(Yes, of course I know that’s not the Enterprise-D and that TNG came out in 1986, but you try making a better debunking joke.)

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    Wasn’t 2001 also made at that time? As I recall, that was incredibly realistic (mostly), far more so than a cheap TV show

    (Not saying that 2001 is proof, just that ToS isn’t a great comparison)

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      2001 came out in 1968, so a year before the actual moon landing. As long as you were economical with your shots, you could definitely do some realistic-looking microgravity and spaceships with 60s tech - what you couldn’t do with 60s tech, as a commenter above pointed out, was a long flat shot of people moving convincingly on the lunar surface, which is what the Apollo films show.

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        2001 came out in 1968, so a year before the actual moon landing

        Haha! So it was the test for how realistic they’d get it. I knew it!