i have used a very powerfull telescope to try and see if i could see the flag or the moon buggy the apollo mission left behind.even the hubble telescope can't spot it, did aliens take it away or did the wind blew them away?
2006-11-11 22:59:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
because they never went there, they only sent a probe up there
2006-11-12 04:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by the _reporter 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Size does matter? Unfortunately the answer to this question is no. Not even the most powerful telescopes ever made are able to see these objects. The flag on the moon is 125cm (4 feet) long. You would require a telescope around 200 meters in diameter to see it. The largest telescope now is the Keck Telescope in Hawaii at 10meters in diameter. Even the Hubble Space telescope is only 2.4 meters in diameter. Resolving the lunar rover, which is 3.1 meters in length, would require a telescope 75 meters in diameter. So our backyard 6 inch and 8 inch telescopes are not even going to come close!
The answer to this question is not known. It is uncertain if the flag remained standing or was blown over the by engine blast when the ascent module took off to return the crew back to Earth. The lunar surface was barely holding the flag upright enough to begin with, it is unlikely that the flag is still upright.
Build a bigger telescope?
2006-11-12 09:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Becky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is very big. It is almost impossible to find any flags or moon buggies on such a big moon with a personal telescope.
And the Hubble is made to focus on objects much further away, so of course it can't see fine details on the moon.
2006-11-12 07:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this question is a joke, but you might be interested anyway to know that looking from Earth, even the largest telescopes can't see anything on the Moon that's less than about a kilometer in size.
2006-11-12 07:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by gradivus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didnt they have to have a frame hold up the Flag 'cos there's no Wind on the Moon?
And stop saying it was all staged in a Hollywood Studio for goodness sake...
2006-11-12 07:47:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it makes no difference whether they did land on the moon or not, it's no big deal if they did and it's not like they're going to get much further.
2006-11-12 07:03:31 · answer #6 · answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard the Japanese were going to send an unmanned probe to the moon to see if there IS any American debris left there
2006-11-12 07:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dougal.....look at the cows. The big ones are near us but the small ones are far away.
2006-11-12 07:31:59 · answer #8 · answered by puggtiracer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beacuse as you said "so called first moon landings"
The americans never landed on the moon.
2006-11-12 07:04:03 · answer #9 · answered by ger72k 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They have probably been sucked away by the atmosphere, or even degraded into nothing!
2006-11-12 07:03:10 · answer #10 · answered by Jo. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they say the moonlanding never happened that it was all fake. I have seen it in a few places over the net.
2006-11-12 07:07:41 · answer #11 · answered by Rosebonbonsmile 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋