How 1 Man Spread Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories
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8 May 2024
July 20, 1969, marked a defining moment in human history as Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic steps onto the lunar surface
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His words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" became immortal and still resonate with people across the world
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However, alongside the celebration, there exists a persistent undercurrent of skepticism and conspiracy theories that challenge the authenticity of the Moon landing
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According to a report in The Guardian, one man spread the idea that it was all a hoax. His name was Bill Kaysing
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Kaysing was an employee of Rocketdyne, a company that helped to design the Saturn V rocket engines
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In 1967, he self-published a pamphlet called 'We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle', which had grainy photos and some crazy theories
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He also questioned why no stars are visible in the pictures, and lack of a blast crater under the landing module
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Though they was dismissed, Kaysing succeeded in establishing a few perennials that are kept alive to this day
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Despite evidences like 382kg of moon rock, corroboration from Russia, Japan and China, and images of tracks made by the astronauts in the moondust, belief in the moon-hoax has blossomed
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Podcaster Joe Rogan is among the doubters, so is YouTuber Shane Dawson. A sociology professor in the US told his students the landing was fake
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Until his death in 2005, Kaysing maintained that the whole thing was a fraud, filmed in a TV studio
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