Over The Moon

Leila

“What does that mean?”

“It means, I’ve wanted to check this place out because I think this is where they filmed the moon landing.”

I shook my head. “What?”

“You don’t actually believe Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, do you?” he asked incredulously.

I burst into laughter. “Yes, I do. Why wouldn’t you believe that?”

He scowled. “I think it was a hoax.”

“Oh no,” I groaned. “You’re one of them.”

“Them?”

“The conspiracy theorists that are convinced it was a big hoax by the government?”

He smiled and nodded. “I suppose I am. I’d like to see some concrete proof.”

“There is video. It was recorded live.”

He scoffed. “Have you seen the quality of TV from that age? Then all of a sudden, astronauts wearing giant, cumbersome suits are taking these killer pictures on the moon. The pictures are crystal-clear and quite frankly, staged.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. He seemed like such a rational man. “You surprise me.”

“How so?”

I shrugged. “Because you seem so normal.”

“I am normal.”

“I’m que