NASA Apollo 15 landing site spotted from the Moon.
October 25th 2008 09:40
Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin saluting the U.S. flag
Objects abandoned ,left over’s from the space race can still be seen on the moon.
These objects are spent rocket motors discarded lunar rovers and onsite probes.
Japan’s lunar orbiter
Image on the left taken by the Apollo crew. Image on the right taken by Kaguya, a lightening of the surface is evident
Original photo taken of the landing site by Apollo 15 crew 1971(Lower left circled)
The lunar module landed near the region called Hadley Rille a valley some 80 km (50miles) long situated in a trench a 1000 ft (300m) deep. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent 3 days on the moon’s surface. The astronauts commented after blasting off from the moon’s surface seeing a bright shape on the moon’s surface thought to be caused by the lunar module engine’s exhaust.
The exhaust had disturbed the dust from the surface leaving a bright patch some 200m (660ft) wide. The image taken by new lunar satellite is the first time that the “halo” has been seen since the end of the Apollo moon missions. The 3D image taken by Kaguya show similarities with a previous image taken by the original Apollo 15 crew back in 1971. The Kaguya began taking images of the moon’s surface shortly after achieving lunar orbit in October 2007. Expect to see further space relics on the moon from the forthcoming reconnaissance Orbiter due to be launched by NASA in 2009.
Images by NASA/JAXA
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I think in the very near future many countries will make the moon a priority. From a military standpoint an ideal place to look for new resources