Ralph Rene
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Ralph Rene is a self-taught inventor and small press publisher who is a vocal proponent of the Apollo moon landing hoax Theory. He has also recently self-published a book on 9/11 called World Trade Center Lies and Fairytales. It details his beliefs that the United States Government was behind the events of those tragedies. [1]
Ralph Rene has been featured in shows produced by The History Channel, National Geographic, Fox TV and Showtime that discuss the viability of such a hoax and/or conspiracy. He was recently featured on Penn & Teller's Bullshit! episode covering Conspiracy theories.
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[edit] Proponent of Apollo moon landing hoax theory
His 1992 self-published book, NASA Mooned America! details why he feels that the Apollo Moon Landings were phony.
Some of his main arguments are that:
- Astronauts could not have survived the radiation that they would have been exposed to while passing through the Van Allen belt.
- That photos taken on the moon do not show stars in the background.
- That video shows what appears to be wind blowing the USA Flag on the moon which has no atmosphere.
- That the letter "C" is visible on a rock in one photo and indicates it was a Hollywood prop.
- The gloves on the Apollo space suits would have expanded in a vacuum to the point where they would be immobile.
- Who put the camera on the ground in front of the lunar lander to show Armstrong stepping down the ladder "for the first step on the moon"?
- The shaded side of objects are not dark due to three point lighting in a studio.
For a detailed discussion of these and other arguments, see Apollo moon landing hoax.
[edit] Other beliefs
In addtion to contending that NASA never sent astronuats to the moon, Rene also proposes:
- Einstein's Theory of relativity is not valid
- That the Earth has no Equatorial bulge
- That Newton's law of universal gravitation is erroneous
Rene addresses these issues in his self-pubished book, THE LAST SKEPTIC OF SCIENCE originally published in 1988. It's original title MENSA Lectures resulted in a lawsuit against him by MENSA who felt he was misappropriating the name of their organization. He chose to retitle the book and add an appendix detailing the dispute.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Rene is essentially self-taught. After attending Rutgers University for a time, he dropped out and went to work as a carpenter and millwright. He then continued to pursue his interests in structural, mechanical engineering, physics, writing and inventing. He holds two patents, for simple mechanical tools. He maintains a website that archives many of his past columns and essays on a wide variety of subjects. In addition, he continues to self-publish pamphlets and books.[3]
Rene is now disabled due to severely arthritic hips.
