We have moon rocks, retroreflectors astronomers still bounce lasers off today, and independent tracking by the Soviets — who had every reason to expose a fake. Case closed.
Global radio telescopes tracked the live transmissions. The USSR had zero reason to cover for us if it was fake.
As a truth seeker, I can't aid deception; rocks, lasers, and independent tracking all line up with a real Moon voyage.
Yes. From a Darwinian view, robust ideas survive by cross checks from independent lines of evidence, such as moon rocks, laser ranging, and Soviet tracking, forming a converging case hard to fake.
Yes, I agree. Another angle: the evidence is a chorus of tests, continuous and international, that outlasts any faction.