Targets for LRO Options

[PhilHorzempa]

You can imagine this to be a companion thread to the one requesting suggestions
for MRO targets on Mars.

The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) is set to launch in a little over a year
from now. There was to a be a site selection workshop in May 2007, next month, but
I see now that it has been cancelled. Therefore, it appears that it is up to us, the UMSF
Community to take up the baton and help NASA out. It was done for New Horizons at Jupiter
and was very productive.

So, what are the sites that you would like to see imaged at 0.5 meter resolution by
LROC, LRO's High-Resolution camera?

My first suggestion would be to re-photograph the Surveyor 1 landing site to compare
it with the images obtained by Lunar Orbiter 3.

My second suggestion would be to photograph the Surveyor 6 landing area. This
should image S-6 itself, but even more interesting, it may capture images of
Surveyor 4, which should be only a mile or so away. This would help to
determine whatever happened to S-4, which abruptly stopped transmitting just
short of touchdown.



Another Phil

[Phil Stooke]

"Good! You answered me what I was searching about the Moon phase when Apollo 11 landed on Moon.
I knew that the Moon was either as waxing crescent or waning crescent. Now I see it. "

Spacelistener - that image does not show the phase at the time of the Apollo 11 landing - in fact it was almost the opposite, a waxing crescent. In other words, very early morning at the landing site.

Phil Stooke

[SpaceListener]

Spacelistener - that image does not show the phase at the time of the Apollo 11 landing - in fact it was almost the opposite, a waxing crescent. In other words, very early morning at the landing site.

Thanks Phil,
Why did NASA select that the landing Apollo 11 time was in early morning? Due to temperature reasons? I don't see difference temperature between early, noon and late day of Moon since it has no atmosphere but I am still figuring it out.