Can we see the remnants of the Apollo moon missions by telescope?

Question

With a powerful enough telescope we should be able to see footprints, things left by the astronauts, etc. Right? Any images out there of these?

Answer 1

No

"The Daily Telegraph published a story in 2002 (see ref.) saying that European astronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT, the most powerful telescope in the world) would use the telescope to view the remains of the Apollo lunar landers. According to the article, Dr Richard West said that his team would take "a high-resolution image of one of the Apollo landing sites". Marcus Allen, a moon hoax believer, pointed out in the story that no images of hardware on the moon would convince him that manned landings had taken place [43] (Allen believes robot missions placed objects there). The article greatly overstates the power of the VLT (it can show details only as small as 130m) and so it is not surprising that no images sharp enough to resolve the lander have been forthcoming[10]. Such photos, if and when they become available, would be the first non-NASA produced images of the site at that definition."

Answer 2

The largest telescope in the world is far to small to show the items left on the Moon by Apollo. There is a theoretical limit to the smallest detail a telescope of a given size can resolve, and a telescope that could resolve a one foot wide object on the moon would be about 300 times bigger than the Hubble Space Telescope.

Answer 3

The telescopes are not powerful enough yet.
But even if, why should you look for Apollo remnants of the moon? The people operating the telescopes are scientists and don't believe this "moon-landing-is-a-fake"-bullshit. And the conspiration theorists will just claim the telescope-pictures are faked by the NASA.

Answer 4

The 236 in mirror in 'Russia and the 40 inch Yerkes refractor are not capable of reolving tthe small things on the moon. It is resolution that is need to see small things with a telescope. Notioce on Google Earth that the satellite can "see things" on earth, but only after a computer has rendered the resolving power.

Answer 5

modern-day telescopes have not got adequate potential. Like somebody else pronounced (in arcsecond contraptions), I as quickly as did the mathematics and it would take some million potential to needless to say see the junk we left on the moon. Even Hubble is decrease than one thousand potential, so we've a a thank you to flow. Like i've got pronounced in the previous, if I had a million potential telescope, I in all likelihood does not waste it by capacity of pointing it on the moon.

Answer 6

Supposedly famous astronomer Patrick Moore saw some "alien military bases" through his telescope --- that are on the moon. Rumor has it that he was then paid a visit by some Men In Black who threatened him if he told anyone about what he saw. These military bases are supposedly run by aliens, and our government has a contract with the aliens not to disturb them. Blah blah, does kinda make you wonder though why we haven't been back to the moon in 30+ years. Anyway, it all depends on what you want to believe.

Answer 7

not unless it is a time machine telescope

Answer 8

No