As soon as the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter sent back the first high-res photos of the moon a few days ago, I was eager to see the Apollo landing sites. It’s not that I didn’t believe that man walked on the moon 40 years ago, but rather out of simple nerd curiosity. Well, NASA made good on its promise and just released images showing the landing sites of Apollo 11, 14, 15, 16, and 17. I just wish that the pics could show a bit more. These are still impressive though considering the LRO is around 30 miles up and the descent stage module’s deck is only 12 feet in diameter. And yes, we know that these could have been photoshopped by a 10 year old, conspiracy nut. Move along.
WSJ today reported NASA lost the moonwalk footage. Front page notice, story on A4 – one paragraph. Nothing to see here.
just saying.
So what are you saying?
Really, because they seem to have it right here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html
And there is no mention of the footage being gone here:
http://www.sidewaysnews.com/science-technology/new-lease-life-moonwalk-broadcast
Why are shadow length all the same, although the sun should stand at different heights for the the different landing zones. Think NASA con tinues fooling mankind.
Why are all the shadows on the left hand side and the Luner Module on the right??
@Carl -the shadows are the areas of the craters in shadow, the right side is getting sun, the left is below the sunlight so it looks shadowed….