Forgive me but I am new here. What I'd like to know is "Is there a FAQ"? I'm not seeing one though admittedly I havn't done a exhaustive search.

What I am looking for is a point by point debunking of various claims. I mean, I'm pretty well educated and I can peform amazing feats like making change and multiplying (smallish) numbers without a calculator. And I can figure out that Hoagland is deluded on my own. But I always have questions and I dislike being intellectually stampeded from "debunkers" either.

Frankly, I find it hard to believe anyone anymore. I don't believe in ufos or aliens or blah blah, but I don't accept the scientific party line either. Ok, well, I do... with reservations.

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The problem with having an FAQ is that it would have to be enormous. For Apollo, your best bet is http://www.clavius.org, created by BAUT's own JayUtah. For Kennedy, try http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm. I'm sure other people can provide references for 9/11, Hoagland, Planet X (actually, http://www.badastronomy.com has good stuff on the latter two), etc. We deal with a wide range of conspiracies here, as I'm sure you've noticed, most of which involve some pretty specialized information.

As to asking questions, if you ask them politely, you will get a polite response. If you get a rude response instead, merely reporting it to a moderator will get the issue resolved. It can, I guess, be pretty intimidating to have fifteen answers to your question, most of which are posted at the same time and feature, "Edit: (fill in blank) posted while I was answering!" Still, it's the easiest way to get information.

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Welcome to the BAUT, Noen! Love the avatar!

Further to the sites suggested by Gillianren, if you are looking for general information on the Apollo missions, then the ALSJ is just about the best online reference source imaginable.

For debunking the moon hoax, I would also recommend Bob Braeunig's site.

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Thank you all. The avatar is from a painting by Mark Ryden, I really like him so that's why I used it. I'm also an artist but he is better than I am.

I understand now why there's no FAQ but I would like to suggest sticky threads. Make a thread or two sticky and have the topic be.... oh... the moon landing debunked or whatever. And then make sure that people only make relevant and substantive posts, removing those that don't comply. Just a suggestion though.

The problem with that is the points raised and argumentsa used by CTs are so varied wide ranging that one thread wouldn't contain them all.

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And even with the same point every CT has its own flavour.

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It's been discussed a number of times, but in the end it's often easier for someone to ask their specific questions and then we can direct them to the appropriate thread.

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