[PIF]

And why did they map the moon? What conceivable purpose die that serve? And why are the Images still classified - only the Low-Res and a few on the Middle-Res images are available, all the Hi-Res images are not?

What did they see on those images which we are not allowed see?

And why did Clementine ‘disappear’ after being declared destroyed only to reappear, without comment, years later in a totally different non-lunar orbit?

It is also true that the Navy budget at the time did not allow for the expense and some other more earthy military objectives had to be scraped or dropped to fund the mission. Why? What was so important that they had to map the moon in detail at that time, despite other more overtly pressing concerns?

[RinaseaofDs]

I’ll say it: Because there is a base on the dark side, and it isn’t human. Most of the original 11 have testified publically and privately that most of their activity in space and on Moon was monitored.

We have less evidence to substantiate the quantum physics many of the devices we use today are based on than we have for the existence of extra-terrestrial civilization. It’s a mountain of evidence.

[Wonder Warthog]

Good questions all. But not really relevant as to why the Navy is the preferred service for long-term space missions. I suspect something along the lines of what post 6 is suggesting for “Clementine”. Why did they call it “Clementine”?? Military nerds are like all nerds....they have “odd” senses of humor, and there is more to the name than is apparent on the surface.

[sparklite2]

And why did Clementine ‘disappear’ after being declared destroyed only to reappear, without comment, years later in a totally different non-lunar orbit?

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Unfortunately, on 07 May 1994, after the first Earth transfer orbit, a malfunction aboard the craft caused one of the attitude control thrusters to fire for 11 minutes, using up its fuel supply and causing Clementine to spin at 80 rpm. Under these conditions, the asteroid flyby could not yield useful results, so the spacecraft was put into a geocentric orbit passing through the Van Allen radiation belts to test the various components on board. The mission ended in June 1994 when the power level onboard dropped to a point where the telemetry from the spacecraft was no longer intelligible.

This doesn’t mention anything ‘years later.’ Could you provide a link?