Sunday, February 18, 2001

Usually shows like Fox's "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?" don't get more than a "oh, please" from me. Because we had just come from a day at the Cape, this time I found myself feeling quite offended. On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center's visitor center, there is a memorial to people who have died in the pursuit of the dream of space.

Seeing the names shine with sunlight, back lit on a field of black granite, the memorial itself on a platform that moves with the sun, I was so struck by the sacrifice that these men and women made.

These brave people don't deserve to be called liars. Fortunately, a site out there gives a much better voice to my feelings than I can, and refutes the so-called evidence in a scientific way. Bad Astronomy: Bad TV shows point by point, why the conspiracy theorists are wrong.