Wrong again, Tom. The tapes were not lost. They were erased.
There was a three-year investigation. It's not like they could record all of that data on a small HDD. They recorded everything on magnetic tapes, and those tapes take up a great deal of space. They were recycled for use in other missions. Mistakenly, obviously, but the explanation is still much more efficient than yours. And, it doesn't assume the conclusion.
More to the point, here is a perfect example of the effects of the these very real communications delays:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/ktclips/ap11_landing_with_FD_loop.rmYou might have to right click and do a "save as.." or something. It's an audio file from
http://www.apolloarchive.com/. You can navigate to the file by clicking the "Apollo Multimedia" link on the left, then scrolling down to "Apollo 11 landing: Flight Director loop (left channel), Air-to-Ground (right channel)" under Apollo 11.
The downloaded .rm file can be played with VLC Media Player, among others.
You'll notice not only that the delays are causing them to talk over one another all the time, but also that you can occasionally hear the flight director's previous transmission in the air-to-ground transmission coming from the moon, a couple of seconds after the flight director made the transmission.
Sure, out of hundreds of hours of taped communications, you can surely find a few instances in which it seems like there is no delay. It's only relevant if you ignore all of the communications that are stymied by the delay. It's only relevant if you believe that it would be impossible for any of them to anticipate the questions of the others. It's only relevant if the "no delay" examples are actually examples of genuine communication, and not just the coincidence of two people saying words at the same time.
For example, there are times when it seems like the capsule is communicating with Houston with no delay, until you realize that Houston is just saying "good" or "ok" over and over again, not in response to what the capsule commander is saying, but because they are giving the capsule a constant verification that their flight path is still on track.
You're unwilling to do any real analysis. You're a fake intellectual. You comb through mountains of data to find one or two points that
appear to support your point, but only if we're willing to assume the conclusion, and only if we're unwilling to continue our inquiry. You stop asking questions as soon as you get the answer you wanted all along.