JISHOU, HUNAN — NASA has released new photos taken from lunar orbit of the Apollo landing sites, just in time for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11′s landing on the Moon.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is mapping the Moon’s surface in preparation for later missions to the satellite. So far, it has imaged five of the six Apollo landing sites. One image clearly shows the path taken by the Apollo 14 astronauts between the Lunar Module and a package of scientific instruments they deposited about 150 meters away.
Despite the disbelief of a small, but vocal denialist movement, men (so far, just men) have walked on the Moon. Moon-landing doubters claim the entire Apollo program was a sham, and that videos and photos of the astronauts on the lunar surface were Hollywood-style simulations.
Well, rocks don’t roll around the lunar surface by themselves, so those footpaths were either put there by shuffling astronauts or by some lunar creature. The simplest explanation (Occam’s Razor) suggests the astronauts did it.
Not that it will stop the True Disbelievers™ from claiming these latest photos are doctored.
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Incidentally, the Moon will have a starring role next Wednesday here in China as it blocks the Sun for almost 6 minutes. I am already planning to take a short trip north to view it, as Hubei is right in the eclipse path. I hope to get some good eclipse photos and post them here.
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