The plot involves discussion of Faking the moon landing so they would be able to put it on TV, if the actual mission to the moon was unsuccessful?
Seems like an odd storyline.
William Safire wrote a speech before the flight in case of a major failure. It was a little less than two minutes long, and hadn’t been released until just recently
https://youtu.be/jRYlmKHiUFk?si=ms9ywrbxIGNhslAk