I've watched the Conspiracy theory show and don't buy that it was a hoax.
2006-12-20 10:55:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. The Hubble telescope is the most sensitive visible light telescope made by man -- it has a resolution of 0.1 arc-second, which is what would fill one single pixel on the CCD cameras they use to record images. At the distance to the moon, that means one pixel is about 50 feet in diameter. The bottom portion of the LEM was the largest thing we left on the moon, and it is only about 15-20 feet in diameter. So it wouldn't even fill one pixel. And the lunar rover and US flags were much smaller than the LEM.
Your gut feelings are correct -- the Moon Landings really happened. They are NOT a hoax. For more info, go to www.badastronomy.com
2006-12-20 14:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a hoax, perhaps the US of A has landed there by now - but at the time, it was hoaxed so they could be the first nation on the moon.
And no, none of our current telescopes can see the moon car. But i heard China has one under construction what will be able to see it.
2006-12-20 11:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. Our best telescopes could only see something the size of a football field on the moon.
2006-12-20 11:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard that nasa sold the car to a moon man for a few rocks before they left the moon. I think he lived on the far side of the moon so its hard to see unless hes driving on the side that faces us. I think the warranty and the bateries died years ago, so its probably up on blocks in his backyard covered in "moon weeds" so it might be hard to see now if we could.
2006-12-20 11:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by Tim G 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
None of our telescopes has enough resolution to see the lunar rover.
2006-12-20 11:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No telescope in existence is big enough to see something that small that far away.
2006-12-20 11:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have sure we have the tools but....
It is sort of like spotting a specific car using google earth.
Unless you know it specifically where to look for, otherwise it is waste of time
2006-12-20 10:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yes! I have telephoto pics. sent me $20 U.S. and I will send u a copy.
2006-12-20 12:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, but they delete them from all the pictures LOL, or the Lunar Landing is a scam LOL
2006-12-20 11:00:52 · answer #9 · answered by Courageous Capt. Cat 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋