Director of the UK National Space Centre, Anu Ojha, attributes claims the Lunar landings were hoaxed to a ‘seductive conspiratorial method of thinking’, which he asserts poses ‘a real threat to our democratic way of life’. Is he right, or should we be cynical when a vast imperial machine, high on violence and fueled by propaganda, claims to have sent men to the Moon and back?

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Notes:

Anu Ojha, Conspiracy theories: Why do so many people doubt the moon landings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdW--4HKx38

We Went to the Moon, article by David Chandler and Don Davis: https://davidchandler-61838.medium.com/we-went-to-the-moon-97ece06c2250

Contemplating Conspiracy, Episode Six: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5T0IjQJnCo&list=PLpISWTfiuVApGIzcQS6-sbFb9eGUf_5_D&index=6

Audio of Dave McGowan’s Wagging the Moondoggie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUgUJLmuGU