What if Elon Musk faked a Mars landing? As the battle over misinformation wages in cyberspace, the idea of fringe conspiracy theories involving space travel can easily gain mainstream footing. Since 1976, unhinged claims that we never actually landed on the Moon have wormed their way into the zeitgeist in a variety of ways. And one film — which enjoyed an early release in Japan in December 1977 — accidentally helped ignite the casual belief in space-based conspiracy theories. Here’s why Capricorn One is actually a pretty good movie.
