Hypothesis to be examined:
President Richard Nixon, informed by NASA scientists that he could not
fulfill President Kennedy's challenge
"to go to the Moon in this decade", due to the Van Allen Belts of deadly
radiation and other technical challenges
authorized NASA to fake it 1969-72, just in time to beat the
Russians, using Hollywood movie
technology
and Grumman's Remote Controlled Lunar Lander to bring back rocks to convince the
scientists and Soviets,
and leave the lower half Descent Module as visual evidence for lunar
reconnaissance photography satellites.
January
20, 1969 - Nixon becomes President
July 20, 1969 - First Moon Walk - Apollo 11
December 14, 1972 - Last Moon Walk - Apollo 17
August 9, 1974 - Nixon resigns due to lying about Watergate
President Lyndon B. Johnson set the precedent, proving the public could be fooled with Apollo 8's Moon orbit.
January 20, 1969 - Nixon becomes President
July 20, 1969 - First Moon Walk
December 14, 1972 - Last Moon Walk
August 9, 1974 - Nixon resigns due to lying about Watergate
Nixon - NASA Legacy Unveiled at National Archives in 2013
http://www.space.com/19176-nixon-space-legacy-national-archives.html
President Richard Nixon opened the door to U.S. relations with China. Now China could expose a 40+ year fraud.
The deadline that John F. Kennedy set with "we choose to go to the Moon in this decade" was fast approaching in 1969.
Under LBJ, NASA was inefficient and behind schedule.
NASA engineers said they needed much longer. Apollo 10 caught fire, killing 3 astronauts. Russia was reportedly about to go to the Moon.
President Nixon was stuck. He did what he could.
He authorized the release of Apollo simulation photos and data to beat the Russians to the Moon, and help end the cold war.
China knows it was a fraud, and is gracefully giving NASA the chance to save face, and do the honorable thing.
China National Space Agency's Chang'e lander, and Yutu rover show the Moon to be
tan, not grey.
www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/index.php
www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents
Coming soon (maybe a year)
Hopefully by Roger Stone
and Rick Shaddock
Donald Trump will get American to the Moon for Real
TrumpMoon.com