I was doing a quick search on the possibility the Apollo 1 fire was a conspiracy because the astronauts killed were going to come forward that the whole planned moon mission was being faked.

I ran across Bad Astronomy's page, which I've visited a couple times in the past. I found they addressed this, however, they actually did so in a bad manner. So, in true Bad Astronomy style, I'll use their technique for analyzing why this is bad...

Good: Phil of the Bad Astronomy website addresses this possibility.

Bad: He does so by saying its such a horrible thing that he won't address it.

Generally speaking, a scientific argument doesn't skip addressing something because the idea of it is bad. That turns it from a scientific argument to an emotional one. And an emotional argument has no basis in science...

My biggest sticking point on the moon was following authentic footage which was never intended for the public to be viewed. The footage, which was on YouTube but was then very quickly removed, shows what is clearly the astronauts faking the appearance of earth at a distance using a round window, and a darkened cabin.

Essentially the video shows what looks like the earth at a distance. But what happens while the camera is left on is that you eventually see the whole cabin filled with light and the earth at a distance was actually the earth through a portal, and they are in fact right next to the earth. There's no question about what the video shows, so the only question is, why would NASA have the astronauts do this? Until that question is addressed, I can only assume there is only one reason...

At any rate, it appears to be back on YouTube for the time being, so here it is... Ignoring the audio completely, it just appears there is fakery going on here and it's just fishy...