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Summary: I would give it 0 stars if I could
Review: Bill Kaysing is the grandmaster of the moon hoax game. For the uninitiated, Kaysing and a happy band of "investigative journalists" believe that NASA faked all of the moon missions for one reason or another. Ironically, this book began as a satire of the moon hoax theory. Kaysing was contracted to write an outlandish tome that would make fun of the theory, showing how ridiculous it is. But, the story goes, as he researched his quarry, he became convinced that NASA had indeed defrauded everybody and that the astronauts never got farther from earth than an airplane. I won't go into Kaysing's "proof" of all this, because there is none. His creativity, however, can be amusing. Kaysing writes that while we thought we were watching moon walkers bound along the moon's surface 250,000 miles from earth, they were actually getting down in Las Vegas girlie bars. His evidence? He has a full-page spread of an exotic dancer. Of course, we don't see any astronauts, but the dancer sure is nice to look at. Then there are the personal schedules. Kaysing gives us what he believes were the astronauts' activities on earth during the moon flights. One of my favorites is the "Guilt Therapy" sessions, obviously for whomever was suffering pangs from defrauding us all. Did these schedules come on official NASA letterhead? Were they developed by government officials? No, they came straight from Kaysing's imagination--but what the heck. Bill gets ugly with his original editor. He reprints a letter from the woman where she tells him that his manuscript just isn't written very well, and therefore she cannot publish it. I guess Bill never received a rejection letter before, because he concludes that this is proof she is in cahoots with NASA to suppress his efforts to expose the truth. It's tempting to say that this is so bad that it's good, but I can't, because there are people who actually believe this moon hoax garbage, and revere Kaysing for starting the whole thing. What is most annoying is the attitude of these folks. Their ignorance of basic logic, critical thinking and scientific concepts is outweighed only by their arrogance: they do not put forth their ideas as mere theory, but as fact. And when challenged, they respond with "NASA made that up," or "that cannot be proven," "the photos were faked" or "how do you know--were you there?" All the while, forgetting that they have never furnished one bit of creditable evidence. All they do is make up claims, and then put them forth as fact. (Kaysing once said that he knew a geologist who said the moon rocks actually came from earth. His friend's name? Credentials? Proof? Funny--that's not in the interview.) This book was once the subject of an article in the Weekly World News--you know, the paper that features articles such as "Clinton catches Hillary in bed with space alien!" Kaysing applauded the News for their work on his behalf. Enough said.
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Summary: Instead of a blast-off, can you say rip-off?
Review: I don't mean the idea we blew billions on not going to the moon. I mean the idea we still are buying books that say we didn't go, and Armstrong took a giant leap for grifters everywhere in the universe. The problem with this book, other than the premise, is the shoddy writing. But in case you are curious anyway, think on this: we Americans can't even keep a minor secret hidden for, oh, longer than a millisecond or two. Something this big would leak more than a colander full of spaghetti. Save your moolah and buy a better conspiracy book than this one. Even Area 51 is more believable than this hooey.
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Summary: Convinced!
Review: I had always believed that we landed men on the Moon. I had heard bits n' pieces, rumors about a simulation of this historic date in our TimeLine and basically brushed aside the notion of any fakery involved. I ordered the book, "We Never....." and then my mind started to see what my eyes refused to. The points that I think make this event suspicious to me now are the 6 near perfect "trips" to the Moon; the astronauts entering the unfilterd sunlight areas, temperatures that their suits would not allow them to survive; deaths of people involved with the 'mission' that perhaps were a threat to the success of the secret. If it wasn't faked, then the Government would have all the information at it fingertips to disprove the theory and put the disbelievers to rest........?? Where is the proof and why to this day are we not using the Moon as a practical base for space operations. Until I hear something to change my mind I'm leaning towards a simulation..........
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Summary: I wouldn't put it pass NASA to do something like that!
Review: If you had watched the FOX special about a month ago, and you really liked the program then you must read Kaying's interesting book. Bill Kaysing was featured on the FOX special, but his book delves into more details about the fake lunar landings and the reasons why NASA had to ensure the success of the Apollo missions. The only problem I had with Kaysing's book was how his chapters were organized. This book is in serious need of an editor! The photographs in the book were very interesting, but they really need to be printed on glossy paper or something so their details can be made out better. Mr. Kaysing, if you seriously want to convince more people to believe that we never went to the moon, then you need to revise your book and present your facts and theories more cogently! All in all, it was a rather good read.
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Summary: Good for what it is.
Review: If you want to see what the conspiracy theorists have to say about the moon landing, here's a great place to start. I'd venture to say this is the definitive work in the field. That being said, let me say that this is less science and more science fiction. It should be noted that Kaysing was a WRITER, not a scientist. All of his information is second-hand, and little of it from any authoritative source. If you want a detailed explanation of why the "hoax" idea is hogwash, check out
where the February 2001 FOX broadcast is disected point-by-point. If you want a more common-sense explanation: Thousands upon thousands of people were involved in the Apollo project, including the heads of hundreds of companies that financed the research. To think that ANY organization could keep that tight of a lid on anything this big is preposterous. I believe it was Twain that said, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead."
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Summary: Ol' Dipper Knows What Happened
Review: We used to call Bill Kaysing "Silly Bill Ding-A-Ling" at Starfleet Academy. Here's the gist of Silly Willy's book in case you couldn't figure it out from the title: The Apollo space program was faked. He then lays down some stunningly incisive observations with oodles of documentation to back everything up... oops, my mistake. Silly Dipper. I know Deputy Ding-A-Ling is wrong because Ol' Dipper was there when Apollo IX landed on de' Moon (I am The Man in the Moon). My buddy Herman Martian (Marvin's younger half-brother) guided them down with his Proto-Blaster light paddles and the Lunar Lander landed square on my big belly. That is why no crater was left when it touched down (plus it only weighed one-sixth in the Moon's gravity and I lo-o-o-ove brontoburgers!). Neil and I then split a six-pack of Lunar Lager together to celebrate at Tranquility Base and knocked a few golf balls around (Neil shanked a few). It was then picture time, but those pesky bright, bright, brite stars kept ruining the shots so, Scotty beamed me down a size XXXXXXXXL-Tall black T-shirt. I put it on and then blocked out the sky with my width for Neil and his buddy while Herman snapped away with the Polaroid. Silly Willy must be using too much Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds lately to not realize these obvious truths. Buy this book if you've got nothing else to do and can't spell "cat". But make sure you pay in pennies.
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Summary: Unconvincing
Review: When I realised I'd dropped $15 for this I could have wept. I want to believe in conspiracy theories however books like this do not help the cause. It's a thin tome to begin with; in addition, a number of the pages are taken up entirely with (often irrelevant) photographs, looking as it they've been taken on some ancient old busted camera and photocopied a dozen times. This is an interesting topic however this book in no way does it justice. Purchase something else for your money.
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Summary: Just Awful
Review: Wow this is a bad book. Terrible writing and organization, not to mention he is completely wrong. Buy the book 'Bad Astronomy' instead if you want to learn about the moon landing and hoax theories.
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