2007-11-07 22:22:55 · 18 answers · asked by pommygit23 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because the solar wind blew them down.
However, you can still see the arches of the first McDonalds in the Sea of Tranquility. The other 2000 moon-based McDonalds are not allowed to put up the big arches due to zoning changes.
2007-11-07 22:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Warren W- a Mormon engineer 6 · 4⤊ 8⤋
The smallest angle that a telescope can resolve is determined by the size of the opening for the telescope. A flag of, say 1 meter in size at a distance of 384,000 kilometers makes an angle of around 1/2000 of an arc second. Even the largest telescope can't resolve and angle less than about 1/100 of an arc second.
2007-11-08 09:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by mathematician 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1. Too small and too far away. Do the arithmetic.
2. Better things to do with expensive astronomical telescope time than to "confirm" Moon landings as they are already known to have happened.
3. No sane scientist in the world believes in the nonsense about the Moon landings being a hoax. Some of those who promote the idea are already proven liars.
4. These people are likely to end up in the loony bin or in prison. Their so called evidence has been completely refuted so many times and so thoroughly that it can only be called lies.
2007-11-08 06:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Nobody has built a telescope with enough magnification yet. You'd need about half a million power magnification. The Hubble has less than one thousand power. Build a big telescope and be the first!
2007-11-09 01:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even if the earth were flat you wouldn't be able to see a flag a state away with your telescope. What makes you think you're going to be able to see one on the moon?
2007-11-08 07:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Think of it - when you look at the moon trough a telescope, the smallest thing you can see are the craters. maybe one crater is the smallest thing you can see.
The size of a crater is, a rough guess, between 50-500 metres!
And the size of a flag is like... maximum 4 metres, if it's really big.
so that's why you can't see them.
2007-11-08 08:36:50 · answer #6 · answered by hadarp2 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO Earth based telescopes can resolve anything on the Moon smaller than 300 square metres .Even that is 1250 magnifications.
2007-11-08 06:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
that would be the same as going to the moon and trying to find your house with a telescope
2007-11-08 06:27:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
Last I read, a telescope would need to be 200 metres in diameter in order for the flag to be visible from Earth.
The japanese are trying to go, so in about 5 years or so we should get confirmation of whether it happened or not.
2007-11-08 06:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by SaberBlade 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
because the moon is really big, and the flag is really small, and your telescope can't get that close and clear a picture
terribly sorry
2007-11-08 06:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by akathepurplecow 5 · 14⤊ 0⤋
It is too small . They left mirrors on the moon , and I worked with a group that bounced laser light off them to investigate how accurate the moon's orbit is.
2007-11-08 11:06:56 · answer #11 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋