Editing Moon landing conspiracy theories (section)

=== Vietnam War ===
The American Patriot Friends Network claimed in 2009 that the landings helped the United States government distract public attention from the unpopular [[Role of the United States in the Vietnam War#Americanization|Vietnam War]], and so crewed landings suddenly ended about the same time that the United States ended its involvement in the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm |title=Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake? |date=July 21, 2009 |website=American Patriot Friends Network (APFN) |access-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174114/http://www.apfn.org/apfn/moon.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In fact, the ending of the landings was not "sudden" (see [[#Space Race|Space Race]] above). The war was one of several federal budget items with which NASA had to compete; NASA's budget peaked in 1966, and fell by 42% by 1972.<ref>U.S. Office of Management and Budget</ref> This was the reason the final flights were cut, along with plans for even more ambitious follow-on programs such as a permanent [[space station]] and crewed flight to Mars.<ref>Hepplewhite, T.A. [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4221/sp4221.htm ''The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle''], chapter 4. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1999.</ref>