# Lunar landing conspiracy conspiracy **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-landing-conspiracy-conspiracy/271643 "2004-10-28T10:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-landing-conspiracy-conspiracy/271643/21 "2004-10-31T14:22:21Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > Another big hoax-believer argument I’ve heard is “NASA figured out that they couldn’t do it with 1960’s technology, but couldn’t back down from the space race with the Russians, and so they faked it.” Which I find quite insane, but it’s another motivation: saving face during the height of the Cold War. Yeah, saving face does actually make some sense as a reason for a fake. Especially after Kennedy declared that the America could do it by the end of the decade. Not that I really believe it was a fake or anything. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kegg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kegg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-landing-conspiracy-conspiracy/271643/22 "2004-10-31T14:25:04Z")
Then there is another reason. I had a neighbor who is a Hari Karishna beliver (that dosn’t look right but I’nm not going to fix it). and the bagavagita (another misspelling) said that the moon is further away then the sun. And because that IS so, the moon landings have to be fake. No amount of talking about solar eclipes or other solar facts would move him. THE LANDINGS WERE FAKE!!! because the bagawhateveritis is correct!!! * * * Spelling and grammer (especialy spelling) subject to change without notice [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunar-landing-conspiracy-conspiracy/271643.md?page=1)