Paul Davies explains that when he was in school the theory was that the moon was a captured object, and that this theory has been overridden by the now-current idea that the moon was formed when another planet collided with the Earth very early in its formation. The show then moves to a claim that the origin of the Moon is inexplicable. As for why the USSR never went to the Moon: once the United States had gotten there, the Soviets had no reason to go. Or, thereвЂ™s the real reason: The Space Race and the Moon Landings are part and parcel of the Cold War, and once that started to wind down, as it did in the mid-1970s, there was just no reason to spend the money anymore. The answer given is that the astronauts discovered aliens there, and it was decided on a governmental level not to continue because of this. The show then asks why the United States stopped going to the Moon, and why the Soviets never went. Sometimes, it seems, one forgets that technology was not always as it is, and that making a long-distance phone call from one city to another was a process, much less transmitting radio signals from THE MOON. Nowhere is the perfectly reasonable idea that there might be problems with transmissions between the Earth and the Moon. This information comes from HAM radio operators who claim to have heard these transmissions. They invoke a two-minute gap in the public transmissions, during which time the astronauts supposedly reported seeing a group of saucers parked around a crater not far from their landing point. After that, though, they go on to say that the astronauts encountered evidence of alien activity on the moon, and that this was covered up. They make a point of saying it really did happen, so thatвЂ™s one group of conspiracists theyвЂ™ve lost.

The show then addresses the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing. At about seven minutes into the episode, we might have a record for longest time without invoking the Ancient Alien Theory. So far so good the moon does have a gravitation effect on the earth, and stabilized and continues to stabilize the planet, making it more hospitable to life than it would be without it. It then moves on to a discussion of the role the Moon has played in human culture, and in the development of life on Earth. The show opens with a discussion of the Apollo program, and includes comments from interviews with astronauts involved, most notably Buzz Aldrin. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Before diving into this particular episode, I have to give the Ancient Alien Theorists credit on one thing: they donвЂ™t support the idea that the Moon Landing is a hoax.

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