[boris]

"I think the problem with trying to view with the hubble is that the lens would fry if it was exposed to the bright light from the moon. It is pretty sensitive, I know they cant point it at the sun or we would have a 6 billion dollar space lump.."

Looking at the moon would not harm the Hubble. The Hubble uses a mirror, BTW, not a "lens"--except for the complex bunch of small lenses installed to correct for flaws in the mirror.

The real problem is that the Hubble does not have sufficient resolution to see man-made objects on the moon.

--Boris

[ToSeek]

Looking at the moon would not harm the Hubble. The Hubble uses a mirror, BTW, not a "lens"--except for the complex bunch of small lenses installed to correct for flaws in the mirror.

Actually, COSTAR - the device installed in Hubble to correct for the flawed mirror - consisted of mirrors, too.