LRO Gets Additional View of Apollo 11 Landing Site

Standard Toaster · 10-11-2009 2:21pm #1

Via badastronomy

I'd love to see what condition the flag is in.

That big feature to the right is West crater. As the astronauts rode the lunar lander down to the surface, Armstrong saw that the computer was going to put them down right in the rubble field west (left) of the crater. He took control, and with literally seconds of fuel left, put the lander safely down where you see it in this image. His cool hand saved the mission; had they landed among the rubble the lander could have hit a boulder, or landed so lopsided they would not have been able to take off again.

Turtwig · 10-11-2009 2:53pm

Why, the source is NASA, these quite clearly have been faked:rolleyes:

It's not going to convince any conspiracy theorist but gotta say those photos are still awesome.

P.s BA rocks

ynotdu · 10-11-2009 9:02pm

Malty_T wrote: »

Why, the source is NASA, these quite clearly have been faked:rolleyes:

It's not going to convince any conspiracy theorist but gotta say those photos are still awesome.

P.s BA rocks

Yeah Malty everybody knows their is NO big red arrow on the Moon:D

Oh the CT's will have a field day now:eek:

Turtwig · 10-11-2009 9:08pm

ynotdu wrote: »

Yeah Malty everybody knows their is NO big red arrow on the Moon:D

How would you know.....unless you've been there!?:eek::eek:

ynotdu · 10-11-2009 9:19pm

Malty_T wrote: »

How would you know.....unless you've been there!?:eek::eek:

because the red arrows display Aircrafts cannot get into Lunar orbit:p

Beeker · 10-11-2009 9:19pm

It's great to see these images at last. Pity they will not shut the lunatic conspiracy fringe up.

lord lucan · 10-11-2009 9:30pm

The Arizona desert looks well in them pics!:D

Turtwig · 10-11-2009 9:31pm

lord lucan wrote: »

The Arizona desert looks well in them pics!:D

Mojave yeesh!!:mad:

lord lucan · 10-11-2009 9:44pm

Malty_T wrote: »

Mojave yeesh!!:mad:

Or is it the back lot at Universal studios?:D:D

ynotdu · 10-11-2009 9:57pm

lord lucan wrote: »

Or is it the back lot at Universal studios?:D:D

Naw its Beekers mock-up in his back garden,not to mention the fact that his attic ceiling fell in today when he went up to get his Space suit that he wears for every Launch:D:D:D

Beeker · 10-11-2009 9:59pm

ynotdu wrote: »

Naw its Beekers mock-up in his back garden,not to mention the fact that his attic ceiling fell in today when he went up to get his Space suit that he wears for every Launch:D:D:D

How did you know!!!!..............................:D:D:D

Standard Toaster · 14-11-2009 2:52am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9-5HSoMpBA

Turtwig · 14-11-2009 3:00am

Shhhhhh

Azelfafage · 17-11-2009 6:55pm

Look carefully at the dark long line stretching left from the lander.

Human footprints on the moon:

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/uploads/five_sites_anot.png

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lord lucan · 06-09-2011 7:29pm

Well worth the zombie thread ressurection,NASA have released new higher resolution images of the Apollo 12/14 & 17 landing sites taken recently by the LRO.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html

lord lucan · 06-09-2011 9:08pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIui93E8kkE

Beeker · 07-09-2011 7:51am

Great to see. Can't wait until the day we get to see shots from the ground, taken by the first visitors to the sites:)
Interestingly NASA are now starting to talk about protecting the sites from future disturbance. This is the correct thing to do and just shows that the time is fast approaching when this will be needed.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/protecting-apollo-sites-future-visiting-vehicles-nasa-evaluation/