Washington, July 13, 1969

Leading NASA gadfly Lucius P. Barbour took to the Sunday morning talk show circuit to press his claims that the agency has been maintaining a sham program, that we are woefully behind the Soviet Union in every area of space technology and weapons systems, and that the sham is intended to deflect Americans' attention away from the "fearsome enemy of Godless Communism". When pressed to offer evidence of his contentions, he answered by saying NASA had not shown him any Moon rocks.

"Marco Polo brought rice to the West, why can't we see some dirt?", said the red-faced and sweating Barbour. When informed that astronauts had in fact done so, he said he wanted to hold those rocks in his hands. When told they were reserved for scientists to study, he responded "Pointy-headed intellectuals aren't who Americans want to hear from."

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