Hey guys, I know you'll eat me alive, but after being a Houston Oiler fan for most of my life I kind of got to like the taste of crow.

I've had an amateur site off and on dedicated to this subject for about 2 years now. Most of the time I can disprove what ever it is I happen to find odd but it is still great to look at all of those lunar pics and remember the good ole days of NASA. My father worked there most of his adult life in building number 9 in Houston where they built wind tunnel protos and what not, a lot of mock up making going on.

Someone ask why would Nixon go along with a Hoax? Well, you have to remember, we were about 1.5 years behind the Soviets in the space race in the mid 60's. They had done everything first. But then the US grabbed the upper hand with one of the boldest decisions ever made in Space travel. Shortly before the launch of Apollo 8 (shortly in pre-plan terms) they re-worked Apollo 8 to orbit the moon. It was originally scheduled to test out the LEM in Earth orbit. The success of Apollo 8 putting the USA around the moon first knocked the Soviets to their knees, it broke their back so to speak. That plus an accident of their own bought us some time.

Nixon or any President would have viewed it as the Hiroshima or Nagasaki bomb. Landing on the moon saved lives and that type of technological superiority not only put the USA as the primary power broker of the world, but essentially was the beginning of the cold war era. If a few of the early missions were faked, it was simply treated as a military action as a covert action. I think we are all aware that there are secrets in the military that go to the grave with those involved.

What always ran up my skirt on this issue is this. Apollo 11 landed and we got the fuzzy / not so good TV pics back. It was still a miracle of science. But then, we had a burned out TV camera on 12, and 13 didn't land. No live footage from the moon for over 1.5 years after Apollo 11 landed. Coincidence? Maybe and probably, but it makes a good scandal and maybe warrants a little thought.

I think what is the most fascinating to me is, I thought the FOX special was a Hoax to debunk the hoax theory. The non believers had some good points, but they mixed in so much crap with it like "not being able to hear the rocket engine in space". Give me a break. Those guys presenting that case were way to intelligent to pursue something like "no sound in space', come on.

Anyway, to get to my point take a look at the pic I post here. See the triangular imprint. Notice the mashed down smooth surface much like a boot print, only the markings are different. Now notice, the dirt spilled onto this print from the landing gear probe. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Well, don't beat me up too bad, you have to understand I love our Space Program, I just think some things are a little ODD and/or that we should treat anyone that questions it like a lunartic.

You can directly view the pic at
http://www.hdfed.com/images/as11-40-5917a.jpg

Great Day Ladies and Gentlemen

Uncle Jim
my quote comes from Festus of Gun Smoke....

"I'd rather be hated than not thought of at all."