The Moon makes a bad choice for a satellite platform because it is not in geosynchronous orbit. It does not stay in the same place above a given spot on Earth. If we were trying to receive a signal from a transmitter planted on the Moon, we would first have to find the Moon, and then constantly keep adjusting our dish to continue receiving.
Our current satellites are in an orbit that keeps them in the same spot above the Earth, even as it rotates on its axis (geosynchronous orbit).
I only have one statement about the Moon hoax/non-hoax: I want to believe.
July 20, 1969 happened to be my 9th birthday, and that has always been my claim to fame. I collect Moon landing memorabilia, I remember my grandmother crying as we watched Armstrong's boot step down onto the lunar surface, and I will be broken-hearted if the bastards faked the whole thing.
What is NASA's dilemma? Why don't they simply answer the questions? Tell us how they protected the vehicle from the radiation and the heat. Tell us about the retouched photographs. Tell us how they got the 35mm film back to Earth through the radiation field.
Lay it all out for us, NASA. I want to believe more than anyone.
They used Hasselblads. It's larger than the 35mm cameras. Custom-built for use while wearing spacesuits.
Try google. These "questions" have been answered many times. See Project Apollo Radiation Protection and Instrumentation.
The Van Allen belts aren't all they are cracked up to be by the "crack pots" out there. A blast from Solar flares would be more worrisome, but the Apollo astronauts received doses far lower than the occupational exposure limits allowed by the NRC. And over the last 30 years, none of the astronauts has exhibited any ill effects from their missions.