"then came across the mythbusters show about it on youtube and changed my mind."
Mythbuster's did this in atmosphere, atmosphere scatters light, bad experiment that would have been ripped by AT ten years ago.
They never went to the moon. Into orbit, sure. But radiation BEYOND the Earth's protective magnetic fields (Van Allen Belts can be ignored for this argument) would have fried the astronauts. Especially during the various solar flares that occurred during each and every mission.
Other arguments pertain, but more circumstantial. My favorite, not once during the videos do you see an astronaut stop, look up and stare. Seeing the stars without any atmosphere in the way. Probably the most beautiful night sky any human would have had access to. And yet, not once does an astronaut get captivated by such a sight. This is a weak argument, I know, but it still strikes me as strange. To be called by the stars, and then, when they can see them as no other human has, to ignore them completely.

Mythbuster's did this in atmosphere, atmosphere scatters light, bad experiment that would have been ripped by AT ten years ago.
They never went to the moon. Into orbit, sure. But radiation BEYOND the Earth's protective magnetic fields (Van Allen Belts can be ignored for this argument) would have fried the astronauts. Especially during the various solar flares that occurred during each and every mission.
Other arguments pertain, but more circumstantial. My favorite, not once during the videos do you see an astronaut stop, look up and stare. Seeing the stars without any atmosphere in the way. Probably the most beautiful night sky any human would have had access to. And yet, not once does an astronaut get captivated by such a sight. This is a weak argument, I know, but it still strikes me as strange. To be called by the stars, and then, when they can see them as no other human has, to ignore them completely.
