Al Capone Meets the Man on the Moon
By Mike Botta
Look out. Here come the conspiracy theorists again. The same nut cases that claim we never set foot on the moon in the first place now have more ammunition to shoot into the air.
NASA last week created a quite a buzz by telling the world that anyone with a 10-inch telescope and dark backyard could witness a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of a big rocket purposely blasted head-on at 6,000 mph into the moon.
NASA encouraged people to hold overnight parties to watch the spectacular as the rocket plowed into the lunar surface creating a massive dust cloud.
Eyes to the Skies
People coast to coast huddled around big and small telescopes or sat glued to TV sets trained on Earth’s closest neighbor with high-powered, close-up HD lenses.
And then, poof. At 4:30 in the morning Eastern time, impact. Or, not.
If the whole thing was an attempt by NASA to draw attention away from the conspiracy nuts who claim the original moon landing was faked, it didn’t work. Now the nut cases have even more to blog and twitter about.
Belly Up to the Bar
Not since Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone’s vault have so many people spent so much time watching absolutely nothing happen.
Come to think of it, in Al Capone’s vault investigators found nothing more than vintage scotch. On the moon, NASA found vintage water.
There could be a theme here.
Cheers.