with the virtually endless budget NASA had it is possible for them to fake it
1: They didn't have a 'virtually endless' budget. They were fighting for every penny and seeing it cut three years before the first landing.
2: It was not possible to fake it, and in any case I asked
how. As I said in another thread, no-one has yet managed to explain
how it was faked. Vague assertions that it was possible are not adequate.
3: If they had the ability to fake it, they could have actually gone to the Moon, and since that one would not rely on covering up a massive hoax for decades, with the risk of political embarrassment that goes with that if it is ever uncovered, I know which I'd go for if I had the resources to either fake it or do it for real.