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On July 20, 1959; NASA sent the Apollo 11 to the moon. On this mission, they discovered all of the cheese on the moon was missing. They then contacted the U.S. and in an attemp to cover up the discovery, they ordered 8 million pounds of "moon rocks" to be sent to the moon.

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