So in your particular scenario, given how glaringly obvious the ‘C’-artifact is on certain production runs of that photo, you mean to argue that it was not caught before being released?
Because the whole idea of a Moon Landing hoax involves mitigating or removing anything that would indicate that it was a fake, yes?
Then, if the intent was to sell the hoax, why release something that is so glaringly obvious?
All can see that the billions NASA has had in its budget for decades can buy lots of PR-savvy and well-crafted turn of phrase. It also has bought a lot more, including a James Hansen, who is superbly-well versed in fakery and one of the leading proponents of the hoax of Global Warming.
Why do criminals invariably trip themselves up? By your logic, we would never see their slip-ups, because they would have been trying,...oops, "mitigating or removing" anything that would tip off the detective.