The real conspiracy is that they managed to get their staging right the first time, without reverting to VAB.
Since the time is also reset when reverting to VAB, we can’t actually know how often they tried.
“Well we made it to orbit this time but they are completely out of fuel.”
“Roll it back and add more SRBs.”
Add more booster!
for unstaged moon landing check out the insanities KSP players can create
People be making Eve SSTOs, meanwhile my 5 stage monstrosity can barely get from Eve surface to orbit with a single Kerbal strapped to a chair.
It wasn’t an orbital rocket afaik. It went further than orbit, as it traveled to the gravitational influence of the moon and back.
It orbited Earth several times before heading to the Moon. The maneuver that connected the LEM to the top of the command module happened in Earth orbit.
