# Moon Landings: The Hoax that Refused to Die

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 4, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-the-hoax-that-refused-to-die/173013 "2003-05-04T13:41:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-the-hoax-that-refused-to-die/173013/21 "2003-05-26T05:40:10Z")

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All of this business sprang up because of a stupid movie that came out in 1978 called “Capricorn One.” Check it out:

[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077294](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077294)

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-the-hoax-that-refused-to-die/173013/22 "2003-05-26T06:30:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ficer67 \*  
> \*\*All of this business sprang up because of a stupid movie that came out in 1978 called “Capricorn One.” Check it out:
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> [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077294](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077294) \*\*

Actually, the stupid move sprang up because of stupid conspiracy theories, which have been around probably since man landed on the moon and definitely since Bill Kaysing published a book on the subject in 1974.

[This page](http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/apollohoax.html) has some interesting links on the topic.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-landings-the-hoax-that-refused-to-die/173013/23 "2003-05-27T00:39:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \*  
> \*\*I’m waiting for my pet theory to be on some TV “documentary” – that at the time of the moon landing, the moon was slightly less than a quarter phase, so the astronauts had to step very carefully or they’d fall off the edge of the moon.
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> There’s also a great government conspiracy to keep secret the fact that they found the bones of a long-decayed cow on the dark side of the moon – it wasn’t actually able to complete the jump. But the government maintains the American dream that it could and did. \*\*

[TV Producer]This teleplay needs a green cheese angle and more sex, I’ll pass.[/TV Producer]

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