Conspiracy Theory Fans – Take Notice

In a move that will make all those who continue to say the moon landings were all faked, a piece from slashdot adds some fuel to those fires.

BBC reports that a treasured piece at the Dutch national museum — a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during a goodwill tour by the three Apollo-11 astronauts shortly after their moon mission in 1969 — has been revealed as nothing more than petrified wood, curators say. A jagged fist-size stone with reddish tints, it was mounted and placed above a plaque that said, ‘With the compliments of the Ambassador of the United States of America… to commemorate the visit to The Netherlands of the Apollo-11 astronauts.’ The plaque does not specify that the rock came from the moon’s surface. Researchers from Amsterdam’s Free University said they could see at a glance the rock was probably not from the moon. They followed the initial appraisal up with extensive testing. ‘It’s a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone,’ wrote Geologist Frank Beunk in an article published by the museum. Beunk says the rock, which the museum at one point insured for more than half a million dollars, was worth no more than $70. The ‘rock’ had originally been been vetted through a phone call to NASA. As the US Embassy in the Hague said it was investigating the matter, the Rijksmuseum says it will keep the piece as a curiosity.”

It might be best to get a documented lie-detector test on Buzz Aldrin, while he is alive, just so that one last piece of evidence will be on record.

I truly find it amazing, but I actually know people who believe that all the space program has been faked. This is from otherwise intelligent persons, showing no traces of mental illness.

It truly takes all kinds. It’s kind of like living on the set of Capricorn One

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