Bad Astronomy Movie #3 - Apollo 18

The 3rd movie in my 8 movie Bad Astronomy May Term course was Apollo 18.  Now many of you may be asking what Apollo 18 is given the last NASA Apollo mission was Apollo 17.  Well, I'm glad you asked.  Apollo 18 is apparently the mission that NASA doesn't want you to know about!  LOL!

Apollo 18 is filmed as a 'documentary' in the mold of The Blair Witch Project.  Lost footage is found, informing the world that there was one additional lunar mission that NASA kept secret.  Three astronauts head to the Moon, but discover that things are not as they seem on the Moon.  Without giving it away, the astronauts find something that was not known to them, but was known by the U.S. government.  Basically a huge government cover-up!

In terms of the science, there were issues with gravity.  The astronauts are not always 'hopping' as they should in Moon gravity.  In many cases they are able to run as one would run on the Earth.  The idea the government could cover this up is also bad science, but I'll leave it at that so you can enjoy this movie without spoilers.  I'm not sure how much you can enjoy this movie since it's not very good, but you might find it a bit interesting.