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Report: This NBA superstar and two Hawks don't believe the Moon Landing occurred

July 20, 1969 stands as one of the most important dates in American history, with Apollo 11 landing on the moon for the first time.
Credit: Kevin C. Cox

Neither Vince Carter, Kent Bazemore or two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry were alive on July 20, 1969–the momentous day of Neil Armstrong (and flight crew from Apollo 11) first stepping foot on the moon.

But that hasn't stopped the trio from having strong opinions on the Moon Landing–quite possibly America's most important single date of the last 70 years.

For The Ringer's "Winging It" podcast, presumably recorded when the defending champion Golden State Warriors visited Atlanta last week, Bazemore (age 29), Curry (age 30) and Carter (age 41) all disavowed their belief in the Moon Landing being real.

(Conspiracy theorists generally maintain the Moon Landing special, featuring Armstrong and his iconic words, was filmed in some random TV studio.)

Here's a snippet of the podcast conversation:

CURRY: We ever been to the moon?

BAZEMORE: No.

CARTER: No.

CURRY: "They're going to come get us, I don't think so either. ... Sorry, I don't want to start conspiracies."

This unusual story, of course, got back to the folks at NASA, who are willing to demonstrate substantive proof of Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin's game-changing voyage from 49 years ago.

"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 said to 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."

Whatever happens from here, in terms of changing the Curry, Carter or Bazermore's minds, it's still good publicity for NASA, as it celebrates the Moon Landing's golden anniversary next summer.

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