Oh come on. He said the Universe put it there (Nature), or if you choose "God." If this is all he's said, I'd strike it up to simple awe at the mystery of our existence.
Only one scientist (a geologist) ever went to the moon. The rest were just very physically fit people insane enough to sit on top of rockets that the scientists built.
He's just trying to keep us off the moon because he's afraid we will discover that the cold war didn't end and that it is currently being fought on the dark side of the moon.
The last star is for anyone who gets this reference.