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To: simpson96

I believe with a powerful telescope you can still see equipment we left up there, like the rover.


8 posted on 07/06/2016 12:35:38 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity
I believe with a powerful telescope you can still see equipment we left up there, like the rover.

Yeah, a powerful telescope located on a satellite in orbit around the moon.

At the Hubble Space Telescope's maximum resolution, each pixel is about 200 feet across when projected on the surface of the moon. The largest feature of any of the Apollo landing areas is about one-fifteenth of that.

The pictures you're probably thinking of were acquired by a camera on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is in a very eccentric orbit around the moon; at its lowest point, the LRO swoops down to within 12 miles of the lunar surface.

20 posted on 07/06/2016 12:43:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: circlecity

Some wanks at one of the imaging agencies used equipment to take a picture of the Apollo 11 landing site. The lander is distinctly visible as is the flag which is bleached white and, yes indeed, it was blown about 800’ away during ascent and lies just inside a small crater


58 posted on 07/06/2016 1:53:54 PM PDT by Justa
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