Huh? Are you a member of the "Flat Earth Society" who believe the moon landing was staged in a TV studio and shuttle missions are phony too? Maybe you think our military is "Hollywood" too. Wow.
Not Apollo Hoax so much as Attention Whores.
Kelly was never, not for an instant, willing to give up his ride for anything or anyone. Rides are what astronauts live for, except for something else...
Attention. The trouble with flying into space since the eighties is that no one cares anymore, because the shuttle and the SSI are just one big merry-go-round to nowhere.
This whole "Will he give up his trip?" was despicable, cynical media manipulation. If you knew a few astronauts, you'd know that there would never be any question that he absolutely would go over anybody's dead body.
Just deplorable...all so one Ted Baxter could have a little more attention.