IMO, it's real. I'll try to answer some of your questions from my own knowledge. (I'm a power supply designer who has been R&D'ing propulsion systems on the side.)1. The answer has more to do with why we went. It was a JFK-inspired battle to be first with Russia. We didn't put the first satellite up, we didn't put the first man in space, but we beat Russia to the moon. The public was all behind it. Until we won. Then, the public interest declined. It was a huge financial endeavor and we were in Vietnam and had civil strife. NASA decided to go in a different direction and developed the 'reusable' space shuttle which never lived up to its financial promise, costing a $billion a flight. We had plans to build space stations to help build rockets in space. Finances and elections every 4 yrs makes that difficult. There was no profit margin. Just science advancement. A lot of it. But hard to justify the cost. 5. To be honest, the suits have many layers and at lower than atmospheric pressure to make them more maneuverable. They had a lot of experience in high altitude aircraft pressure suit design to lean on. I have vhs tapes from all the moon landings and what a difference in the quality in the last missions. I've listened to the autobiography audio book from Michael Collins, who describes in detail the whole mission experience. He was part of the first landing. These were the best military pilots we had. 8. The lights in a vacuum don't get picked up by any atmosphere (there is none) and shine brightly on the object they strike. 4. Johnson was a slimeball imo. lol.