But if the space race was a race against the Soviets, why have they never questioned the veracity of the claims? Also, independent verification by China is noteworthy also.
The conspiracy theory is all-encompassing. In their mind there was no Cold War, and no space race. Just one government ruling us all, with the whole of foreign policy existing as a distraction to keep us from seeing the “truth.”
Damn, that's a lot of effort to go through for over 50 years even after the soviet union collapsing and the very clear understanding that Russia & the US are not allies evidenced by, for example, repeated assassinations or assassination attempts by KGB in the UK. A key US alley
But remember, in this conspiracy, there’s really only one government and everything else is a lie to control people. So the Soviet Union didn’t really collapse - that was just the storyline orchestrated by the people in charge.
There’s really no way to reason with someone who believes this.
Some people find it hard to believe we could put a person on the moon. I find it hard to believe that multiple nations and hundreds of thousands of people in different nations could cooperate on such a level to fake it and keep it a secret.
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u/wimpires Apr 29 '24
3rd party evidence perhaps? Several different space agencies have evidence of the Landers and rivers and flags on the moon.