Posted on 09/02/2009 11:08:25 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
PANAJI, India (AFP) – India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday.
"The images captured by a hyper-spectral camera fitted as a part of Chandrayaan-I... has reconfirmed the veracity of the Apollo 15 mission," said Prakash Chauhan, from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
NASA's 12-day Apollo 15 mission in 1971 was the first designed to explore the surface of the moon in great detail and over a long period.
But it and others in the Apollo project, including the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, when astronauts first stepped on the moon, have been the subject of a catalogue of conspiracy theories ever since.
Chauhan said Chandrayaan-I, which India launched late last year, located the Apollo 15 landing site by identifying disturbances on the moon's dark surface.
"The disturbed surface is bright," he said, in a presentation in the western state of Goa, where a conference on space missions is being held.
"Our images also show tracks left behind by the lunar rovers which were used by the astronauts."
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If memory serves me correctly, we have at least two freepers who will be saddened by this as they are completely sold on the hoax.
Bahut bahut danyavaad, Bharat!
Now maybe we can put that particular conspiracy theory to bed?
FYI!
(LOL)
The CIA paid the Indian government to say this...it’s a cover up by the American imperialists. These photos are fake just like the ones that we saw coming from those Hollywood sound stages that we all watched back then...:)
You silly! The POWERS that BE have obviously
CORRUPTED
the INDian spACE AGency
....
They PART of the ConSPIRAcy to
CONCEAL
the Grey’s flying SAUcer BaSe in
Mare TranquiLLitatis
I didn’t see any pictures are there suppose to be some.
Yeah!
WHAT
you
SAID !
!
:)
Excuse me, I should have said the Bilderburgers and the Masons with the help of the Council on Foreign Relations told the CIA to pay the Indian government...
I don't think the ‘moon landing hoax’ers will be dissuaded by corroborative data.
The Indians are in on it.
“They got Skyler!”
good point.. I guess every box of chocolates has a few nuts..
Was impressed by the linking of groupies to the CIA. We all knew it, but to have it laid out in such an obvious manner, well, I know I'LL sleep a little better tonight.
Wow, you accessed the top secret DemocraticUnderground/DailyKos strategic operations source of all knowledge.
Yep. That’s what I think too. ;)
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