Last week we had an entertaining tangent discussing the possibility that the Apollo program moon landings were a hoax. Rather than take any more class time to discuss this, I present the following links:
We start out with a nice overview of the controversy on Wikipedia:
Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations
Next we have a very detailed refutation of the Fox program mention in class from the excellent Bad Astronomy Blog:
Fox TV and the Apollo Moon Hoax
An entertaining video of the implications of calling Buzz Aldrin a "coward and a liar":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKxAqpjroo
And finally, an idea I wish I had thought of:
Making a mint out of the Moon
