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Thursday July 2, 2009
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has entered into a flawless orbit around the moon, and is now getting ready to snap images from a distance of about 31 miles above the surface, according to Slashdot.
Among the expected findings will be high-resolution, close-up images of the Apollo landing sites from 1969 through 1972, along with some of the old Soviet automatic probes.
To date, the best images we have so far were made by the Japanese probe Kaguya, the report said; they showed a white patch where the lunar module's engine had blown away dust on the surface.
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July 2, 2009 11:07 AM
Glad it arrived safely. lets hope it takes some good shots and improve our knowledge of the moon. maybe it will find out more about the water at the poles?
July 2, 2009 1:06 PM
I hope that those pictures will finish all the conspiracy theories.
July 2, 2009 6:22 PM
@Rick--ha, that's what I was thinking when I was writing the post.
July 13, 2009 10:51 AM
The conspiracy people will simply claim that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is also a fake. There's ample proof already to quash their "theories".
July 14, 2009 10:40 AM
humm i hate conspiracy theories, I'm a naive believe :-)
I'll get a jolt one of these days. I'll be happy untill then lol
Glad the pics will be solid proof.