TV actors do it all the time. They follow a script for a decent pay day and celebrity life. People will literally spit in their own families faces for the chance to get fame and fortune.
So the Apollo people who play the astronauts get told to act out a scene or scenes for a life time of fame and fortune. What harm are they doing? It's only what TV actors do, except this is passed off as real but it will never come to light that it's all faked, so they live out the lie with the trimmings that go with it.
All they have to do, is study the storylines so they can answer questions as they arise.
What would it take for any of you to follow a script for a potential lifetime of fortune and fame?
People can think what they want about whether those people are lying or not. the issue is, nobody gets to physically prove it unless someone breaks down and tells the truth.
The problem with that is, how far would the guilty persons truth go? It would go as far as a bit of tongue wagging before they were deemed insane and suffering from space dementia or whatever is bestowed upon them.
Argue all you want about this not being possible. You know it is and you also know that Armstrong displayed very weird mannerisms all the way throughout his life after his so called space jaunt. Most other actornauts revel in the fame and the money that comes their way.
Once you accept the invitation to the lie, you have to live that lie. there's no backing out freely or without consequence.
Aldrin isn't brainwashed. Aldrin struggles to keep up the ruse. Their post Apollo conference should be enough to tell any rational person that something is not right. The only thing missing from the conference, is the forehead stickers that should read LIAR.
There is also a lot of ties to freemasonry which is an organization built upon lying and threats of death to those who dare betray the organization. They'll kill your kids, your spouse, or anyone to ensure you comply. On the other hand, if you play like a good dog, you get money and fame. The press conference was indeed a dead give away. Collins couldn't see any stars...WOW
Well astronauts do see stars from space. In Collins case, even though there is no air and the sky is black, much of our ability to see stars depends on how well our eyes are adjusted to the low light conditions. The whole time they were on the moon, the ground was well lit, like daytime on earth. Everything below their horizon is bright, so their eyes never get adjusted enough to see stars. If any of them had thought to look up for a few seconds, they would have seen stars as their eyes got adjusted. But looking up, in those suits and helmets, may not have been as easy as we'd think. They were probably dumbfounded in the interview because they were probably thinking, "Geez, how could I have been there for two days and never even think about looking at the stars??"
I suppose the answer is discipline and the ability to focus on duties. While they were there, it was almost with the same degree of rigor as if they were actors on stage in a play. Essentially every minute of their time was carefully planned. They were chosen for the program because of the very abilities and personalities which would have kept them from being distracted by such thoughts.
It might also be fair to say that the stars and sun were the ONLY things up there that they had seen many times before and were used to. The fascination of the terrain would be compelling, by comparison, I would think. We only see the pictures, but imagine standing in the middle of all that. If they looked up at anything, it would almost certainly have been the earth. I think if I saw that, I would be completely oblivious to stars.
Besides, what is your implication when you say, "Collins couldn't see stars, WOW"? If there is something wrong with that picture, what is the problem? Are you saying the space program is fake because Collins actually went to space and couldn't see stars?