That's one of the many unanswered questions. The Van Allen belt.

The "sun" doesn't look like it should look either.

Oh and Photoshop existed in 1969. Some of these pictures are truly mindboggling.


Here, watch the astronauts go berserk when confronted with their lies:

[link to www.youtube.com]

You really want to see the end.


If you can't make it, fake it. There was a cold war back then, wasn't there? There could be other reasons, of course.