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NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites

Posted by Unknown on from the looks-like-photoshop-to-me dept.

sighted writes "Sharp new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites in amazing detail, including the last foot trails left by astronauts on the lunar surface." These pictures were grabbed after the LRO dropped its orbit from 50km above the surface to 25km.

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  1. But what we really want to see is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the Apollo 18 landing site!

  2. Freaking Flash (again!) by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What the hell do they need to use Flash to display images? What moron thought a simple picture file would be enhanced by embedding it within another piece of software?

    Rule #2 of IT that should never be broken: Never let a web designer design your web page.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
    1. Re:Freaking Flash (again!) by darkshot117 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You know you can click the link to the actual image right? The flash part is just showing a slider comparison between high and low res older pictures.

    2. Re:Freaking Flash (again!) by RollingThunder · · Score: 2, Insightful

      How, exactly, can we get that cool comparison-slider, without using something like Flash or HTML5?

  3. How sad is this by sunking2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When our space program is reduced to trying to impress us all by looking 40 years in the past.

    1. Re:How sad is this by Beelzebud · · Score: 5, Insightful

      About as sad as the fact that a sizable chunk of the population needs proof, because they're too fucking idiotic to appreciate one of the biggest accomplishments of our civilization. If you had told people in the 1970's that this is how it would turn out, they would have laughed you out of the room.

  4. Re:You haven't fooled me NASA! by OzoneLad · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What 'things?' There's no requirement for NASA to spend tax dollars to placating morons.

    Well, they do have to keep Congress happy.