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[That Wolf]

Its like a battery that orbits us.
We stare at it in amazement for most of history. We land on it grab a few rocks, talk about steps, play golf and then "fuck the moon we need funding for space stations and such"
We dont even have a rover on it? At least I dont think we do, if so I havnt seen any surface videos or pics.
Im not saying we should live on it, but why did our fascination go?
Sure we live in a world that prefers to use primordial slime and such so it being used as a power source is farfettched, at least send up some new HD cameras and a geologist.
If sending human life is too risky send a robot, money isnt an issue as they would say it is

[Il Palazzo]

Do you guys realise we don't have the technology to use He-3 to generate energy?

[SirQuiamus]

But we'll have that soon enough, and in the meantime I've got some highly profitable helium-3 futures to sell, if you're interested...

[Il Palazzo]

We dont even have a rover on it? At least I dont think we do, if so I havnt seen any surface videos or pics.

The Soviet Lunokhod program sent a couple back in the 60-70s.
Here's some pictures:
http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogMoon.htm

[That Wolf]

I meant with present tech cameras but intrestingly in the photos theres a series of the same surface and a part is blocked out, it just looks like a crater darker than the others and its obstructed by post shooting editing (a black circle)
Could be a shadow but why block it

[Arx]

China put this doohickey on the moon last year. Didn't work out perfectly (and it was the first in ages), but it's not like we've forgotten the moon exists or something. It's just that Mars is more appealing at the moment, and less understood.

[Graknorke]

I meant with present tech cameras but intrestingly in the photos theres a series of the same surface and a part is blocked out, it just looks like a crater darker than the others and its obstructed by post shooting editing (a black circle)
Could be a shadow but why block it

You mean the markings on the Zond-8 photos? Those are uniform in all of the pictures, date marks or something.

[alway]

Oh, and for those who missed it last week, NASA put over 10,000 Apollo mission photos up on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/

[redwallzyl]

Oh, and for those who missed it last week, NASA put over 10,000 Apollo mission photos up on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/

awesome!

brace for the tin foil brigade.

[SirQuiamus]

...and it's all bogus, as usual. I mean, look at it! The cameraman is not reflected on the visor, there's a serial number on the styrofoam "rock," and if you zoom close enough you can even see the pixels! When will they stop bamboozling people and just 'fess up?

[origamiscienceguy]

...and it's all bogus, as usual. I mean, look at it! The cameraman is not reflected on the visor, there's a serial number on the styrofoam "rock," and if you zoom close enough you can even see the pixels! When will they stop bamboozling people and just 'fess up?

WHAT!? You can see PIXELS in a PICTURE!? I finally see now!

[SirQuiamus]

Great scientists can see pixels everywhere.

EDIT:

Haha, that's the fakest-looking "rock" I've ever seen! They weren't even trying.

[redwallzyl]

rocket fuel cant melt moon beams!

[Willfor]

I realize no one is being serious right now, but some of you might be and should watch this video. You should also watch it if you're not being serious. It's pretty great.

[That Wolf]

If it was a hoax the russians were in on it, they fully accepted americas landing.
Did russia ever land on the moon? I dont think they did?
So what did we find on the moon then?
"Sir there babys are huge"
What if the first landing was real and the subsequent trips hoaxes?

Have any of you seen the dark knight? (Not the film)