OT. Where they really on the moon?

[Wanderer]

Originally posted by gregebowman:
I wonder. Did the makers of Capricorn One know something, or is this an example of art imitating life?

I thought the guy (not that I know who that was, I'm just stabbing in the dark) who was behind Capricorn One was someone who believed the moon landings were a hoax and wanted to make a film on a similar issue to 'show how it could be done'.

Not that I've heard any convincing arguments that the landings were actually faked - on Amazon.co.uk (not .com) try searching for the book Dark Moon and its reviews for a good example of pseudo-science being used to sell books (and being viciously debunked by those who know better).

Try here
(second review on this page really has a go at the book)

[QuarianRex]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.

I personally think that we did get to the moon. I was just responding to the notion that the perpetration of such a hoax would be impossible.

Nothing is really impossible. Probable? Well now, there's the kicker.

[Andrés]

FX weren't that good back then, a fake wouldn't have been believable.
But it's quite plausible it wasn't live, and the astronauts were secretly safe back home before they dared to make it public.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.[/QB]

Of course, the best proof is that the astronauts left reflectors on the moon that had signals bounced off of them quite regularly.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:
FX weren't that good back then, a fake wouldn't have been believable.
But it's quite plausible it wasn't live, and the astronauts were secretly safe back home before they dared to make it public.

That is believable. Why would they want to show them getting to the Moon, but dying before they got back?

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Too bad that such a hoax was never perpertrated, and we did indeed send people to the moon.

Of course, the best proof is that the astronauts left reflectors on the moon that had signals bounced off of them quite regularly.[/QB]

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That is indeed good proof.

[ March 06, 2003, 05:48: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:
FX weren't that good back then, a fake wouldn't have been believable.
But it's quite plausible it wasn't live, and the astronauts were secretly safe back home before they dared to make it public.

The only reason that I would disagree with that is, again, that the Russians would have known, as would many other nations, because they would have been able to track when the spacecraft left earth orbit, and I doubt they would have cooperated. For that matter, it would have been hard to sneak an early lift off past the American public since the launch of a Saturn V was a fairly spectacular thing that was visible over a wide area.

[Wyvern]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Oh well, I jus ran a search for the Moon thing and EVERY hit I got were for people flaming the "moon hoax theory" and calling them crazy.....
If is a not a hoax, why they pay so much attention and expend so much money on those Moon-hoax -believers?

So if everybody says that it's not true, that proves it *must* be true? That's probably the most twisted logic I've ever heard.

I don't suppose you bothered to actually *read* any of the pages debunking the "moon hoax" claims to see if their arguments were reasonable?

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Though I must keep in mind that I'm biased against all goverments.

[sarcasm]Which makes you supremely qualified to form an objective opinion about the subject, naturally.[/sarcasm]

Originally posted by Aloofi:
Oh no, my dear, these were NASA people, as in NASA payroll, as in Taxpayer money.

How about a providing a link to show us an example of one of these NASA pages you claim you found?

Originally posted by Aloofi:
After searching through a ton of site with names like "Moon hoax", "Did we really land on the Moon?" and "The Great Moon Hoax" that were nothing more that counter-sites trying to silence the Moon Hoax theory, I finaly founded a real "Moon Hoax" site.

As opposed to what? A *fake* moon hoax site?

The guy quoted on that page is the guy (or at least one of them) who *started* the whole moon hoax rumor. So of *course* he's going to agree with his own claims. That doesn't make them true. For someone who claims to distrust authority, you sure are quick to assume that this guy is an authority on the subject.

Originally posted by Aloofi:
I'm trying to put it in my head, to erase all that false information I got in school.

Oh please. More like all the false information you got from Bart Sibrel.

Originally posted by minipol:
Where's the proof? In one of your books?

Right here. And when you're through reading that page, take a look at this one, which will show you just what kind of unethical tactics Mr. Sibrel resorts to in promoting his claims.