In recent years many new pictures have been taken of the moons surface. The detail is very high now, and I was wondering whether any of the equipment left by the moon landing was visible?
2006-10-15 23:25:56 · 11 answers · asked by sdunk23 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, what your asking is can you see a footprint or tyre track from orbit 30 years on.
And the answer appears to be "yes" - scientists at Brown University have been able to see disturbances to the lunar surface left by the missions visible in recent orbital photographys - see link below.
2006-10-15 23:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this could be a nitpick, yet there are actual 2 1969 landing web content, the sea of Tranquility and the sea of Storms. There are actually not any rovers at the two of those web content because of the fact the 1st rover become not taken to the Moon till the Apollo 15 landing in 1971. The 1972 Apollo sixteen and 17 missions additionally had rovers. additionally the golf balls have been from Apollo 14's 1971 landing, not the two of the 1969 landings.
2016-11-23 14:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do have some excellent telescopes now and some of them are in space. However, none of them can resolve object below three to four meters in diameter. And, the artifacts left behind are all smaller than that.
The Clementine lunar orbiter did pass over and photograph the Apollo 15 landing site. The pictures indicate some disturbances on the surface at exactly the location of the Apollo 15 landing, but no single object can be identified.
2006-10-16 01:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by Otis F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually there is a reflective plate which is on the moon left by the last apollo astronauts. A green laser beam is shot every night at this and reflected back to measure the distance and speed that the moon is moving away from earth. LONG STORY SHORT:
This panel is vivible in a few pictures but i have no weblinks :(
2006-10-15 23:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Eser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not as far as I'm aware, but for those conspiracy nits, you can aim a laser at the original site, and get it bounced back, that is because NASA did put a man on the moon and one of the first experiments the did was with prisms so that scientist could measure the changing distance from the moon and the Earth. That experiment is still working, and you can find that experiment still taking place about once a month at Greenwich observatory!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-15 23:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by break 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because the landing site is too far away and too small to see.
2006-10-16 00:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tricky question to answer.Some say the moon landing is a hoax but i just think we just need a better sattellite or ship to go to the moon and take a picture of the moon landing
2006-10-15 23:29:02 · answer #7 · answered by Terry Yucky 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Im not a space traveller and I don't know of anyone with a high powered camera.
Contact Nasa for the answer:
http://www.nasa.com
2006-10-15 23:33:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
check nasa website
2006-10-15 23:44:30 · answer #9 · answered by niranjaninamdar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No Because they have destroyed the Film set where they created it !!
2006-10-15 23:28:15 · answer #10 · answered by misterlister_666 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋