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Interesting...

posted 10 months ago by thingmakersback (1370)
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So, if you really want to know the actual facts, concealed by a government coverup, of the tragic deaths of two of the three astronauts on the Apollo 18 mission...

This is a very well done documentary that with archival footage, "recreations" and interviews, makes a compelling case about... something that only happened in an alternate timeline. It's a better film than Apollo 18 (2011), but I prefer that one. This all feels creepy in a less entertaining way. But, like I said, it is very well done.

[–] roger_dat (1562) 10 months ago

Sounds like my kind of flick

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9187) 10 months ago

There was no Apollo 18 mission.

Several planned missions of the Apollo crewed Moon landing program of the 1960s and 1970s were canceled, for reasons which included changes in technical direction, the Apollo 1 fire, hardware delays, and budget limitations. After the landing by Apollo 12, Apollo 20, which would have been the final crewed mission to the Moon, was canceled to allow Skylab to launch as a "dry workshop" (assembled on the ground in an unused S-IVB Saturn IB second stage). The next two missions, Apollos 18 and 19, were later canceled after the Apollo 13 incident and further budget cuts.

[–] thingmakersback (1370) 10 months ago

I figured, that's a given.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9187) 10 months ago

OK, but it was not really clear by ...

> So, if you really want to know the actual facts, concealed by a government coverup, of the tragic deaths of two of the three astronauts on the Apollo 18 mission

[–] thingmakersback (1370) 10 months ago

Sorry, I suppose sarcasm requires an emoji... Because, I assume some basic historical knowledge and, as I said - there's even another fictional film (Apollo 18).

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9187) 10 months ago

> if you want to know the "real truth" that has been concealed by "government conspiracy" about the tragic deaths of two of three astronauts on the "non-existent" Apollo 18 mission ...

How's that for sarcasm? ;-)