There are literally reflectors on the moon left by the manned moon missions that are used to measure the distance of the moon using laser pulses. And the US and Soviets have both used them, so unless there was a global commie/capitalist conspiracy...
There are literally reflectors on the moon left by the manned moon missions that are used to measure the distance of the moon using laser pulses. And the US and Soviets have both used them, so unless there was a global commie/capitalist conspiracy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment
Some Russians think Brezhnev traded complicity in the moon landing for a gradual draw down of American troops in Vietnam, which Nixon began in 1969.
Would the Soviets trade a major propaganda victory to save tens of thousands of lives? I don't know.
The Soviets have also placed verifiable retroreflectors on the Moon.