All pictures seem to have been taken from far away, showing the whole moon. I want to know why no probes have taken pictures from the surface (perhaps across the horizon?)
2007-06-13 13:44:56 · 19 answers · asked by johnny water 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The penguins that live on the moon signed a pact with NASA that no photo's are to be taken of the lunar surface as it may accidently catch a moon penguin in a compromising position with a left over piece of the lunar module from Apollo 11.
2007-06-13 16:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by Selfish Sachin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are pictures of the Moon from all the Apollo missions right up to Apollo 17 in 1972. There are also pictures from the surface taken by the Russian Lunokhod missions which put an unmanned vehicle on the Moon. These were in 1970 and 1973. The last surface pictures, therefore, came in 1973.There haven't been any surface pictures since then for the simple reason that no-one has been there since then.
2007-06-13 14:14:23 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have modified this reply, since my intitial response was rather more rude than necessary. However, may I politely suggest you do some research before you make sweeping statements like 'no probes have taken pictures from the surface'? Otherwise you risk making yourself look rather ignorant.
Go and look up Luna 9, which broadcast the first ever pictures from the lunar surface, then look at the rest of the Luna program, and find out about the Lunokhod rovers. Then see what you can find out about the Surveyor program, and then go and do some fundamental research into the number of landings that actually took place in the Apollo program and what years (yes, plural!) they happened (Hint: the last man to walk on the Moon did so in 1972).
On top of that there are literaly tens of thousands of pictures taken from a close orbit from probes all the way from the 1960s to the recent SMART-1 mission to lunar orbit.
2007-06-13 21:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jason T 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Both the US and the USSR sent unmanned probes and even rovers to the moon before the Apollo missions. And since the purpose of those mission were to explore the moon why would they take pictures on the horizon? But of course they did although they certainly didn´t focus on the horizon. Check out the link below to see what the soviets did. Too bad their tv technology was so lousy compared to the Hasselblad cameras the americans brought.
2007-06-13 21:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pictures seem to be taken from far away because they were either taken through a telescope at an observatory or through a sattelite. There are a few pictures that were supposedly taken on the surface of the moon. Those few pictures were taken in the Mojave desert in Nevada. There is so much evidence against the moon landings, and none that proves the moon landings were real. But it probably would have been cheaper to go to the moon than fake the landings. You decide.
2007-06-13 14:41:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
John - no telescope on earth has the resolving power to see objects as small as the lunar rover or landing stages as far away as the moon.
Emm H - the horizon on the moon is nearer than it is on earth because the moon is a lot smaller than the earth.
2007-06-14 08:14:23 · answer #6 · answered by Martin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of pictures from lots of the surface probes that where sent there, let alone the stunning shots from all of the Apollo landings, not just from Apollo 11
2007-06-13 13:53:28 · answer #7 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if they really landed on the moon (i think they did not) then a powerful telescope on earth today would be able to spot the flag, rovers,etc that were left behind so where are these pictures then ???
prepare for an onslaught of fakes now Ive asked that!
2007-06-14 00:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by john 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intresting question. I have one about the moon landing aswell. For every question someone asks someone will return it with the spoon fed answer NASA has given the public. What really gets me is the horizon being so close. Its very weird. I find it very hard to believe someone could go to the moon on the space craft they used at the time.
2007-06-13 13:56:34 · answer #9 · answered by Emm H 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
go to the linked page below, select an Apollo mission on the left, look for a likely link, such as one that has "EVA" for Extra Vehicular Activity, and poke around.
And give up the conspiracy theory stuff. You're wrong, end of discussion.
2007-06-13 13:56:02 · answer #10 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋