doubting the moon landing...seriously, that shit is cray
Perhaps it is better that we forget about it. What a phenomenal waste of money, time and talent. NASA would have been better off, and gathered much more useful science by sending umpteen unmanned missions instead. I feel the exact same way about NASA's current project on sending a manned mission to Mars.
it was mainly political IIRC. we needed to show russia up. they had the 1st satellite, and 1st person to orbit the earth.
a manned moon landing was the next step. couldnt let russia beat us there too; they would then be the most advanced "space faring" nation. no way would the USA come in second on that, our national pride was at stake.
and the advances from the space program have many benefits. one being that for long term human survival as a species. we need to get off this rock before we destroy it.
the sooner colonies are on mars/wherever, the better the chance for human survival. earth is getting to be shithole. we need "boots on the ground" at some point and automated probes are just the 1st step towards that.