William Kaysing is considered by some to be the father of the lunar landing hoax theory. He worked at Rocketdyne, a major aerospace contractor, from 1957 until 1963 as the head of technical publications. In his book We Never Went to the Moon Kaysing introduces some of the classic conspiracy arguments such as the absent stars in lunar surface photographs. He also claims the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger accident were staged to silence the participants who were about to spill the beans.

Kaysing, now nearly 80 years old, attempted to sue astronaut Jim Lovell for slander in 1997 when he called Kaysing's theories "wacky." The case was thrown out of court in 1999. Kaysing has, for the most part, made his living from perpetuating the fraud theory.

Bill Kaysing worked for Rocketdyne, the company that manufactured the Apollo spacecraft. Therefore he has detailed inside knowledge and expertise on the space program.

Kaysing received his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1949 from the University of Southern California. Those are his academic credentials. He worked for Rocketdyne not as an engineer, but as a cataloger of their technical publications.

Further, Rocketdyne manufactured only the main engines for the spacecraft, not the electronics, computers, or structures. Kaysing left Rocketdyne in 1963, before they started work on the Apollo project.

Kaysing had a security clearance. If anyone would have known about the conspiracy, he would.

If so, then why does he not simply say, "There was a conspiracy and I was in on it"? Instead he, like all other conspiracists, must nit-pick at details and construct a complicated conjectural case against NASA.

Security clearances were routinely required for anyone working on rocket booster technology, because that technology was being developed chiefly as a weapon. Clearance would have been required of anyone who had access to the printed material circulating through Rocketdyne. But having access to it doesn't mean Kaysing read or understood it.

Kaysing would have needed a lot of technical knowledge in order to do his job.

Not necessarily. Managing the technical publications section of a company requires more librarian skills than engineering skills. Besides, the technical writers employed by most technical companies don't need the degree of technical expertise that the engineers and designers would require.

Kaysing himself said that Ralph Rene, a self-taught engineer, had more engineering knowledge than he did.

Former astronauts have refused to appear with Kaysing or discuss his findings. This proves they have something to hide.

Who in their right mind would give the time of day to someone who has made his living since the 1970s by calling him a liar?