That's because people who promote the 'moon landing never happened' conspiracy theory in the States get punched in the face. By the astronauts who walked on the moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wptn5RE2I-k
@txag70 When he punched the moon-landing denier in the face, the Judge let him off on self-defense. That's as close as a judge can come to saying "Thank you for punching this moron!"
Fun Fact: Nixon actually prepared a speech for in case Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins didn't make it back from the moon. Really interesting stuff.
I'm not saying that isn't true but I'd really like to see your sources for this information. I can find an article which says 22 million Americans believe they were faked. http://politix.topix.com/story/5398-22-million-americans-believe-the-moon-landing-was-faked And I found an article which says a quarter of the 1009 people surveyed thought they were fake. (If you read the article, it shows it isn't representative of the population whatsoever.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/5851435/Apollo-11-hoax-one-in-four-people-do-not-believe-in-moon-landing.html That's 252 stupid Brits to 22 million stupid Americans. You do the math...
ETA: OK I decided to come edit this because it sounds a bit like I'm saying 'Americans are more stupid than Brits!' and I'm really not. It's just that American culture tends to be really big on both conspiracy theory and religious fanaticism and they both conspire to make people believe daft stuff like faking the moon landings. Brits just really don't tend to get so worked up about science... (or anything, much!) I'd be astonished if it turned out so many Brits felt this way, and I can't believe it without proof.
ETA2: Right, is THIS what's going on? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/31/13-of-brits-are-gullible-cant-be/#.Vh1tKXpVhBc
I rest my case :p
@Fledhyris I think she meant a higher percentage of Brits than Americans? But yeah, us Muricans are the kings / queens of conspiracy. I'd be surprised if anyone had us beat.
@SmilingPolitely I wouldn’t go that far to say that but there is quite a bit of evidence that the moon landing was faked (I don’t believe it was), but believing the earth is flat is just another level of stupidity, I must agree.