Last week I caught a comment on a news item about the drone sightings over New Jersey that made me wonder if it was for real or just a troll’s idea of a joke. Some guy ranted the government is lying to us about everything, including the space program. His proof? All of those fake space photos that don’t have stars.
Replying to something like that can go one of two ways, depending on the assumption about the comment being genuine or a joke. If the person making the comment isn’t joking, do they simply not know, or do they have a political axe to grind?
As the saying goes, you’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. The quote has been attributed to Patrick Moynihan, but it dates back much further than that.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/03/17/own-facts/
So, what are the facts explaining why some space photos don’t have any stars?