I disagree with the point that it'd be impossibly difficult to keep those who were involved quiet for 45 years. There are many reasons why more people would not speak out (if it's in fact a hoax, that is).
The first is the obvious difficulty of going up against the reigning power and authority. Needless to say you'd have to be prepared to give up everything to call NASA and the USA government a liar, and few are brave enough to do so. It's a huge claim - calling Nixon a liar is a child's play next to it.
Second, unless you're a big shot overseeing a large part of the operation, your direct involvement is not crucial enough to be able to call the whole moon landing a hoax. Most lower level peons could only make a statement with any authority about some small aspect of the operation they are directly involved with. Beyond that it's all conjectures and won't be given serious considerations. As for the crucial part for which he has first-hand knowledge or evidence, chances are that it can be explained away or refuted by others with broader scope of responsibility as well as backings of other staff. In other words, it's not as easy as one might think to blow a whistle because, for the most part, they are in no position to do so.
The third point is that, even if one had a irrefutable evidence, we should remember that he'd be only as effective as the media allows him. No matter what he says, if the mainstream media does not cooperate, he'll get nowhere. He'll be that proverbial "tree falling when no one's around to hear it". One might put it on the internet and attract some attention, but we all know how the internet is a giant trash dump with more garbage than useful facts.
The fourth is that, it's not like none of the people on the project ever came out with revealing information. People did come out (Bill Keysing was one indirectly involved with the project and there may be others) and the result is what we have now. The whole notion that no one came out whistle-blowing all this time is bogus.
Of the many arguments debunking the hoax theory, I think this particular one about no one speaking out is one of the weakest.
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pjmcgill142
10 years ago
Bill Keysing was one indirectly involved with the project and there may be others
Keysing resigned from Rocketdyne, having been a service engineer for 8 months, in 1963. NASA had only decided on the mode for a moon landing 10 months before he was out of the industry. He wasn't involved with anything to do with Apollo.
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