Hoaxers vs. Rocket Scientists
NASA unsure how to counter claims of faked moon landings
Sunday, December 22, 2002 Posted: 6:10 PM EST (2310 GMT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Is that the moon or a studio in the Nevada desert? How can the flag flutter when there's no wind on the moon? Why
can't we see stars in the moon-landing pictures?
For three decades, NASA has taken the high road, ignoring those who claimed the Apollo moon landings were faked and part of a colossal government
conspiracy.
The claims and suspicious questions like the ones cited here mostly showed up in books and on the Internet. But last year's prime-time Fox TV special
on the so-called "moon hoax" prompted schoolteachers and others to plead with NASA for factual ammunition to fight back.
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