Conspiracies

     I'm a sucker for a good conspiracy. JFK, 911, Vegas, are just a few conspiracy theories that I subscribe to. Pearl Harbor is another.
     Though not conspiracies, I believe O.J. is innocent and Michael Jackson wasn't a child molester. I wouldn't normally admit that in public, but both men were acquitted, so I'm not entirely mistaken.
     Where I draw the line is when people say the moon landings never happened. I think these conspiracies are nuts. Not only are they nuts, they're offensive to me, because I was a witness to the moon landings. Television would never lie, haha.
     There were things that struck me as odd at the time. The manner in which the astronauts moved about the moon. The shadows. The footage. The fact that there was any footage at all was amazing to me. How did they do that? I wondered. The whole event was incredible to me. Not to be missed, that's for sure.
     But when you think about the complexity of fooling a nation, the world, with a moon landing, I'm not sure it's possible. There are too many variables involved. You'd have to emulate a rocket taking off into space. A moon landing, a moon orbiter, Cape Canaveral, a splash down, astronauts being quarantined (that's not so hard), interviews with astronauts for years and years afterwards. I think it would be too difficult to fabricate. Plus, someone would break their silence and spill the beans if it wasn't true. People blab. They're braggers. It would be next to impossible to keep everybody quiet. 
     Another thing is money. There was a lot of money to be made by the aerospace industry. They're not going to fake it, they're going to make it, and sell it. Even if it doesn't work.