THE PEOPLE / THE CLIPS
Clips that seem to show astronauts admitting the truth.
RECORD / AT A GLANCE
FALSE
Each “confession” is a clip with its context removed. Aldrin was talking about why no one has gone back; Pettit about rebuilding a lost industry.
THE EVENTS / THE CLAIM / THE RECORD
2015
At the National Book Festival, Aldrin answers a child asking why no one has been back.
September 2016
Pettit says the technology was destroyed and must be rebuilt.
July 2018
The cut clip spreads as an admission.
3 November 2025
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy: “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before... 6 times!”
READ THE FILE
You can hear them say it.
What they said next.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE
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Sean Duffy wrote: “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before... 6 times!”
Who says it: BBC.
He was answering why no one had gone back.
Who says it: Viral clip.
NASA replied it had been to the Moon six times.
Who says it: Kardashian.
OPEN THE RECORD
Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.
Fact check on the clip of Aldrin answering a girl’s question.
News report quoting acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy.
News report with the full Pettit quote in context.
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You can hear them say it.
In one clip, a child asks Aldrin why no one has been to the Moon in so long, and he replies: “Because we didn’t go there. That’s the way it happened.” Kim Kardashian said in 2025 that interviews with Aldrin made her doubt the landing. [1][2]
Fact check on the clip of Aldrin answering a girl’s question.
News report quoting acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy.
What they said next.
The child asked: “Why has nobody been to the moon in such a long time?” Aldrin said “we didn’t go there” and went on: “if it didn’t happen it’s nice to know why it didn’t happen so in the future if we want to keep doing something we need to know why something stopped in the past.” He then named money as the reason. [1]
Pettit was saying he would go to the Moon “in a nanosecond” and that the capability had to be rebuilt. [2]
After Kardashian’s comment on her show, acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy replied: “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before... 6 times!” [3]
Fact check on the clip of Aldrin answering a girl’s question.
News report with the full Pettit quote in context.
News report quoting acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy.
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