Thermo said:apollo 13 was the original landing
Apollo 13 had no lunar landing That was the one they cocked up.
Suzie, if it was all faked, why didn't the USSR just fake their own moon landing? After all, they were great at keeping secrets amongst civilians, just threatened to kill their family. More empty land in the middle of nowhere to build the studios and so forth, easy.
Yet they didn't do that, did they.
I've just read the speech prepared for Nixon in case the lander module had failed to get off the surface:
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.
In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man. In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.