Posted on 05/13/2008 10:16:08 AM PDT by Aristotelian
Thanks for the linkage. I’ve been using Starry Night for years but always looking for new software :). Didn’t know there was an open source one out there.
No telescope has the technology to see the base of the moon landers. However, once the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched, some of its cameras should be able to distinguish the moon landers from the surrounding soil.
Side benefit of working on LRO — I can finally spell “reconnaissance” without looking it up...
LOL!
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