NASA, Boeing and others pounce on Stephen Curry after he said moon landing was a hoax

Ever since the Golden State Warriors star, Stephen Curry, said he doesn't believe the moon landing was real, NASA, Boeing, astronauts and others have been quick to prove him wrong.

On Monday, Dec. 10, Curry was a guest on the podcast called “Winging It,” which is hosted by the N.B.A. players Vince Carter and Kent Bazemore as well as Annie Finberg, a digital content coordinator for the Atlanta Hawks.

During the talk, Curry asked the other basketball players if they believed the U.S. had ever been to the moon. Not only did they all respond "no," Curry also said, "they're gonna come get us. I don't think so, either."

Aside from the fact that there is a ton of evidence that humans have indeed landed on the moon — from moon rocks to photographs of multiple Apollo lunar landing sites —NASA still invited Curry to see for himself all the proof.

“We’d love for Mr. Curry to tour the lunar lab at our Johnson Space Center in Houston, perhaps the next time the Warriors are in town to play the Rockets,” NASA spokesman Allard Beutel told the New York Times. “We have hundreds of pounds of moon rocks stored there, and the Apollo mission control. During his visit, he can see firsthand what we did 50 years ago, as well as what we’re doing now to go back to the moon in the coming years, but this time to stay.”

But NASA isn't the only one who invited Curry. Boeing Company tweeted out to Curry on Dec. 12 and told him while he is at NASA's Johnson Space Center, they will teach him how to fly the Starliner capsule to the International Space Station.

Boeing is currently planning to fly the Starliner for its crewed test flight next August.

The United Launch Alliance, which would hold the Starliner on their Atlas V rocket, retweeted Boeing's tweet to Curry.

Retired astronaut, Scott Kelly, who commanded the ISS for three expeditions, also had a few things to say to Curry. 

"Steph, so much respect for you, but re the moon landing thing, let’s talk," Kelly told Curry on Twitter. 

Even NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine, was cornered by TMZ to give his comments on Curry's false statement. 

"Here's the thing, we didn't just go to the moon once, we went to the moon six times," Bridenstine told TMZ, "and, we did it from 1969 to 1972."

Other companies like Forbes have provided their own shred of evidence of landing on the moon, while Randy Rogers Band tweeted at Curry telling him their neighbor is retired astronaut, Charles Duke, who was the tenth and youngest person to walk on the moon. 

Though there hasn't been a response from Curry regarding the invitations from NASA or Boeing, one thing at least seems clear: The U.S. has no problem in debunking these false conspiracies. 

Contact Jaramillo at 321-242-3668 or antoniaj@floridatoday.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AntoniaJ_11.

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