You mean Moon Day celebrates a real event?

Looks like Kim beat me to the punch with her Moon Day post. In the interest of journalistic "balance," I initially considered a reply post proving, irrefutably of course, that Apollo 11 never made it to the moon, that the landing was staged in a studio in Burbank (between episodes of the Dating Game, I think), and that at least twelve people have been killed in an elaborate effort to cover up the hoax. Or something like that. Instead, I'll add to Kim's impressive collection of links this National Geographic page debunking 8 popular moon-landing hoax theories.

Comments

[Kim Krawiec]

Good one, Mark! Hadn't seen the National Geographic "myth buster" story -- very entertaining.

[Jacqui L.]

And on this morning's Cleveland Lanigan and Malone radio show, they ran a web poll to see how many people believed that man has really walked on the moon. You can see the results of the poll on the website (http://www.wmji.com/pages/lanandmalone.html). Currently, just over 55% think it's true that man has walked on the moon, and just under 40% think it's a hoax. But the best figure is the almost 10% who can't decide.

[Mark Weidemaier]

Funny ... in a 1999 poll only 6% believed the landing was a hoax and 5% were undecided. Maybe Clevelanders are especially prone to conspiracy theories!

Watch Buzz Aldrin punch conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel in the face here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUI36tPKDg4

[Jacqueline Lipton]

I guess Sibrel was kind of asking for it ...