Originally Posted by
Dr Lecter
The reason for the why is because it's key to the whole thing.
It was all about propaganda. They simply wanted to show the whole world that they were better than Russia.
As for Russia shining a light on it being a hoax, the fact that they gave up on the idea as an impossible dream tells its own story.
Fifty years ago, America put a man on the moon. Since that time no other country has done it and America hasn't even attempted it, despite the incredible advances in technology we've seen in that time, particularly with regards to space travel.
I'm not some conspiracy theorist like some on here (mainly because most of it is just internet nonsense that doesn't stand up to scrutiny) and I'm certainly no expert on the moon landings but for me the whole thing just doesn't add up.
For the record, I'm not disputing that people didn't blast off in a rocket but in my opinion the walking on the moon bit was faked.