i’ve always thought that the lunar landings were a monstrous waste of resources, that they were irrevocably inked with cold war one-upmanship, and the arms race.

scientifically, far more has been acheived with unmanned space exploration. but that moment when neil armstrong, clambered down those steps, and fluffing his one great line, ‘one small step for [a] man’ it really did look like a giant leap for mankind. perhaps it’s just that conspiracy theories are more exciting than banal truth. that what seemed to be so, actually might be so.

what i’ve never understood tho’ is the determination of some people to refuse to believe it all happened. the objections are flimsy at best. i am interested in why there is this dogged refusal to believe it.