NASA to NBA star Steph Curry: Yes, we went to the moon, and we can prove it
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(CNN)What's up with NBA players' rejection of, well, basic scientific facts?
NASA has offered to give NBA superstar Steph Curry a tour of one of its lunar
labs after the Golden State Warriors guard said on a podcast that he doubts
humans landed on the moon.
No, really.
Curry made the head-scratching comment on an episode of the "Winging It"
podcast, which posted Monday. According to Bleacher Report, Curry brought up
the subject himself during the more than hour-long podcast with fellow NBA
players Vince Carter, Kent Bazemore and Andre Iguodala:
Curry: "We ever been to the moon?"
The other players: "Nope."
Curry: "They're gonna come get us. I don't think so, either."
Um, well, OK.
Not quite sure who's coming after them, unless Curry meant social media,
which indeed had a field day with this. So much so that NASA stepped in,
sensing an opportunity to school the two-time NBA MVP on the facts.
"There's lots of evidence NASA landed 12 American astronauts on the Moon from
1969-1972. 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 in a statement. "We have hundreds
of pounds of Moon rocks stored there, and the Apollo mission control. During
his visit, he can see first-hand 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."
No word on if Curry will accept the invitation. We've reached out to the
Golden State Warriors for comment but haven't heard back yet.
And this isn't the first time that an NBA player has latched on to a wild
conspiracy theory. Last year, also in a podcast, Boston Celtic Kyrie Irving
voiced support for one of the oldest ones out there