This particular theory is insane drivel; however, there are many people who believe that the Moon landing was faked. During lunch a couple of months ago, I was surprised that my Chinese colleagues had this belief, too; they told me that this was common "knowledge" in China.
Often the Chinese state would fail to correct, or even tacitly endorse, falsehoods that made the western world look bad.
One other example: pre-Obama, the fact that the US had not had a black president was frequently brought up to prove that our society still embraced racism.
This is ludicrous. Everyone knows "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" was written to provide cover for Pete Wellers research into oscillating over thrusters and their applications in time travel and rock music.
There are many interesting claims about the fake landing. Some of them would be worth actually looking at, just from the "how did that actually happen" perspective... But things like 237 being "close enough" to 238,857 miles is just silly.
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[ 176 ms ] story [ 130 ms ] threadPeople build interesting belief networks, with sometimes ludicrous conclusions, e.g. the allegation a couple of years ago that Mossad was behind the shark attacks in Egypt (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336777/Egypt-shark-...)
One other example: pre-Obama, the fact that the US had not had a black president was frequently brought up to prove that our society still embraced racism.
How did it ever get on a site like discovery.com?