Thomas Pesquet of the European Union Space Agency (ESA) shared a thread on Twitter about how upsetting it is to hear people think the Apollo moon landings are fake
NASA’s Artemis mission, which aims to bring human boots back to the moon, has revived an old conspiracy theory that the six Apollo missions never landed on the lunar surface, but an astronaut who has been to space four times has released a tirade on twitter against these infidels all this is dong again wasting precious time.
Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency (ESA), who has 1.4 million followers, shared a thread on the platform confirm “During the Apollo mission, people went to the moon. And we’re going back,” he tweeted, noting that writing it all got him drunk.
Such conspiracy theories have been circulating since NASA’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first stuck their boots in the moon dirt in 1969, with many saying that the historic mission and those after it were actually filmed in a movie studio.
Pesquet hits back at such claims, noting that he won’t convince people the landings happened “because it’s already happened a million times.”
“It’s all over the internet and guys don’t listen anyway, they talk about the truth but pick things that suit them and ignore the rest,” he added in a tweet.
Pesquet, who has 1.4 million followers, shared a thread on the platform confirming that “people went to the moon during the Apollo mission. And we’re going back,” he tweeted, noting that writing it all got him drunk.
NASA is scheduled to launch the first phase of its Artemis mission Saturday at 2:17 p.m. ET, which will send the Space Launch System (SLS) and an unmanned Orion capsule into space for the maiden flight.
The capsule will orbit the moon for six weeks before landing in the Pacific Ocean.
Artemis I is scheduled to test the technology before sending humans down the same path in the Artemis 2 mission in 2024, and a year later NASA plans to put human boots on the moon.
Artemis I was scheduled to fly on August 29, but technical problems and the weather grounded the world’s most powerful rocket.
Such conspiracy theories have been circulating since NASA’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured) first stuck their boots in the lunar dirt in 1969, with many saying the historic mission and those after were actually filmed in a movie studio
The astronaut’s tweets tell the public that he will not prove the Apollo missions were real because they have been proven time and time again
Saturday’s launch has sparked excitement around the world, but also opened the door to conspiracy theorists who believe the Artemis III mission will mark the first human landing on the lunar surface
Saturday’s launch has sparked excitement around the world, but also opened the door to conspiracy theorists who believe the Artemis III mission will mark the first human landing on the lunar surface.
“It also worries me a lot to see how some people enjoy blurring the truth and others enjoy it,” reads one of Pesquet’s tweets, while another describes how “annoying” it all is .
‘Seriously ask yourself, ‘Who is winning in all of this?’ Not NASA, no, but the manipulators who tell you everything is wrong.
The ESA astronaut also reminds the public that assuming the landings were fake dishonors the thousands of people who worked on those missions.
The ESA astronaut also reminds the public that assuming the landings were fake dishonors the thousands of people who worked on those missions
Pesquet ended his tirade with “See you on the moon in a few years”
“You deserve better. And we’re not even talking about the people who risked their lives for these missions…” Pesquet tweeted.
“In short, that’s all on this subject because it’s not my area of expertise and I have a lot of work to do. Again, we’re going to put all our time and energy into making things like the ISS and Artemis happen, because it’s good for humanity. No offense to some. See you on the moon in a few years,” he concluded.
Pesquet, a French aerospace engineer, pilot, was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009 and successfully completed his basic training in November 2010.
Pesquet, a French aerospace engineer, pilot, was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009 and successfully completed his basic training in November 2010
And on March 17, 2014, it was assigned to its first long-term mission on the International Space Station (ISS) and launched on November 17, 2016.
Pasquet returned to Earth on June 2, 2017 and completed 197 days in space.
His second spaceflight was in July 2020, again to the ISS, during which Head traveled aboard the second SpaceX Dragon Crew mission – making him the first European to board the spacecraft.
