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Originally Posted by Graham2001
...Finally, both events were accompanied by failure, in the case of the TransAtlantic cable, it stopped working less than one month of completion and in the case of Apollo there was a failure to follow up the achievement. In both cases these failures probably gave additonal impetus to claims that they had been faked.
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I would argue that this isn't the reason that the hoax claims
started, but rather is the reason that the hoax claims had some traction. If messages and news had continued to flow across the Atlantic, no one would have given credibility to the hoax claims. But when they soon stopped --- hmmm, maybe it was a fake after all. Similarly, if NASA had been launching spacecraft to the Moon continuously over the last 30 years, the Fox mockumentary never would have been aired. But I think that there still would have been people in 1969 saying (at least to themselves) -- "Gee, that looks like it was faked"
edited once to add last sentence.
edited a second time to note that
Walter stated essentially the same thing in this thread
http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15869. I wasn't trying to steal your thoughts, honest :P