What is the origin of loony? On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 10:23:06AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: > how about the other flights to the moon. Were they faked too? > > I know, I know, no-one on pen-l believes that the flight to the moon > was faked. Or do they? > > On 6/13/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The flag was made out of tinfoil and shaped to make it look like it was > > waving. Thus spake > > NASA. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:13:23PM -0400, ravi wrote: > > > > > > This is, at face value, a genuine question. It may be resolved in > > > multiple ways: There is a wind on the lunar surface! Its waving because > > > the astronaut holding it set it in motion! etc. It can even be resolved > > > by pointing out that such faking requires enormous duplicity on the part > > > of so many individuals that it would be impossible to pull off. I > > > believe however, that it does not help in any way to dismiss it as a > > > "conspiracy theory". > > > > > > > -- > > Michael Perelman > > Economics Department > > California State University > > Chico, CA 95929 > > > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > > > > > -- > Jim Devine / "Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also > mortis" -- Robert Heilbroner.
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
