I thought the Lunokhod program was pretty well-known. I remember seeing a replica as a kid at the Sydney Power House museum. Damn huge.

Maybe history got lost in the noise by the American moon landings. The Soviets made a lot of firsts in space exploration, just not the one that mattered to get imprinted in history like a manned moon landing.

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I had never heard of this, but I guess thats just laziness on my part.
But I have to say the Russians never sease to amaze me.

I have known about the Lunokhod robotic rovers since the early 1970s. There were pictures of them in many of the space related books in my collection. I got to see a full-scale mock-up of a Lunokhod at a Soviet exhibition in Los Angeles around 1977. Recently, I purchased a 1/72nd scale model of one at a planetarium in Chicago.

And it is just my luck
I do not get the science channel.

I just saw the program and was amazed by some of the images featured on the show. Very clearly, in several shots, images of a dome structure can be seen. It is apparent that the dome structure was right in front of the rover as it sat on the lander platform! This is why, as it stated in the program, the operator had a pulse of 140! Later on, we see images of both the dome and the lander platform as the rover backed up to get a better view of the structure.

This is just further evidence for what Richard C. Hoagland has known for years - that there are giant glass dome structures on the moon and NASA and apparently the Russian space program have known about but have covered up. Far more concrete evidence can be found in Hoagland's book, Dark Mission, a bestseller, and which sparked a media explosion in Russia just recently. His website is www.enterprisemission.com

More interesting are the structures on Mars - particularly in the Cydonia desert region. Check out the D&M pyramid. Ever hear about it? That should be your first question, why the hell haven't I heard of this!?

Your friend in truth,
Maat

Originally posted by mattguy404


Maybe history got lost in the noise by the American moon landings. The Soviets made a lot of firsts in space exploration, just not the one that mattered to get imprinted in history like a manned moon landing.

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You mean the ones that America try to ignore!

There was always a lot of competition between America and Russia. America doesn't like to be beat so decide to hide certain things so not to lose face.

I don't understand why Countrys have to be so individual about this kind of thing. Why don't they get together and share infomation. By combining all the information we could be further advanced than what we are currently.

I am curious as to how that unit was powered. No solar cells seen. Was it nuclear?

wow now THOSE are cool! wonder what the price tag on that was...not that i could ever afford it.

Cool, they played around in the desert!

We all know the moon isnt real!

LOL