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Russian Official Calls For "International Investigation" of the Apollo Program

MarkWhittington writes: According to a Tuesday article in the Moscow Times, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee named Vladimir Markin suggested that an international investigation be mounted into some of the "various murky details surrounding the U.S. moon landings between 1969 and 1972." Markin would particularly like to know where some of the missing moon rocks went to and why the original footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing was erased. Markin hastened to add that he is, of course, not suggesting that NASA faked the moon landings and just filmed the events in a studio.

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  1. The reason is the US FIFA investigation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There, saved you reading the article.

  2. Putin Vs. Donald Trump by retroworks · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a sideshow war

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    1. Re:Putin Vs. Donald Trump by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

      The hair Putin doesn't have is better than the hair Trump does. But, overall a fair comparison - they're both overcompensating, megalomaniacal sociopaths.

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    2. Re:Putin Vs. Donald Trump by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm pretty sure Putin has nukes, blackjack, and hookers.

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  3. Re: Of course not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because you beat her to death!

  4. The footage is with the lost Doctor Who episodes by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Find the lost Doctor Who episodes, and you will find your answer. Probably not, but I would be happy. I want to see the Marco Polo serial.

  5. Re:and 1 ....2......3.... Begin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just when I thought the fake moon landing conversation had ended.

    It will not end until the truth comes out. When I was a kid, I went on the Universal Studio tour, and when I went to the toilet, the tram left without me. So I looked around, and accidentally wandered into the warehouse with the fake Tranquility Base. Everything was done in Styrofoam, painted gray to match the color of the moon. There was an exact replica of the Eagle lander. I saw it all with my own eyes. Then the security guards grabbed me, threatened me, and told me that no one would believe me if I said anything. It is ironic that after all these years, it is the Russians that have finally revealed the coverup.

  6. Not that he'd know anything about this... by jratcliffe · · Score: 3, Funny

    He went on to say "I'm very skeptical, since the background in a lot of those moon photos looks just like the set we used to film those attacks on defenseless Russians by Ukrainian thugs...uh...um...I mean...nevermind."

  7. Re:Of course not. by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Funny

    In 1969, "special effects" that were convincing enough to have faked the whole thing would probably have cost more than 2 whole trips to the moon.

    I guess you haven't taken a look at those images lately, the "special effects" have not aged well. This site is truly revealing But you be the judge. ;-)

  8. Re:Of course not. by Immerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously those are fakes. You can tell by the fact that they show a lander on the moon. :-D

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  9. Re:and 1 ....2......3.... Begin by tompaulco · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will not end until the truth comes out

    The truth is once they ran the numbers for how much the program was going to cost, they decided to fake it. Then they ran the numbers on developing the technology to convincingly fake it, and that was even worse. So they sent some guys to the moon in a rocket and faked it from there.

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  10. Re:Apollo 18 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Passing around bits of pumice to gullible school kids seems like a real mean trick.

  11. Re: Of course not. by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!

            Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

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  12. Re: Of course not. by IMightB · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to know why Putin fucks goats and why all evidence has been erased. So many shirtless Putin shots have been doctered!

  13. Re:and 1 ....2......3.... Begin by lgw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows the moon landings were filmed on a soundstage on Mars!

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  14. Re:and 1 ....2......3.... Begin by michelcolman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows the moon landings were filmed on a soundstage on Mars!

    Yes, they first tried to do it in the Nevada desert, but they couldn't get the sound right.

  15. Re: Of course not. by ncc74656 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to know why Putin fucks goats and why all evidence has been erased

    Because they were MALE goats and we all know Putin's stance on all things gay.

    Wide?

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