>>4188646More photos of a movie set doesn't make it more real.
Kubrick's Space Odyssey only had about two short scenes on the moon, the main focus was on space and space craft, not the moon.
They wouldn't have used matte paintings for backdrops but instead used front screen projection. A Technology last used in the movie Oblivion with Tom Cruise, where footage or a still picture is projected onto a screen in the background.