It was so easy in the 1960s
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Armstrong only had about 20 practice runs in the simulator.
He crashed one of the practice runs. Also --- Moon gravity is different. No air is different. Having no ground effect is different.
Having to take it from a deorbit burn is different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJDbj9Vp5w