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Q. "Were the Apollo moon-landings faked?"
Q. "Were the Apollo moon-landings faked?"
NO THEY WEREN'T !!!
NO THEY WEREN'T !!!
I was at Scout Camp when Apollo 11's Eagle Lander touched down: high on a hill above the village of Kettlewell in Yorkshire, we clustered around a small transistor radio and stayed up late into the night listening to the crackly NASA transmission.
I was at Scout Camp when Apollo 11's Eagle Lander touched down: high on a hill above the village of Kettlewell in Yorkshire, we clustered around a small transistor radio and stayed up late into the night listening to the crackly NASA transmission.
Before long the suggestion was made that the Moon landings hadn't actually taken place at all, but were staged in a film studio here on Earth, closely following the storyline of the 1977 film, Capricorn One.
Before long the suggestion was made that the Moon landings hadn't actually taken place at all, but were staged in a film studio here on Earth, closely following the storyline of the 1977 film, Capricorn One.
Who better to look into this than TV's "Mythbusters"?!?
Who better to look into this than TV's "Mythbusters"?!?
Q. "Why isn't Pluto a planet any more?"
Q. "Why isn't Pluto a planet any more?"
Pluto was the 9th planet discovered in our Solar System and all was well until Astronomers started discovering other little "planets" further out than Pluto whereupon some Astronomers began to say,
Pluto was the 9th planet discovered in our Solar System and all was well until Astronomers started discovering other little "planets" further out than Pluto whereupon some Astronomers began to say,
"Herrumph... we can't call them ALL planets now can we?"
"Herrumph... we can't call them ALL planets now can we?"
Other Astronomers replied, "Oh yes we can!" and the first lot said, "Oh no we can't!"
Other Astronomers replied, "Oh yes we can!" and the first lot said, "Oh no we can't!"
And so they had a big meeting in 2006 at which it was decided that from now on, the little ones (and Pluto was one of them) would be called "Dwarf Planets".
And so they had a big meeting in 2006 at which it was decided that from now on, the little ones (and Pluto was one of them) would be called "Dwarf Planets".
So there you have it: Pluto is the same as ever it was and it really doesn't care what we call it.
So there you have it: Pluto is the same as ever it was and it really doesn't care what we call it.
(And don't tell anyone I said this but - maybe because I'm a bit old - I'll always think of it as a planet!)
(And don't tell anyone I said this but - maybe because I'm a bit old - I'll always think of it as a planet!)
Q. "How do you know all this stuff about space?"
Q. "How do you know all this stuff about space?"
Because I'm old so I've read lots of books and magazines. The only trouble is my brain's getting full up so I'm starting to think that the only way I can learn any new stuff is by forgetting some of the old stuff.
Because I'm old so I've read lots of books and magazines. The only trouble is my brain's getting full up so I'm starting to think that the only way I can learn any new stuff is by forgetting some of the old stuff.
(I'd give you some examples of stuff I've forgotten if I could, but what they were I've no idea.)
(I'd give you some examples of stuff I've forgotten if I could, but what they were I've no idea.)
Q. "Is the Moon made of cheese?"
Q. "Is the Moon made of cheese?"
All of the evidence so far is that it is not.
All of the evidence so far is that it is not.
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