Why Not Trust NASA?

Let’s entertain the idea that NASA is faking photos. Even without NASA, other organizations, countries, and private companies (like SpaceX) have taken similar photos and videos. If NASA is lying, so are Russia, China, India, Japan, Europe, and even independent organizations like amateur rocketeers who’ve sent cameras high into the atmosphere.

You could argue that it's all part of a massive global conspiracy. But coordinating a conspiracy this large, over decades, with thousands of scientists across countries (many of whom have different political agendas) would be far more difficult than simply acknowledging that Earth is round.

I know flat Earth beliefs often come from a mistrust of institutions and government agencies, like NASA. And it’s good to question things critically. But at some point, we need to ask: What’s the motivation behind the “lie” that the Earth is round? Why would thousands of scientists, pilots, engineers, and educators around the world participate in this deception for centuries? What would they gain?

When you take into account all the self-verifiable evidence, like flights, pendulums, eclipses, and star constellations, it becomes clear that the spherical Earth model is not just something we’re told to believe—it’s something anyone can observe and test for themselves.

At the end of the day, the round Earth model explains these everyday phenomena in a way that’s simple and consistent with observable reality. It doesn’t require a global conspiracy; it just works.