I think the Neil Armstrong moon landing was faked yes. Like you said, even now it is difficult to go to space, even with all the advancements. I don’t think it happened in 1969 no. I think the US felt pressured by the USSR & China, they wanted to be first so faked it. I don’t have any facts or evidence but there are many thought out conspiracy theories you can Google.
That my friend is exactly what I suspected. The thought of being behind forced the US to fake the first moon landing just to look like they were ahead.
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