ORLANDO, FL - NASA has announced plans to stage an elaborate recreation of the historic first moon landing in 1969. Speaking from the Kennedy Space Center, a senior spokesperson has revealed that the agency plans to "go all-out this time".

NASA has come under public scrutiny recently following National Geographic documentaries that prove that the protective carbon layers on the Space Shuttle are "about as useful as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest". Insiders claim that a fresh PR campaign from the space research body is long overdue. The recent boost of funding from the federal government to facilitate the moon landing recreation is regarded by experts as the first wave of a wider public relations initiative.

"We've already been in contact with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, the people at Industrial Light and Magic and Pixar Studios," NASA spokesperson Yuri Mooney told Brainsnap.

Mooney went on to say that they had thought about asking enigmatic director Brian Singer in an advisory capacity, but the idea fell through at the last minute. "Most people are still confused by the ending of the Usual Suspects - and we'd really prefer to clear up this moon landing stuff once and for all.

"Naturally we will be looking for an improvement on what passed for special effects in 1969. There'll be attention paid to not labelling rocks, not having any wind to blow flags, not having converging shadows and not having any stars in the sky. This will be a total CGI-fest. We also thought about asking Andy Serkis to be a friendly alien, but negotiations broke down with the actor when we reasonably requested the use of a body-double instead of Serkis."

NASA is not ruling out a special Andy Serkis appearance in a possible sequel, NASA on Mars: The Fury of Wind Machines, which is hypothetically slated for US release in 2011.

When asked would the moon landing remake would be in the form of a 'live transmission' like the last time, Mooney responded: "It's doubtful at this stage - sixties audiences were far more interested in live performance shows than we are. There's far less risk of anything going wrong if we get the CGI perfect well in advance.

"We're calling it the George Lucas approach," the NASA spokesperson told journalists. "It's sure to be a hit."