Paolo Attivissimo is an Information technology journalist and radio program host for Swiss National Radio, RTSI.CH, as well as full-time space devotee and part-time moon hoax debunker. A professional technical translator and interpreter, he has written 12 books in Italian on information technology for beginners and coauthored several others on exposing Internet-based hoaxes and conspiracy theories. This line of journalism is expanded in his Italian-language blog http://disinformatico.info and in his frequent appearances as lecturer on Computer-Assisted Reporting. Born in the United Kingdom in 1963, with British and Italian nationality, he now lives in Lugano, Switzerland, with his wife, two daughters and 2.5 cats.February 2008