It could be the breakaway civilization can go there in their tictacs or bell UAPs or whatever, but I don't think it's anything to do "us" - as in not NASA or any other space agency's work. NASA/Military faked the landings because they believed they could get away with it, could afford to do it, and having people believe it happened was almost as good as actually going there (perhaps better actually) and far preferable to telling everyone that actually it's impossible to do in the way they devised. Then people would ask why did they think it was possible in the first place? when did you realise it would be impossible? Why did they spend all that money? and kill those astronauts? etc.
Also I think they felt emboldened by a couple of other massive hoaxes that successfully passed as real 20 or so years before.
It could be the breakaway civilization can go there in their tictacs or bell UAPs or whatever, but I don't think it's anything to do "us" - as in not NASA or any other space agency's work. NASA/Military faked the landings because they believed they could get away with it, could afford to do it, and having people believe it happened was almost as good as actually going there (perhaps better actually) and far preferable to telling everyone that actually it's impossible to do in the way they devised. Then people would ask why did they think it was possible in the first place? when did you realise it would be impossible? Why did they spend all that money? and kill those astronauts? etc.
Also I think they felt emboldened by a couple of other massive hoaxes that successfully passed as real 20 or so years before.