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Originally Posted by drewboy12
they cant get a clear picture of the moon landing site, but I can zoom into earth on google maps and see people laying on a beach?...
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The moon is a lot further from the earth than an airplane taking the high-resolution Google maps shots are.
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Originally Posted by drewboy12
I mean the pictures are amazing to see. But You would think they could shoot them in some detail... Even with a earth telescope, could you not get a pretty good image?
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The Hubble couldn't even see a football field on the moon, let alone a lunar lander.
You'd need a telescope with a 100m mirror just to resolve the lunar lander as a dot.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...t-the-landers/