NBA star Stephen Curry raised eyebrows at NASA this week when he used a podcast to peddle moon-landing conspiracy theories.
The nation’s greatest scientific minds tend to take notice when one of the most popular sports stars tells fans that moon landings by the U.S. were faked. That’s exactly what happened Monday when the Golden State Warriors player appeared on “Winging It” with his peers.
“We ever been to the moon?” the three-time NBA champion asked at one point. “They’re going to come get us. Sorry, I don’t want to start any conspiracies.”
“You don’t think so?” Curry was then asked.
“I don’t think so,” he replied.
NASA responded less than 24 hours later with a personal invite to hear about basic physics and witness the evidence of America’s scientific milestones.
.@mrvincecarter15, @24Bazemore, and @AnnieFinberg are joined by three-time #NBA champions and golf enthusiasts @StephenCurry30 and @andre on this week’s #WingingItPod.
— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) December 10, 2018
Listen now: https://t.co/qXxWeoaM9M pic.twitter.com/CNOjK62TEw
“There’s lots of evidence NASA landed 12 American astronauts on the Moon from 1969-1972,” NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said in a statement, CNN reported. “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. 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.”
Curry responded to NASA’s invitation on Tuesday on Twitter by posting a smiling emoji wearing sunglasses.
Fans joked that it was always his intention to elicit such a reaction from the space agency.
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) December 11, 2018
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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