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Report Cards: We Never Went to the Moon pp. 126-150

Last week we ended with Kaysing very long insertion of Thomas Baron’s testimony to the Congressional investigation into the Apollo 1 fire. The goal of that section, and this one, is to claim that the conspiracy theory is plausible because sometimes massive projects have flaws. The method to complete that goal is the inclusion of official documentation, because so far, all we’ve had to go on is what Kaysing assumes to be the case. We’ve had him guessing, makings things up, and providing a rendering of what the command room migh t look like if it were real. Official documentation makes the theory seem better, and since we are over halfway into the book, no one is reading it anymore. The first report comes from General Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Apollo program. In the preface to the report Phillips makes it explicit that he is not satisfied with the progress made by the program and that substantial improvement is needed. He also spells “enclosed” with an “I” (“Inclosed”) which I’...
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Testify: We Never Went to the Moon pp. 92-126

 Today’s post is going to be about two chapters. The first is a page and a half, completely unnecessary, and concerns how the radio transmission was faked. This question of the radio waves was never an issue to anyone in both the historical explanation and the conspiracy theory. It’s an issue that no one raises because we live in the age of global instant communication. Even back in the 70s, when the book was written, you could still phone England from Iowa. It would cost a lot, but no one doubts the technology. You might get some HAM operator nerd type wondering about the direction the transmission was coming from, but there are probably ways to explain that. Kaysing does engage in technobabble in an effort to confuse and bewilder the reader. He begins talking about ultra-low frequency transmission and how it is used to transmit messages to submarines. This was the backup to the actual transmission. Which doesn’t make sense because, according to Kaysing, we’re trying to fake the t...
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Of Course It's 2001: We Never Went to the Moon pp. 80-92

 I have a confession to make I don’t like 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think it’s a remarkable achievement in filmmaking, it’s certainly a science fiction milestone, but it’s boring as fuck. I’ve seen every Stanley Kubrick movie up to A.I. (his quasi-last movie) and the man knew the technical craft of filmmaking. He knew how to frame a shot (just watch the big wheel scenes with Danny in The Shining), how to do lighting (Barry Lyndon), and execute unbroken long takes (the opening scene in Full Metal Jacket). Most of his movies are very slow paced, and hard to watch. You have to sit down and ready yourself. Most of his movies are great examples of why film is a form of art; but 2001 is not one of them. I don’t say this to be shocking, and some of you right now are probably thinking what the hell is he on about 2001 is a great movie. It’s not, it’s too long. The opening scene with the apes does not need to go on as long as it did. The end hyperspace scene is much the same. We remember the...
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The How 4: A New How; We Never Went to the Moon pp. 71-80

 Our fourth explanation for how the Moon landing is faked is also our final section of this chapter. Remember that in the first three, we are all operating under a grand assumption that the author is taking as a fact, that the “Apollo Simulation Project” was real. I don’t mean, faking the Moon Landing, I mean the logistical angle for it all. He’s assumed the location, the base, the existence of the facility, and he’s even captioned one of the pictures he’s used for proof as an “ author’s conception.” The conspiracy theory is an assumption as well, but that is the entire book in action. Here we need to consider the nuts and bolts of the theory and all he’s been telling us is this is what could be the case. He’s claimed that the entire landing was faked in the Pacific, and I said he’s way overcomplicated that scenario. Now he’s got to explain how we the common folk know the Moon Landing happened. There are a few ways we know about it: photographs, radio transmissions, and television...
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The How 3: Return of the How; We Never Went to the Moon pp. 67-70

 We left off with a surprisingly detailed section on where the conspiracy was pulled off. There are details incorrect and information missing, but we did just come off the Cooper and Protocols double feature so in comparison, this is much better. Kaysing claims that everything took place in an Airforce town and the program itself he calls “ASP.” It’s not just the Asp though. He claims that deep withing the caverns on the facility, was built a soundstage named “Copernicus.” He writes, “ It soon earned the name ‘Cuss’ because of problems in lighting and sound. ” And…nope. This isn’t what happened. I’ve done sound and lighting for television. Sure, you can have problems with it; but what sound do we need to fake the Moon Landing? Everything would be recorded and edited in afterwards. He even writes later on the same page, “ A plus for the project was the advantage of filming silent .” I also feel like our conspiracy theorist picked the name “Copernicus” because it sounds cool and the...
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The How 2: The Howening; We Never Went to the Moon pp. 59-67

 Kaysing has promised to explain how the US Government faked the Moon Landing. So far, he’s only explained that sometimes, the government lies. I know, I shudder every time I read that. He gave us a list of things the government lied about claiming that they were faked—when none of them were fake. The closest he gets is the Gulf of Tonkin. He’s going to build on his earlier “work” by explaining what the Defense Intelligence School (DIA) is and it’s relationship to the Apollo Simulation Project (ASP). Conspiracy theorists love acronyms. In reality the DIA is the military’s intelligence operation. They take Naval Intelligence, Army Intelligence, Airforce, Coast Guard, Space Force (?) reports and evaluate the national military urgency of them. They then report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and ultimately the president. It’s not a mysterious organization, but most people are unaware that it exists like the National Reconnaissance Office that is in charge of spy satellites. We also must ...
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The How: We Never Went to the Moon pp. 56-59

 Last week I began with a comment about the layout of this book. I remarked that each chapter seems to be a small snippet of the theory and that the book lent itself to a chapter-by-chapter dissection. This would be a change from the previous works where the chapters were significantly longer, denser with conspiratorial content, and terrible writing. This chapter however decided to be more like we’ve been used to and now I have to split the chapter. It’s not a problem, it’s just frustrating because I had gotten used to it already. This chapter is going to explain to us “how” NASA faked the Moon landing. The chapter begins with a quote from the book “Manhattan Project, the Untold Story.” Coincidentally, I believe that I read this book while I was in high school (I followed this with the 1995 Dark Sun, about the making of the hydrogen bomb). Originally it was published in 1967 (I read a revised edition for the 50th anniversary of the bomb), and is the story of the people who worked o...
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