No, bear with me here: the fake is so obvious that everyone knows it's a fake. But why would they fake it if the moon is close enough to reach it? Because it isn't! That's what they want us to believe. It's a psyop.

I even believe (and that's the outlandish part of my theory I don't usually share), that the moon landing in fact was real (remember, the moon is closer than the sun) but just made to look fake. That way, they can present proof (real proof, remember, I think it was real) and the public is busy debunking that by showing that the moon is far away and thereby cementing the actually intended narrative.