(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[James Wynn]

>>> The uncropped version of this picture works fine I think. It would
>>> show the flag on it's pole. One of the arguments from the 
>>> conspiracists that the moon landings
>>> were faked is that their composition is perfect despite their cameras
>>> having no viewfinders. But the truth is that all the pictures were
>>> cropped.
>
> You know about the suppressed transmission, of course? No? Oh, well, 
> it's a covert operation between the United States government and the 
> Soviet Union, it's been going on for over 50 years. We've been on the 
> moon since the '50s. We've been on Mars since '62, it was May 22nd.
>

I have a friend whose in-laws believe the moon landing was faked. He 
said once, "The thing that gets me is...why do they think anyone would 
do that?"

My answer: "Because it's fun to trick people. Who needs a reason?"

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