at the same time, faking videos of them putting men on the moon (and placing the reflectors)?

khaleesi71 · 19/07/2019 17:30

It's good to 'question stuff' and even better when you ensure the source of your checking stuff is slightly more scientific than The Beano. There are so many questions out there - how do we slow the impact of climate change, will we manage to cure cancer completely but establish sufficient food security to feed our healthier but ageing population? Loads - but a shame to focus on silly notions of conspiracy - as others point out - humanity does love a kiss and tell but the silence has been deafening. Why not out that questioning mind to something that's actually productive?

Rachelover40 · 19/07/2019 17:50

*caughtinanet
If it's a hoax do you seriously think that not one single person of the 100s or 1000s who would have to have been in on it has ever given the slightest hint that it didn't happen.

No one has sold their story for millions, 50 years and nothing, that would be unbelievable grin*

Not really if they were heavily bribed - and I mean, heavily. Being a multimillionaire would be good compensation for telling a few lies.

I'm not saying they did, though, just that it is feasible.

bellinisurge · 19/07/2019 17:55

So you are a Holocaust denier? Seriously? I mean being a dick about the moon landings is just harmless batshittery, but, Holocaust denial?

DonkeyHohtay · 19/07/2019 18:00

You can't argue with batshit crazy.

OP, the David Icke forum is ----> that way.

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 19/07/2019 18:03

Earth can't be flat...

Moon landings ITV the astronauts are as transparent as...
isitwhatitis · 19/07/2019 18:07

You better watch out for the dihydrogen monoxide in your home.

It's worse than that, it's in cars as well - that's an accident waiting to happen.

whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 18:23

@bellinisurge noon mentioned that but you. Stop trolling...

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whatthewhatthewhat · 19/07/2019 18:24

@isitwhatitis very funny... I'm not stupid...

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bellinisurge · 19/07/2019 18:25

You said you like to question everything. I just wondered how ridiculous you were on the things you are not prepared to take at face value.

Littlebluetinofdorcaspins · 19/07/2019 18:32

Did anyone hear Sam West reading what would have been Nixon’s address to the nation if the moon landing had gone wrong. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and I had to keep reminding myself it wasn’t needed because everything worked out OK!

It was on PM on Radio 4 on Wednesday from about 57 minutes in.

Mordred · 19/07/2019 18:51

@whatthewhatthewhat

"so you take everything at face value? Believe everything you see, read and watch? I'd rather question stuff, thanks..."

I tend to find that's what the people who watch lunar hoax videos on YouTube do - they tend to believe what the hoaxers say without checking it for themselves.

Personally I took each claim as a jumping-off point for my own questioning. It helps that I have a science background, too.

So, for example: "the radiation in the Van Allen belts would have killed the astronauts"

Would it? What levels/types of radiation exist in the belts? How long would it take to get a lethal dose? How long did the Apollo craft take to pass through? What protection would the hull of the Command Module provide? etc etc. Once you work your way through that lot, you find that the radiation level was no problem at all.

What really gets my goat with hoax believers is that the vast majority of them have no idea at all about how the Apollo missions actually worked, and the history leading up to them. Some of them, for example, have no idea at all how the lunar module worked, what it was for or even how it got into space. Some even seem to believe the astronauts used it to get back to Earth. All of these things could be answered in half an hour or so on the Web.

isitwhatitis · 19/07/2019 18:55

I'm not stupid

Errrm.....

Ohrats · 19/07/2019 19:27

I'm not stupid...
Nice try but I don't believe everything I'm told.

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