If they didn’t, then they must have had several hundred tape recorders working perfectly for all missions to simulate the telemetry from ground control, up to the vehicle, and back down again… with thousands of radio hams checking in constantly.
Oh, and mission control would have had to stick perfectly to a script, and the tape recordings of the astronaut respondents must also have been perfect. (it takes about 3 seconds for a radio signal to make the round trip, Earth-Moon and back again).
Given the era of technology, I’d say it was FAR more likely that some astronauts went to the moon than that all the landings were faked.
Some of the PICTURES were probably faked. I’ll admit that much. But the telemetry (radio conversations really) is what clinches it for me.
