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Could a space telescope be pointed at the site of the moon landings to prove that humans really did land there?

Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits.

Would this definitely prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.

Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

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Answered by Stephen Pustelnik
on 2009-07-09 01:40:55

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When I worked on the SW for the Hubble, we took great pains to set-up safeguards so that the Hubble would avoid looking at the earth, moon AND especially the sun because any of these would burn out the detectors on all of the instruments. In addition the ground operations team plans all observation passes to avoid these bright objects for that very reason. Sorry, the Hubble can#39;t help to quiet the conspiracy theorists.

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-07-08 17:02:01

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Last edited on: 2010-03-24 14:51:33

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Tags: Space, moon, conspiracytheory, telescope, Apollo, hoax, landing.

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Could a space telescope be pointed at the site of the moon landings to prove that humans really did land there?

Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits.

Would this definitely prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.

Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

Editorial status: In magazine.

(3 votes) average rating:4.67

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Answered by jon
on 2009-07-09 02:59:47

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NASA#39;s new LRO satellite which has just entered orbit around the moon is going to return images of the Apollo sites fairly soon. Whether moon sceptics will believe them or not is another matter...

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-07-08 17:02:01

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Tags: Space, moon, conspiracytheory, telescope, Apollo, hoax, landing.

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Could a space telescope be pointed at the site of the moon landings to prove that humans really did land there?

Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits.

Would this definitely prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.

Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

Editorial status: In magazine.

(3 votes) average rating:4.67

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Answered by Burger
on 2009-07-09 10:39:32

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I#39;m not a HB (hoax believer) by any means and have had heated arguments with some of those idiots, but please answer the following for me.I watched a moon movie posted on Youtube by a HB of Apollo 15(?) astronauts planting the flag. It took about 30 seconds from being planted to stop moving after the astronaut left it alone (which was the main thing the HB had a problem with but which can easily be explained by momentum in space and some tension left in the flag and pole etc). What I can#39;t explain though is that the flag started moving again a while later when one of the astronauts ran past the flag without touching it. It wasn#39;t vibrations, because the pole kept dead still as far as I could see.

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-07-08 17:02:01

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Tags: Space, moon, conspiracytheory, telescope, Apollo, hoax, landing.

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Could a space telescope be pointed at the site of the moon landings to prove that humans really did land there?

Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits.

Would this definitely prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.

Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

Editorial status: In magazine.

(3 votes) average rating:4.67

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Answered by Anonymous
on 2009-07-09 14:00:15

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Why not just fire all of the conspiracy theorists to the moon and they can see for themselves.

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-07-08 17:02:01

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Last edited on: 2010-03-24 14:51:33

Categories: Technology.

Tags: Space, moon, conspiracytheory, telescope, Apollo, hoax, landing.

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Could a space telescope be pointed at the site of the moon landings to prove that humans really did land there?

Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits.

Would this definitely prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.

Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK

Editorial status: In magazine.

(3 votes) average rating:4.67

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Answered by Anonymous
on 2009-07-09 15:20:36

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A pretty good write up of why you can#39;t point Hubble at the moon is here:http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/08/12/moon-hoax-why-not-use-telescopes-to-look-at-the-landers/Running through the calculations reveals that Hubble has a working resolution limit of 0.1 arcseconds which corresponds to 200 meters on the moon (not taking into account the moon being to bright as mentioned above). LRO will apparently be able to see things down to a meter maybe a little less. Not that it will convince any nutter out there.

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