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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? 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 \u201cactually kind of secretly believes in.\u201d<\/p>\n After briefly contemplating one that wouldn’t be \u201ctoo controversial,\u201d Maye named on the moon landing<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know about the moon,\u201d Maye said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I can see back in the day why we would put on the mask if we went there, but I\u2019m not really sure 200% if we went there or not,\u201d he continued. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m leaning one way or the other. I just know I\u2019m a little bit skeptical.\u201d<\/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 \u201cI quite literally have the receipts,\u201d 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\u2019s 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 \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey.\u201d<\/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\u2019 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":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,2221,514,318093,82],"class_list":["post-925135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-drake-maye","tag-nfl","tag-patriots-bills-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Log in<\/a>\n <\/p>\nNew England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye said Monday that he is \u2018a little bit skeptical\u2019 of the 1969 moon landing (AP)<\/p>\n
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Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and NASA\u2019s 15th administrator, offered a hilarious response to Maye\u2019s remark on X (Reuters)<\/p>\n