The event [Apollo 11 moonwalk] was so removed, however, so unreal, that no objective correlative existed to prove it had not been an event staged in a television studio – the greatest con of the century – and indeed a good mind, product of the iniquities, treacheries, gold, passions, invention, deception, and rich worldly stink of the Renaissance could hardly deny that the event if bogus was as great a creation in mass hoodwinking, deception, and legerdemain as the true ascent was in discipline and technology. Indeed, conceive of the genius of such a conspiracy. It would take criminals and confidence men mightier, more trustworthy and more resourceful than anything in this century or the ones before. Merely to conceive of such men was the surest way to know the event was not staged. Norman Mailer
‘So why would the US government, you know, fake the moon landing? Number One: it was National Prestige. President Kennedy had pledged that we would have a man on the moon by the end of the decade.’ Jim Marrs
Were the moon landings the most elaborate hoax in human history? Conspiracy s1e9: Faking the Moon Landings: Conspiracy, Channel 5 2015
Plus, was there a secret Soviet conspiracy to hide the deaths of cosmonauts in space? ibid.
Whether or not there really was a Plan B – Nasa prepared for their first test launch in the moonship Apollo 1 at breakneck pace. But many people on the team, chief among them lead astronaut Gush Grisssam, felt the programme was being pushed through too quickly. ibid.
‘We’ve got a fire in the cockpit! Reporting a bad fire! I’m burning up! It’s baaaddd!’. ibid. report of capsule fire
They [dissenters] believe we never went to the moon. ibid.
What went wrong? Many say the Soviet space programme was not nearly as advanced as it led the world to believe. ibid.
Are there any changes to the schedule, Marty? Apollo 11, ground control, 2019
Apollo 11 very simply has been given the mission of carrying men to the moon, landing them there and bringing them safely back. ibid. Buzz Aldrin
We have a leak in a valve located in a system associated with replenishing liquid hydrogen for the third stage of the Saturn 5 launch vehicle. ibid. controller
Magnificent ride. ibid. Neil Armstrong
Day II: There are receiving TV from the aircraft. ibid. controller
I promise to let you know if I stop breathing. ibid. Collins
July 20 1969: They are preparing to undock. ibid. dude
Columbia and Eagle reunited to become Apollo 11 again. ibid. controller
It is the farthest that anyone has ever gone. Yet humankind’s greatest adventure was also its riskiest. On every Apollo mission failure loomed. Unforeseen problems very nearly spawned tragedy. Moon Landings Declassified, National Geographic 2019
No-one foresees the tragedy that is about to unfold … Not even Grissom realises his life is in danger … Disaster strikes … A frayed wire sparks and quickly bursts into flame … The flame propels the first to the rescue … ibid.
Apollo 8: Roger. Please be informed there is a Santa Claus.
Control: Hello, Apollo 8. You’re the best ones to know. ibid.
Armstrong’s heart-rate spikes to 150 beats per minute. He must land soon or he will run out of fuel. ibid.
Apollo 12: This humongous vehicle generates its own bolt of lightning. ibid. Jay Babree, NBC
Apollo 13: The saving grace of Apollo 13 is luck. ibid.
Fifty years on the feud continues as a surprising number of people still believe we never landing on the moon. Moon Landing: The World’s Greatest Hoax 2021
‘We didn’t go to the moon and that is an established fact.’ ibid. Trevor Weaver, author/researcher
A small but persistant focal group. ibid.
Areas lit from behind should be in dark shade … in others the shadows don’t run in parallel … no stars are visible in any photographs … why does the flag seem to wave in a breeze? … ibid.