Ive done a little research and discovered why we faked it. The moon is, in fact, made of cheese. By acting like we already went there we could perpetrate the fraud that the moon is just a dead rock spun off from Earth and forward our plans for monopolizing all orbiting cheese in the solar system. Soon though, such sweet sweet sooness, we will flood the market with cheese and bring the economies of Switzerland, France and Italy to their knees.....Muahahahahahahahahaha............