-=> Mike Powell wrote to DIGIMAUS <=-

 > You reminded me of "Capricorn One".  Remember that movie?
 MP> I have not seen that one.

"Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to
Mars.  Seconds before the launch, the entire team is pulled from the capsule
and the rocket leaves earth unmanned much to Brubaker's anger.  The head of
the programme explains that the life support system was faulty and that NASA
can't afford the publicity of a scratched mission.  The plan is to fake the
Mars landing and keep the astronauts at a remote base until the mission is
over, but then investigative journalist Robert Caulfield starts to suspect
something."

"Capricorn One" was released in 1976 at 2 hours 3 minutes long.  Stars
Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson,
Telly Savalas, and Hal Holbrook (some good 70s star power there).

The above from: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294

This movie was popular amongst the conspiracy theory set that man never
reached the moon and Flat Earthers too.  It's actually a good movie if you
practice hard "suspension of disbelief".

The tie-in here is Robert Caulfield (Elliot Gould) discovers that NASA built
a set to fake the Mars landing...much like Biden and his fake White House
set.

-- Sean

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