re: Qs for the Moon Landing HOAXERS - which category are you in?

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disingenuous motive behind this thread. Others will reply innocently without understanding that you are really just using this topic in order to announce that you are a NASA engineer. Prime example is on page one. A guy bit and said he would like to talk with you in person about your experience. You have a photo on deck ready to go and then autograph II with your bona fides.

Nobody would disagree that you have had a cool career so far but this was just a pathetic way to get people to know your bona fides.

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I'm not sure what to say. Did I like it when my mother-in-law introduced me as a space shuttle engineer? Sure, I liked that. But that is no longer the case. Nowadays, I get introduced as the guy that sold his house, left Houston and spends most of his time caring for his elderly mother, with early alzheimers. Or the guy that got laid off from his dream job when the space shuttle program was cancelled, along with, I think, 15,000+ other folks.

The O-T is a strange animal.. lots of accusations, trashy ones too. I once mentioned talking to a Navy Seal when a Tijuana thread was posted.. and I was accused of bragging. As if being friends with a now retired Seal is uncommon (there are nearly 2,500 active Seals - many many more retired)

Regardless, I am a genuine fan of the Apollo Program, I do have a bit of credibility due to my prior career, and the hoaxers do perplex me.

I do have some interesting stories, some of them involve astronaut training, some were mission-specific, and some involve way too much drinking while stationed in Moscow.

But believe what you want... I just wanted to talk about the reasons for the hoax believers.