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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Of course not.

[CrimsonAvenger]

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.

Of course he's not suggesting that. He's suggesting that Putin wants another sideshow and is desperate enough to think this'll do it....

Re:Of course not.

[Jason Levine]

Exactly. I did an IMDB search and found a Sci Fi movie from 1969 - Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun. Take a look at some of the effects. They were probably state of the art then and must have looked amazing, but they look extremely fake nowadays. Even if NASA had gotten the best and brightest of Hollywood on the "moon landing production", I doubt that 1) they could have pulled it off with so much realism, 2) they could have all kept the secret for so long, and 3) they wouldn't have used their knowledge from faking the moon landing to make more realistic movie special effects.

Re:Of course not.

[ShaunC]

Not only that, but at the time of the Moon landing, the Russians themselves were rather heavily involved in that arena. Had the landing been faked, Russia absolutely would have known; they would have distributed the proof far and wide to humiliate and one-up the Americans. It's just a tad late for a Russian to start asking questions.

Re:Of course not.

[dunkindave]

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

Sadly, that is how a conspiracy theorist actually thinks. In this case, NASA publishing photos from a probe orbiting the moon to prove NASA went to the moon 40 years ago will be labeled as the complicit organization just putting out more lies. These people will only believe something when it is put directly in front of them (sometimes not even then), and since they can't go to the moon to see these artifacts for themselves, you can't prove it to them, and any second-party proof you present will be dismissed as fake or lies. It is one of the tenets of how they make claims that within their requirements for "proof", the claim becomes non-falsifiable.

Let Russia Bankrupt Themselves To Check

[Irate Engineer]

Fine, go ahead Russia, spend a chunk of your GDP and put some boots on the Moon and fact check the U.S.

Oh yeah, make sure to make some more nuclear missiles. That's not cheap either, but security!

But wait...weren't these exact activities what caused the USSR to bankrupt themselves back in the 90's? Just checking.

No hate Russia, but you need to rein in your rhetoric. You have been beaten by playing this hand before.

Re:No it is just grandstanding

[gstoddart]

Investigating the US space program. Ummm, well I mean

Hey! Look over there, a Yeti!

There is nothing in this article other than some idiot saying he objects to the US appointing themselves in charge of investigating corruption, and by the way, we should look into their claims of landing on the moon.

Not that he thinks they lied about the moon.

This is very thinly veiled distraction and innuendo.

Don't treat it like it's a coherent anything. It's complete gibberish.

This is the fucking Wookie defense.