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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA (NASA, for its acronym in English) recognized on the centenary of the arrival of man on the Moon, that its program was the result of human error and an unexpected requirement.

"[Neil] Armstrong foolishly lost his car key on the Moon, which wouldn't have been a problem except the key ring it was on was a wedding anniversary gift from his wife Carol and he took a fancy to get it back" , acknowledged the director of NASA, General Lewis. F. Moon. "When the time for the mission ran out and the lunar module returned to Earth, he threw a tremendous tantrum and threatened to tell the Russians that the moon landing was a hoax if we didn't go back for his key chain," he admitted.

Moon added that it was not until Apollo 17 that they were able to find the happy object, thanks to the fact that with the Lunar Rover, specially designed for it and tested in previous missions, the search area could be expanded.

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