"In a clip making its rounds on social media, Kardashian admitted in a confessional that "I center conspiracies all the time," adding that she believes the Moon landings were faked, one of the most persistent conspiracy theories that has survived for decades, despite overwhelming evidence debunking it. "I think it was fake," she says in the video. "I've seen a few videos on Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn't happen. He says it all the time now, in interviews. Maybe we should find Buzz Aldrin.""
""Yes, we've been to the Moon before... six times!" interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy tweeted in response to the video. "[NASA Artemis] is going back under the leadership of [president Donald Trump]," he added. "We won the last space race, and we will win this one too," he added, perhaps referring to the threat of China making it to the Moon first in the upcoming years."
"Aldrin became the second person, after Commander Neil Armstrong, to walk on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Within the next following three years, NASA sent another five crews and a total of 12 astronauts to the lunar surface. It's unclear what Kardashian is referring to, since Aldrin has never used his fame to deny that the US landed on the Moon over half a century ago. As Reuters noted in 2022, an interview of him pointing out that animations used by broadcasters at the time didn't tell the full story were quickly twisted by conspiracy theorists as supposed evidence that the Moon landings didn't happen."
Kim Kardashian questioned whether the United States ever landed on the Moon during a recent episode of The Kardashians. She said she centers conspiracies and claimed she had seen videos of Buzz Aldrin suggesting the landings did not happen. The comments drew rapid criticism online and a direct response from interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy, who noted six past Moon landings and referenced the Artemis program. Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 11, and NASA conducted five additional lunar missions, sending 12 astronauts to the surface in total. Past Aldrin interviews have been misinterpreted by conspiracy theorists.
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