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I think the onus for evidence is on the hoax believers. As Sagan kept
saying, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" and I think
the hoax claim is even more extraordinary than the claim that we achieved
what NASA says we did.
But I do agree with Jim that it is very unphysics-like to automatically
reject claims out of hand just because we don't like them or because we
don't understand them. Of all people, physicists should be open-minded.
On the other issue, I _do_ think we (including Jim) ought to care. If we
went to the moon then that is not only important historically and socially
but also scientifically. And if we really didn't then that is even more
important in all three areas! I'm betting Jim would agree with that, so
maybe he can elaborate on what he means by "I don't care if it is true or
not."