[Sticks]

From BBC News

Probe pictures Moon landing sites
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News


Apollo 17: The wheels of the Lunar Roving Vehicle ("Moon buggy") left parallel lines in the "soil"


Remarkable new images of the Apollo landing sites on the Moon have been released by Nasa.

The pictures clearly show the hardware left on the lunar surface by American astronauts in the 1960s and 70s, including Apollo 17's "Moon buggy".

The images were acquired by the robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which has been circling Earth's satellite since 2009.

Such shots have been returned before, but these are the best yet.

LRO has recently lowered its orbit from 50km above the Moon's surface to just 25km.

This makes it easier to see equipment, such as the descent stages that put the astronauts on the surface. Some of the science experiments are visible, also - as are the trails of bootmarks left in the dirt as the crews positioned these science packages.

Though I doubt this will satisfy the conspiracy theorists

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by Sticks

Though I doubt this will satisfy the conspiracy theorists

Obviously the pictures are photoshopped.

[Zippy]

Lets face it, the moon is bloody dull. There's literally nothing there.

[Jordan.]

They drew them tracks on with a pencil

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Zippy

Lets face it, the moon is bloody dull. There's literally nothing there.

This Never really got the fascination, it's basically just a big lump of rock

[Stu]

All the more reason to build a theme park on it. With hookers. And blackjack.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by MTVN

This Never really got the fascination, it's basically just a big lump of rock

Behave its made of cheese everyone knows that

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Behave its made of cheese everyone knows that

No it's not. It's just a big man's face.

[Stu]

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

No it's not. It's just a big man's face.

Made of cheese

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

This Never really got the fascination, it's basically just a big lump of rock

It's the second planet in the whole universe that humans have stepped on, that all really

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Chewy

It's the second planet in the whole universe that humans have stepped on, that all really

Planet?


oh no it isnt

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Chewy

It's the second planet in the whole universe that humans have stepped on, that all really

I was taught that it was a satellite.

[Sticks]

It is a moon

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Sticks

It is a moon

Yes and not only is it a moon, its our moon.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Yes and not only is it a moon, its our moon.

Can I sell it to pay for a holiday please.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Can I sell it to pay for a holiday please.

If you find a buyer fill your boots honey.

[Scarlett.]

Planet, satillite, whatever, at the end of the day it's a rock in space with a gravitational pull, just like Earth, only it happens to be smaller and circle a planet.

[Sticks]

Actually the Earth and the Moon orbit a common Barry Centre, which happens to be located within the Earth.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Sticks

Actually the Earth and the Moon orbit a common Barry Centre, which happens to be located within the Earth.

Now that's just being pedantic

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Now that's just being pedantic

Accurate is all

And as a moderator on a science based forum elsewhere on the net, there is nothing wrong with accuracy.

[Grimnir]

i say fake

everyone knows that transformers live on the darkside of the moon

that is why humans never went back

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Accurate is all

And as a moderator on a science based forum elsewhere on the net, there is nothing wrong with accuracy.

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