Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson did a Q&A with the New York Post's Steve Serby and after discussing New York's breakout season, the young horses in the rotation, and David Wright's captaincy style compared to Derek Jeter, he got down to brass tacks: the moon-landing hoax. I wouldn't say Granderson is a card-carrying conspiracy theorist, but he's got questions. Questions that don't have answers.To the quotes!Q: You're one of the most polished, politically correct athletes I've ever dealt with. Now say something controversial.
A: Let's see … I can probably go with … I had this conversation with people — if we landed on the moon, how come we've never been back? I think there might be some conspiracy stuff to that.OK, so he didn't just bring it up in casual conversation. He was asked specifically to say something controversial and his mind jumped to the moon landing. This shows some self awareness. It's not like he's out here telling sheeple to open their eyes, he's aware he may be on the wrong side of this debate, but remains unconvinced.A follow up:Q: You do?
A: We haven't been back, it's been [43] years, technology's all gotten better, and I've actually looked that one up a little bit and saw something on the NASA website and it said something that that space shuttle that was made back then is no longer made any more. They're making one now, but it costs $30 billion to be able to go there. And we're constantly coming back, you always hear of spaceships landing: oh, so-and-so just got back from its mission … where'd they go, you know? No one else in the world has ever been, so…Now we're getting to the good stuff. "We're constantly coming back…" I mean, I think it would be more conspiratorial if they didn't come back, right? A mission takes off for space and no one ever hears from it again? That would be suspicious, like a front for a Super Witness Protection Program. Hey, whatever happened to notorious gangster Murderous Joe? Oh, by the way, you see they lost another spaceship? Only one guy on this one, Commander Jurderous Moe. Crazy. It could happen."No one else in the world has ever been, so…" This is America, Curtis. We are the greatest. Next question."Where'd they go, you know?" I suspect the truth is out there somewhere, but I am going to guess they went somewhere in space, but did not land on the moon. Healthy skepticism is always valuable, but we have rocks that are older than any other rock on earth, photographs, a live video feed of the first landing in 1969, and—most importantly—an episode of Mythbusters that thoroughly "bust" all of these concerns, Curtis.h/t @StaceGots
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A: Let's see … I can probably go with … I had this conversation with people — if we landed on the moon, how come we've never been back? I think there might be some conspiracy stuff to that.OK, so he didn't just bring it up in casual conversation. He was asked specifically to say something controversial and his mind jumped to the moon landing. This shows some self awareness. It's not like he's out here telling sheeple to open their eyes, he's aware he may be on the wrong side of this debate, but remains unconvinced.A follow up:Q: You do?
A: We haven't been back, it's been [43] years, technology's all gotten better, and I've actually looked that one up a little bit and saw something on the NASA website and it said something that that space shuttle that was made back then is no longer made any more. They're making one now, but it costs $30 billion to be able to go there. And we're constantly coming back, you always hear of spaceships landing: oh, so-and-so just got back from its mission … where'd they go, you know? No one else in the world has ever been, so…Now we're getting to the good stuff. "We're constantly coming back…" I mean, I think it would be more conspiratorial if they didn't come back, right? A mission takes off for space and no one ever hears from it again? That would be suspicious, like a front for a Super Witness Protection Program. Hey, whatever happened to notorious gangster Murderous Joe? Oh, by the way, you see they lost another spaceship? Only one guy on this one, Commander Jurderous Moe. Crazy. It could happen."No one else in the world has ever been, so…" This is America, Curtis. We are the greatest. Next question."Where'd they go, you know?" I suspect the truth is out there somewhere, but I am going to guess they went somewhere in space, but did not land on the moon. Healthy skepticism is always valuable, but we have rocks that are older than any other rock on earth, photographs, a live video feed of the first landing in 1969, and—most importantly—an episode of Mythbusters that thoroughly "bust" all of these concerns, Curtis.h/t @StaceGots