I believe landing on the moon and a live video broadcast from the moon are two extremely different things.
I think they did have actors on a soundstage pantomime to the live audio being piped from the moon. Just cuts down on so many variables, and the stakes were too high for the broadcast to be a technical disaster.
I think that even despite that, the moon landing is still one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
The Moon landing was staged, but Stanley Kubrick wanted to film on location.
Okay, here is what I believe:
I believe landing on the moon and a live video broadcast from the moon are two extremely different things.
I think they did have actors on a soundstage pantomime to the live audio being piped from the moon. Just cuts down on so many variables, and the stakes were too high for the broadcast to be a technical disaster.
I think that even despite that, the moon landing is still one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MOnehCOUw