Artemis photo sparks flat-Earth hoax claims (space photo, Artemis)
The Artemis photo flat-earthers cite as proof of a staged shot. Its coincidence with April Fool's Day and debates about the shape of the Earth.
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The Artemis photo dividing flat-earthers and skeptics: hoax or reality?
On April 1st, the launch of the Artemis mission coincided with April Fool's Day. A coincidence that did not go unnoticed by flat-Earth advocates, who saw in the official NASA image yet more proof that the space program is staged. The photograph, showing the Earth from the Orion capsule, was met with a flood of memes and criticism in the flat-earther community, which called it "photoshopped" and "a pantomime".
The suspicious date
That NASA chose April 1st to launch such a landmark mission seems no coincidence to many. "They must think people are idiots if this rocket pantomime was staged on the English-speaking April Fools' Day", reads one comment in the debate. The date becomes a recurring argument: if the space agency knew the mission would be questioned, it chose the perfect date so that skepticism would be taken as a joke. Flat-earthers, however, point out that this is precisely the goal: for people to assume it's a joke and not investigate.
The hoax arguments
Critics of the image point to several details: the lack of stars in the background, the artificial lighting on Earth and the perspective that looks flat. "They photoshopped that to take Atlas out and put in that sort of table", one skeptic comments. The discussion drifts toward flat-Earth geometry: some argue it is not a disk with edges, but a finite yet unbounded domain, like the surface of a projective plane. "The whole 'edges' thing is a dialectical trap by the globists", they argue, explaining that the model is more complex than a simple circle.
Flat-earthers strike back
Against the prevailing sarcasm, flat-Earth advocates stand firm. "The Earth is flat and at this point it's an fruta fact. Terraglobist heliocentrism is dead and buried", they claim. They admit they were globists themselves before doing their own research, and that the path to truth requires an open mind. "I felt deeply foolish when I discovered the scam", they confess. Others remain indifferent: "What difference does it make if it's flat, spherical or hollow and filled with chocolate?"
The controversy is nothing new, but the Artemis launch has rekindled the debate. What is clear is that no NASA image will convince those who believe space is a stage set. Meanwhile, memes and conspiracy theories keep feeding a fire that will not go out.
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On April 1st, the launch of the Artemis mission coincided with April Fool's Day. A coincidence that did not go unnoticed by flat-Earth advocates, who saw in the official NASA image yet more proof that the space program is staged. The photograph, showing the Earth from the Orion capsule, was met with a flood of memes and criticism in the flat-earther community, which called it "photoshopped" and "a pantomime".
The suspicious date
That NASA chose April 1st to launch such a landmark mission seems no coincidence to many. "They must think people are idiots if this rocket pantomime was staged on the English-speaking April Fools' Day", reads one comment in the debate. The date becomes a recurring argument: if the space agency knew the mission would be questioned, it chose the perfect date so that skepticism would be taken as a joke. Flat-earthers, however, point out that this is precisely the goal: for people to assume it's a joke and not investigate.
The hoax arguments
Critics of the image point to several details: the lack of stars in the background, the artificial lighting on Earth and the perspective that looks flat. "They photoshopped that to take Atlas out and put in that sort of table", one skeptic comments. The discussion drifts toward flat-Earth geometry: some argue it is not a disk with edges, but a finite yet unbounded domain, like the surface of a projective plane. "The whole 'edges' thing is a dialectical trap by the globists", they argue, explaining that the model is more complex than a simple circle.
Flat-earthers strike back
Against the prevailing sarcasm, flat-Earth advocates stand firm. "The Earth is flat and at this point it's an fruta fact. Terraglobist heliocentrism is dead and buried", they claim. They admit they were globists themselves before doing their own research, and that the path to truth requires an open mind. "I felt deeply foolish when I discovered the scam", they confess. Others remain indifferent: "What difference does it make if it's flat, spherical or hollow and filled with chocolate?"
The controversy is nothing new, but the Artemis launch has rekindled the debate. What is clear is that no NASA image will convince those who believe space is a stage set. Meanwhile, memes and conspiracy theories keep feeding a fire that will not go out.
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