{"id":919829,"date":"2026-10-07T21:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919829\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:06:29","slug":"nasa-chief-has-hilarious-response-to-nfl-player-who-doubts-whether-astronauts-really-landed-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919829\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player who doubts whether astronauts really landed on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

One giant leap for mankind is a point of skepticism for New England Patriots <\/a>quarterback Drake Maye<\/a> \u2013 and NASA<\/a>‘s chief had a hilarious response to his doubts.<\/p>\n

Maye, 24, was asked<\/a> by a fan Monday on WEEI Sports Radio 93.7 Boston to name a conspiracy theory<\/a> he “actually kind of secretly believes in.”<\/p>\n

After briefly contemplating one that wouldn’t be “too controversial,” Maye named on the moon landing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know about the moon,” Maye said.<\/p>\n

“I think I can see back in the day why we would put on the mask if we went there, but I’m not really sure 200% if we went there or not,” he continued. “I wouldn’t say I’m leaning one way or the other. I just know I’m a little bit skeptical.”<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye said Monday that he is ‘a little bit skeptical’ of the 1969 moon landing (AP)<\/p>\n

His comments caught the attention of NASA chief Jared Isaacman<\/a>, a billionaire entrepreneur, pilot and commercial astronaut, who became the agency’s 15th administrator in December 2025.<\/p>\n

“I quite literally have the receipts,” Isaacman responded<\/a> Wednesday on X, sharing his response to a news story about Maye’s comments.<\/p>\n

The quarterback’s skepticism taps into one of America’s most enduring conspiracy theories: the idea that NASA never actually put astronauts on the moon and instead staged the historic Apollo 11 mission on Earth.<\/p>\n

One version of the theory, brought up during Maye’s interview, claims legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick<\/a> helped NASA fake the landing<\/a>, with believers pointing to similarities between the Apollo footage and his 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”<\/p>\n

\"Jared<\/p>\n

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and NASA’s 15th administrator, offered a hilarious response to Maye’s remark on X (Reuters)<\/p>\n

There is no credible evidence that Kubrick was involved in staging the moon landing.<\/p>\n

Maye isn’t the first NFL player to publicly question the moon landing. Former Rams and Dolphins defensive end William Hayes<\/a> said in 2017 that he believed the moon landing was fake, while Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown<\/a> questioned whether humans had actually been to the moon in 2023. Brown’s teammate, tight end Dallas Goedert<\/a>, also questioned whether the footage of the landing was legit.<\/p>\n

NBA star Stephen Curry<\/a> also made similar comments in 2018 but in 2022, he said he was joking<\/a> and that he believes the moon landing happened.<\/p>\n

Maye, at least, has been less skeptical on the football field. The quarterback had his best game of the new 2026 season Sunday, throwing for a season-high 269 yards and three touchdowns in the Patriots’ 29-26 win over the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n

The Patriots will host the Las Vegas Raiders this Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One giant leap for mankind is a point of skepticism for New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-919829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}