reply to post by Fuzzy1
They seem to be right where they are supposed to be. Did you look at the larger image?
The ALSEP is right there by the doublet.
Originally posted by atzmaz
All I know is if they can pull off a picture of the mars rover from space, you better be able to get decent pictures of where we landed on the moon.
Check this out: This can't be bigger than Apollo
At this distance the image scale is 27 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~81 cm across are resolved.
The best is yet to come! Once LRO finishes commissioning operations and enters its 50-km x 50-km mapping orbit, a maneuver currently scheduled for mid-August, the LROC NAC will take images over 8% of the Moon at 50-cm/pixel.Source
Originally posted by kiwifoot
reply to post by nataylor
Like I said above, it would have to be some damn close up images.
I thought this probe was looking to scout possible landing sites for manned missions in 2020/ Wouldn't they have the ability to take better images (more close up and detailed).
Sorry NASA, this proves nothing to me.
Originally posted by TurkeyBurgers I mean Technically couldn't you build a house of cards on the moon and since there is no atmosphere it would not get blown over?
December 7, 2005: Every lunar morning, when the sun first peeks over the dusty soil of the moon after two weeks of frigid lunar night, a strange storm stirs the surface.
The next time you see the moon, trace your finger along the terminator, the dividing line between lunar night and day. That's where the storm is. It's a long and skinny dust storm, stretching all the way from the north pole to the south pole, swirling across the surface, following the terminator as sunrise ceaselessly sweeps around the moon.
Originally posted by ngchunterits not an unmanned probe its the decent stage that they leave behind.
reply to post by kiwifoot
Ok, but why would an unmanned lander be parked at Apollo's landing sites? With the notable exception of apollo 12, that shouldn't be the case.