I think a lot of the air-brushed moon photos are quite suspect.
Hoagland does seem to . . . extrapolate more than I’m that comfortable with.
On the other hand, he has the background to do it. I don’t.
I have been watching Hoagland since he narrated the Apollo moon landings. He was very good then. His program now is reasonable for one who sees our actual scientific knowledge of the universe to be mostly gaps. He points to incoming data and asks what that might be. His suggestions are intended to be outrageous so some might take a look for themselves.