I've heard every angle of this one. What's the best arguments either way? How can I be sure what's actually original video/pictures these days and what has been edited?
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Yes, a set was constructed to film a fake moon landing. This was the backup plan. Thankfully the primary plan succeeded. Our government lies to us constantly, but we have plenty of evidence that Apollo missions were successful.
Pretty much. Particularly regarding government lies, spreading the conspiracy theory might have been a dodge regarding another thing - massive corruption around the early Space Shuttle program (which everyone forgets began around the time of the final moon flights). Fact is, the Shuttle never fulfilled its designated purpose - cheap transport to low-earth orbit - yet managed to bury billions in spending, along with over a dozen human casualties of designer hubris and management incompetence. It was a criminal flop through and through, needing a quick change of subject - so, how `bout them moon landings, huh? Something fishy going on there, that's fer sure. Never mind the Shuttle, it can wait, just keep looking at the moon, that's a good boy.
All in all, as with most crimes, government lies also tend to involve money first, pragmatism second, nebulous nefarious plans last, if at all.