I don't follow.

Allow me to explain. Your hypothesis suggests NASA couldn't make 1969 deadline, so they fake the first two landings. If they fake the first two landings, how can they bulid on experience by later ones? You probably should read the story of Apollo 10 before making your assumption.

This man was still going into space. WHOA! Space. Just think about it. This man was still very privileged, indeed more so in 1969.

Completely irrelevant. I should of specify that Armstrong's intensive training was for Apollo 11 specifically. Previous achievements from Gemini and later things after Apollo are not relevant in this case.

More to the point, I believe the early crews actually carried out phases and exercises that would assist the later mission(s).

Irrelevant. You may believe, but do you have any historical evidence? Until you do, I reject your argument.

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