Very early proposals for the landing craft did actually include TV cameras and monitors. From that fine book, "Live TV From the Moon" (p.18), "In a 1960 set of guidelines listed by Robert G. Chilton the suggestion was made that television may be desirable for the lunar missions. No further discussion was made of what such “desirability” would entail, although the existing notion of direct approach lunar landings would indicate this included assistance in landing the rocket in a vertical position. Earth Orbit Rendezvous would have required the crews on their backs and subsequently requiring the use of mirrors and/or television monitors to see the lunar surface upon settling the spacecraft on the moon."