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Originally posted by BB8
also the Hubble space telescope is powerful enough to see the landing sight so why wont America let us see it
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Unfortunately no,
the most powerful telescope we have, at the best resolution currently available when looking the moon gives what looks to be a pretty clear of the surface
But Hubble only has a 2.4 metre mirror, and each pixel at the best resolution covers approximately 86 metres of lunar surface, the landers are considerably smaller
The largest telescope will be the Magellan, which which will have a 24.5 metre mirror, made up of seven 8 metre reflectors in sequence - and still to take a picture of the lunar surface where one pixel = the size of the lunar landing craft will take a telescope 4 times the size of Magellan. And one pixel will not be enough to positively identify the object
the best chance of proving and also disproving the hoax is Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2008, although funded in part by the Japanese it will fall under the control of Nasa.