Uh, perhaps that the cold war was staged and they were dependent on our continuing to ship them advanced tech on the sly?
What is your age, if you don’t mind?
I’m not sure deductive reasoning hasn’t been expunged from younger generations. It’s telling to me, there aren’t ANY scientists of note, aviation, aerospace who entertain the notion all that stuff was faked. Over 400,000 people supported all the contracting and subcontracting work.
Many of the smartest people on the planet were involved intimately virtually 24/7 for years at the cape and in Houston. Universities and captains of industry. Guys like Tom Kelly of Grumman on Long Island, NY. MIT, Collins Radio, North American, the list is endless.
NASA poached several of the best of the top 50 or so experimental test pilots from the various branches of the US military. Many were combat veterans, with college degrees. Very, very patriotic individuals.
I can just hear the briefings. “Yeah, we’re just going to fake the whole thing, about 10 times. Who is with us?”
Sure, Jan