Jason D
(Post Laureate)
04/03/08 05:00 PM
Re: Funny Public Outreach Questions

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Or the "moon conspirators" who always ask "why don't we point Hubble at the moon so we can see the flag or the rover". I always tell them that they are located on the opposite side of the moon where Hubble can't get to.....




You can't see anything we left on the moon with a telescope. Anysize basically. Even the Hubble can't see anything we left.

You'd need a telescope, in space, over 100meters in size to actually see anything we left... Flags, rovers, etc, etc...




Instead of hitting golf balls, the Apollo astronauts should have taken their time to stack/arrange lunar rocks on the moon's surface to make a huge "X" sign visible to amateur astronomers
Jason



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