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Today: July 20th, 2009. The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The very first time mankind walked on the Moon. From liftoff,
to walking down the lunar landing module for the first time,
to some of the most iconic images in all of human history:
It brings up a sense of wonder…
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." -Neil Armstrong
It still boggles my mind when I think about it, every time I look up at the…
Day 3 of the 2010 AACR meeting dawns, and, sadly, I still have no posts. On the other hand, the reason I have no post yet today is because I've been attending the meeting and hanging out with old friends to the point where, when I got back to the hotel last night, I was just too damned tired to…
As I write this, I am sadder than I have been for a long time. I recently learned that a frequent commenter here, a woman whose efforts on behalf of children's health I admired greatly, has passed away. I'm referring to the commenter who went by the 'nym lilady and sometimes signed her comments…
Wow -- looks like someone needs to have their meds adjusted...
A quick google search yielded a wikipedia article that sheds some light on these loons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Mont
Oh. Oh, my. A genuine, honest-to-goodness "Moon landing was a hoax" conspiracy theorist? I've wanted to take pot-shots at one of these for YEARS.
It's soooooo tempting, I tell you. So very, very, very tempting. And I've got an angle they've probably never considered before, too.
Perhaps when I get home tonite....
Are you kidding? I get *thousands* of emails like that. I stopped replying to them years ago, and stopped saving them not too long after. It was (to coin a word) insane.
I still deal with these folks often enough. Matter of fact, I just recorded a "Brains on Vacation" segment of the SETI podcast "Are We Alone" about this, and it'll air on Discovery Sirius radio on Wednesday. I'll have links to it from my blog when it's available for download.
Well, you can't really argue with that one can you? Some forms of craziness are way more fun than others...
I'm glad that the Wavemaker moon was brought to my attention though those posts, as that is about a million types of cool.
That bitty moon between those rings...so neat!
But other then that, those people are loons. :)
Personaly, I am not sure which is cooler. That you had wanted criminals/suspects sniping your comments or that they are such complete and utter nuts.
Your blog rocks Orac! Action, adventure, conspiracy (theories) and no one saying nasty things about each other. Totaly made my day.
Just before the guy you cited posted, there is a long post by "aredo" with links to the evidence that NASA is also hiding information about life elsewhere in space. Who can we trust anymore?
Here's a great comback against the moonlanding conspirists:
http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/october/last.php