reply to post by zorgon
You'd think that they would have more than enough information as to landing sites from prior missions. I guess every mission has to have a recon
element.....

July 2 - LRO has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
As the moon rotates beneath LRO, LROC gradually will build up photographic maps of the lunar surface.
Originally posted by mystrGoogle uses comercial satellites and aerial photos, but when LRO reaches it's working orbit it will be able to take photos with a similar (or better) resolution than those seen on Google Earth.
Even google earth's satellite is capable to take good snaphots of a car from earth orbit... then we should assume that google has much resources than nasa??
Haven't they already the complete moon surface scanned by CLEMENTINE? where are the photos?I don't know what you are talking about (is Google going to use Clementine photos, like NASA Worldwind has done for a long time?), but they have been here since, at the most, 2004.
With Google Earth, your computer becomes a window to anywhere on the planet, allowing you to view high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery, elevation terrain, road and street labels, business listings, and more. Learn more here.earth.google.com...
Originally posted by ArMaP
they have been here since, at the most, 2004.