Stephen Curry comes under fire after expressing doubts about moon landings, NASA offers proof
Golden State Warriors' point guard Stephen Curry has come under fire after he expressed doubts this week about whether man landed on the moon. NASA has offered to provide him with proof.
Curry expressed his doubts about the moon landings during an interview on a podcast called “Winging It,” according to The New York Times, which is hosted by NBA players Vince Carter, Kent Bazemore, and Annie Finberg, a digital content coordinator for the Atlanta Hawks.
An NBC News report said Curry abruptly questioned the moon landings during a conversation on whether people [should] ask questions when they are high on drugs, and how moviemakers know what sounds dinosaurs made.
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"We ever been to the moon?" the point guard asked and was met with a chorus of "No's."
“They’re going to come get us," Curry added. "Sorry, I don’t want to start any conspiracies.”
When Finberg pressed Curry with "You don't think so?" he replied, "I don’t think so."
Someone on the podcast later recommended that Finberg research the late Stanley Kubrick who was a film director that some conspiracy theorists believe helped fake the first manned moon landing in 1969.
While some on social media joined Curry in questioning the moon landings, others like Boston Celtics writer Max Lederman, called the point guard’s comments “irresponsible.”
“@StephenCurry30 calling into question the greatest accomplishment in human history does such an incredible disservice to the men and women who sacrificed so much to get us to the moon. It's incredibly irresponsible for someone with your platform to ignore facts like this,” Lederman wrote on Twitter, tagging the athlete.
“This conspiracy theory has been debunked countless times, but now kids who look up to you will refuse to believe facts. What's worse is it comes at a time when we DESPERATELY NEED people to trust scientists about the dangerous effects we are having on the planet's climate,” he continued.
“You're stance on the moon landing is like someone saying you didn't win 2 MVP awards. It's ludicrous because we can prove you did, in fact, win those awards. Just like we can prove we landed on the moon. It's soooooo irresponsible, and if it's a joke, PLEASE say so,” he ended.
NASA is recorded as having sent some 12 astronauts to the moon in six landings between 1969 and 1972. In a statement to NBC News, Allard Beutel, a NASA spokesman, said they would love to provide Curry with proof of the landings.
"We’d love for Mr. Curry to tour the lunar lab at our Johnson Space Center in Houston, perhaps the next time the Warriors are in town to play the Rockets," Beutel said, adding that they could show Curry "hundreds of pounds of Moon rocks."
"During his visit, he can see first-hand what we did 50 years ago, as well as what we’re doing now to go back to the Moon in the coming years, but this time to stay," Beutel continued.
NASA further notes on its website that all conspiracies can be disproved with high-resolution images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter which show objects and even footprints left behind by the astronauts.
In their statement to NBC News, NASA also noted that "the Apollo missions were independently tracked by England and Russia (our allies and enemies), both of whom sent letters of congratulations after the Moon landings."
Others commenting on Curry’s doubt, like Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., wrote on Twitter that “.@StephenCurry30 may not think man walked on the moon (we’ll work on that), but I still think he walks on water," likening Curry to Jesus Christ, who actually did walk on water.
