To the sound of much gnashing of teeth from assorted ‘OMG! The Moon Landings Were A Hoax’ nutters, NASA has released some astonishing photos clearly showing the site of the Apollo 17 landing.
The photographs were taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which shimmied into its 50-km mapping orbit last month, resulting in photos offering over twice the resolution of previous efforts.
The descent stage of the lunar module Challenger can be clearly seen in the photos, along with the tracks from astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan as they went a-roamin’ around the dusty surface.
The site has been left untouched since the astronauts blasted off from the surface to rendezvous with the command module America way back in 14 December 1972.
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Ok, So please just answer this one simple question…How do you know these images are genuine? I think your answer has to be simply because your government told you they were. I’m just going to make a wild guess here that you didn’t actually take the photos or personally oversee the path they took to get from the satellite to the public. You have waaaay too much faith in your government my friend.
Read this and educate yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories#Third-party_evidence_of_Moon_landings