On 7/25/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing is the moon landing fraud claims are so ludicrous as to be > laughable. No need to debunk each claim one by one. > > The entire Apollo project was so demonstrably big, over a number of years, > employing 1000's, if not tens of 1000's of people, not to mention those > overseas connected with the project and the landings themselves that were > not part of NASA or the US government. How would it be possible to maintain > a conspiracy that large? The consciences of hundreds of whistleblowers > would have prompted them to scream and shout. > > If the moon landig was myth, then what about the prior and subsequent space > programs including the shuttle, mars, voyager, etc.? > > The fact that the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment equipment set up on the > moon by Apollo 11 astronauts is still being used today by independent > universities, provides ample proof. > > Not to mention that the USSR never doubted it as a fact. >
Often it's the sheer numbers involved in an event (or alleged to be involved) that prove or disprove a conspiracty theory. The "faked moonshot" theory is (as you say) a perfect example. There are a number of crackpots out there who actually believe that commercial, military and strange white unmarked aircraft (including scheduled commercial airliners) are involved in a plot of spray chemicals on an unsuspecting public. Without getting into alleged details, the scope of these operations are supposed to be so huge that the silence and complicity of tens of thousands of airline mechanics, maintenance staff, pilots and other staff would be required. The flip side of it, of course, is where millions are ~supposed~ to be involved, but clearly aren't. It has been said with some seriousness that up to 10% of North Americans are being abducted by aliens ~nightly~ up to the mothership for genetic experiments/breeding. These people are supposed to float through open windows, even right through solid walls, and up to the ship. Yet no one sees them floating en masse? No husbands have ever woken up to find the little woman missing at 3am? No kids have ever come into the room to see mommy and/or daddy floating out the window? Between Canada and the US, there are what, 300 million people? 10% would make it - wait, just a minute, carry the 3, put the point over there, and yup, 30 million people abducted every night without a trace. Right. cheers, frank, who is an abductee, but realizes he's one of the few (or as he likes to say, "blessed") -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
