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Google reveals truth behind Apollo!

I don’t know if I wanna laugh at this kind of parody (which truly is funny) or cry that antiscience stupidosity has reached such a level of notoriety that it’s the target of web snarkery.


But it is funny.

Tip o’ the spacesuit visor to BABloggee Vernon Balbert and the ever-webalicious A.

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July 8th, 2008 12:09 PM by Phil Plait in Humor, NASA, Video Blog | 17 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

17 Responses to “Google reveals truth behind Apollo!”

  1. 1.   Chris Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    The movie being filmed in the photo was “2001: A Space Odyssey”

    look at the space suit

  2. 2.   Blake Stacey Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Fitting, isn’t it, given that Google University’s Department of Wikistudies is the accreditation institute for Moon Hoax proponents. . . and creationists, antivaccinationists, crop circle enthusiasts, homeopaths, astrologers. . . .

  3. 3.   Tomas Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    lol, this is just hilarious :D

  4. 4.   Astronomy: Search The Galaxy » Google reveals truth behind Apollo! Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    [...] Original post by Phil Plait [...]

  5. 5.   RinzeWind Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    I don’t know if you already posted this, Phil, but it’s also pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE

  6. 6.   John Keller Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Phil,

    This is also a parady of Bart Sibrel’s Astronauts Gone Wild. In that show, Ed Mitchell’ son (Apollo 14), says that they ought to call the CIA.

  7. 7.   Celtic_Evolution Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Excuse the snark but… WOW… a government-cover-up-moon-hoax skit. How original. :/

    Funnier thing is probably how many credulous hoaxers will not see the irony in the skit and go scrambling to Google Sky for “evidence”.

  8. 8.   Sili Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    I have to admit that the graphics appear to be more responsive on a mac. But my little laptop’s getting old, so I doubt it’s representative.

  9. 9.   crunch Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Finally, more people who know the moon landing was a hoax!

  10. 10.   baryogenesis Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    C’mon Celt Ev, it was very well done. There is a ton of lame crap on Youtube, but I think this is funny.

  11. 11.   Mang Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    And according to Google Moon Apollo ran from 1963 ….

    Apollo Series
    These six missions of the Apollo Program,
    which lasted from 1963 to 1972, were the
    first and last times that Mankind has set
    foot on another world.

  12. 12.   mapnut Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Phil, what did you mean by “I don’t know if I wanna laugh . . . or cry that antiscience stupidosity has reached such a level of notoriety that it’s the target of web snarkery.” ? What is Bad Astronomy if not web snarkery targeting antiscience stupidosity?

  13. 13.   OtherRob Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    There’s nothing to see here. Move along….

  14. 14.   Grand Lunar Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    The sad thing is that some Moon Hoax believers will actually take this video seriously.

    Wouldn’t be the first time a parody has been taken serious by HBs, mind you. Just watch!

  15. 15.   Sophia Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Hahaha, stupid but funny. I think that’s what we can all agree on

  16. 16.   Clayton Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Moon hoax believer calls Buzz Aldrin a liar:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU

    Sometimes I think this might be best way to deal with these nutbars…

  17. 17.   space cadet Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Cool. By amazing coincidence, I just finished reading Dwayne Day’s little thing on faking the Moon landings on Space Review. It’s pretty fun, too.

    http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1161/1

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