Mars Express is a great probe. I love the 3d surface pics they make from that. SMART-1 look to be like a great probe too. I've been eagerly awaiting for it to get to the Moon and take pics ever since it launched. Looks like it's finally starting now. I wonder if the image resolution and magnification will be high enough to see the old Apollo landing sites.

Didnt the european space agenscy lose two mars probes last year? Or was that faulty memory on my part?

One which was lost Beagle 1 on mars was infact a British probe and it hitched a ride on an ESA probe. I thought it was a ESA mission but jra cleared that up in another thread.

Thank you for that bit of info. Maybe I can hitch a ride with the european space agency and go to mars...I think it would be cool....

First of all this is not a joke, the photo taken at Lunar latitude 75 degrees North by Smart-1 shows a humanoid statue I call the Emperor with a crown. I first saw this from Nasa photos that were not as clear as the photos from smart-1. Next to the Emporer is a fallen statue leaning at a 45 degree angle that looks similar to an Aztec statue. Other anomolies include other humanoid statues and heads including vehicles in this photo. An entrance near the crater has a geometric design with a Penguin design near the opening. You must first train your eyes to see these things I have spent thousands of hours studying satellite and ground zero rover missions on Mars and in our Solar System. You haven't seen anything yet. Rik Riley

Care to provide a link to these photos rikriley?

how can you post that and not contain a link?

Oh yes. Now I see it.(lol) I can also see a 67 or 68 Chev Impala. Resolution not quite good enough to tell properley.

To see the Emporer with crown go to www.esa.int/esa click on smart -1's first images from Moon. Go to lunar craters Brianchon and Pascal photo, now look toward the top darkened part of photo at 11:30 bingo there it is now enlarge the photos to get a better look again train your eyes it will take a while to see these things. You will see other statues, vehicles and anomolies. Rik Riley

Time will tell who is right about the anomolies on the Moon. As far as aliens or humanoids living on the Moon anything is possible when it comes to our Solar System, Galaxy or Universe. What do I personally think, I believe our Moon has and still is being used as a mining colony as well as an alien base on the dark side. If you were trying to hide an instalation this would make perfect sense since the darkside of the Moon is not seen by Earthlings. Is the Moon hollow some think so including siesmic data. If so it would be a perfect place to hide an alien installation. Rik Riley

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any chance of this thing having good enough resolution to get a pic of the rover?
I really want to see the whole moon hoax BS put to rest.

Originally posted by mwm1331
any chance of this thing having good enough resolution to get a pic of the rover?
I really want to see the whole moon hoax BS put to rest.

Rover? You mean the Apollo landing sites right? I don't know how good the camera is, but I too hope it can see them somewhat.

Yeah Jra I was refering to the orginal rover the moon rover at the pollo sites. So does anyone know if smart will be able to, or is gong to get any pics?

Once Smart-1 photographes the Apollo site upo close, the hoaxers will complain that SMART-1 was a hoax Like the Russians and now the French wouldn't be the first to expose any American hoax if given the change

It would be a great joke though if some renegade billionaire has planted a '67 chevy on the moon , it would completely baffle the scientists

Really curious tough for the dark side of the moon and above all water-ice in craters near the poles to jumpstart colonisation.


[edit on 3-2-2005 by Countermeasures]