Hubble's New Moon Pictures, Two Apollo landing sites visited Options

[SigurRosFan]

NASA's Hubble Looks for Possible Moon Resources

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/...s/2005/29/text/

[Phil Stooke]

A nice bit of work. And here is a look at something they didn't mention: the Apollo 17 LM 'Challenger' landed among a group of craters in the valley floor. Here I've cropped the area, blown it up and indicated the crater names.

The LM itself is not visible, of course. But a bright patch, created by the LM exhaust blowing fine dust away, was noted in Apollo 17 orbital images at the time. It's visible here as well, as noted in the image.

I looked for the LM impact area on the hillside south of the landing site, but there's no obvious sign of it in the released images.

Phil

[JRehling]

A nice bit of work.  And here is a look at something they didn't mention:  the Apollo 17 LM 'Challenger' landed among a group of craters in the valley floor.  Here I've cropped the area, blown it up and indicated the crater names. 

The LM itself is not visible, of course.  But a bright patch, created by he LM exhaust blowing fine dust away, was noted in Apollo 17 orbital images at the time.  It's visible here as well, as noted in the image. 

I looked for the LM impact area on the hihhside south of the landing site, but there's no obvious sign of it in the released images.

Phil

Very nice work.

This all reminds me of my facetious argument that instead of deorbiting Hubble, they should elevate it to lunar orbit and let it map Luna to the centimeter.

[Bob Shaw]

A nice bit of work. And here is a look at something they didn't mention: the Apollo 17 LM 'Challenger' landed among a group of craters in the valley floor. Here I've cropped the area, blown it up and indicated the crater names.

The LM itself is not visible, of course. But a bright patch, created by the LM exhaust blowing fine dust away, was noted in Apollo 17 orbital images at the time. It's visible here as well, as noted in the image.

I looked for the LM impact area on the hillside south of the landing site, but there's no obvious sign of it in the released images.

Phil

Here's a link to the Apollo 17 landing site general area image:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/...2005/29/image/f

Bob Shaw

[Guest_Richard Trigaux_*]

Very nice work.

This all reminds me of my facetious argument that instead of deorbiting Hubble, they should elevate it to lunar orbit and let it map Luna to the centimeter.

Good idea, although it look unfeasible.

If we are to scrap such a valuable instrument, why not to send it in an useful place, rather than just destroying it.