Wiretapping, Old School

Since I'm a space geek, I think this story via (and partly about) my friend Glenn is pretty damned cool:

In July of 1969 a Louisvillian by the name of Larry Baysinger accomplished an amazing feat.  He independently detected signals from the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface.  Fortunately, his accomplishments were recorded and promptly published in the Louisville Courier-Journal, by another Louisvillian by the name of Glenn Rutherford, in an article entitled “Lunar Eavesdropping:  Louisvillians hear moon walk talk on homemade equipment”.

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Baysinger’s lunar eavesdropping is an independent verification that men were on the moon, by a local person who is not part of the scientific establishment.  Had there been more Larry Baysingers eavesdropping on Apollo, or had there been more Glenn Rutherfords to record the work of the Baysingers who did eavesdrop, there would be no Apollo deniers.  I just this semester (Fall 2009) presented a copy of Rutherford’s article to a student who doubted that we went to the moon.  Having the evidence come from the Courier-Journal, from Louisvillians, and not from NASA, was something new, and it obviously had an impact.

Clavius should grab this audio before conspiracy theorists convince Neil Armstrong he never did this...

ntodd