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Old 11-05-2016, 12:25 PM   #15
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....And now for something completely different...:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...landing-sites/
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Getting enough detail from Earth is not going to happen because our atmosphere fuzzes the details of the landing sites.

They have taken other pictures of the sites from space, such as from the Challenger.

Do some searching and you'll find several times we've turned the cameras on the many landing sites.

Here's one, for example:

http://www.space.com/14874-apollo-11...oon-photo.html



People that think it didn't happen are idiots.
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...landing-sites/

From the above web-site....there is a link to the LRO...

We all love dark moonless skies, but let's face it, the Moon's out two weeks a month. How can you ignore it? You've doubtless observed craters and mountain ranges*and probed for volcanic features like rills and domes. But here and there among the nooks and crannies, you'll find six of the most remarkable locales on the Moon — the Apollo landing sites. They're the only places where humanity has achieved one of its oldest dreams and "touched the stars".
As you're well aware, no telescope on Earth can see the leftover descent stages of the Apollo Lunar Modules or anything else Apollo-related. Not even the Hubble Space Telescope can discern evidence of the Apollo landings. The laws of optics define its limits.
Hubble's 94.5-inch mirror has a resolution of 0.024″ in ultraviolet light, which translates to 141 feet (43 meters)*at the Moon's distance. In visible light, it's*0.05″, or closer to 300 feet. Given that the largest piece of equipment left on the Moon after each mission was the 17.9-foot-high by 14-foot-wide Lunar Module, you can see the problem.
Did I say problem? No problem for NASA's*Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which can dip as low as 31 miles (50 km) from the lunar surface, close enough to image each landing site in remarkable detail.
Thats pretty cool i didn't know these existed!
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