I thought you worked for them.
So did I, by the way, but just as a software engineer who didn't deal with flight systems per se.
But this is important. One of the things that puts people off about flat earth is the notion of conspiracy ... that NASA would have to be behind a grand conspiracy. But NASA HAS in fact been caught perpetrating all manner of fakery. But if it isn't to hide flat earth, then WHY?
WHY would they fake pictures alleged to be from a rover on Mars? It should be easy to land a rover on Mars and get real pictures, right? ... although several attempts have ended in failure (as they kept crashing), so I guess it could be to cover up for the fact that they never successfully got a rover onto Mars. Enough failures and Congress stops funding you, I guess.
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Maybe private enterprise will go to Mars, then it won't be NASA, but flat-earthers will still complain about something.
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When they can get studio images that show what they were hoping to find maybe they think saving the money is worth losing their reputation? Don't know. Maybe it's all about funding, as you say.
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If NASA wanted to fake pictures of a "flat" earth do you suppose they could accomplish that?
I mean, how would they explain going outside the "dome" where it would be surrounded by WATER?
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So we can be pretty confident that's not going to happen.
Maybe someone will make a cartoon video with adventures outside the dome or whatever.
Sound like fun?
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Remember the FirMarsament!