Russia hated the U.S. in the 60s and used propaganda as its greatest weapon. If US faked it Russia would have known immediately. Russia would have done anything to have beaten us to the moon.
... "the most important understanding I had in my investment career, the one that made me wealthy was that if you cannot receive good returns investing in the US stock market over the long run, your money isn't safe anywhere. I've always made a lot of money buying US stocks when everyone else was panicking and selling. If the DOW dropped to 8,000 that would probably be the best buying opportunity in the history of the stock markets. I would put my last dollar into it."
A dollar is probably all you have to put in it anyway!
RE: Critical Variety Theory...