A few days ago, I was talking with one guy here at work and he remembers people claiming it was fake from day one. So, I'm guess the hoax idea was around from the start, heck, there were probably people claiming it couldn't be done from the second it was announced we were going to attempt it.

I've heard, and tend to agree with, that some people need to believe in consiracies to maintain a sence of control over their lives. They know a secret that people who have control over them don't want them to know and, therefore, they themselves have some sort of control back.