Japanese SELENE (Kaguya) Lunar Mission Spots Apollo 15 Landing Site (Images)

[darthsithvalek]

Hope this wasn't posted before.

http://www.universetoday.com/2008/0...-mission-spots-apollo-15-landing-site-images/

 

[pete.dakota]

In your face, conspiracy theorists.

JAXA doctoring lunar photos for NASA? No chance, pal.

I'm wondering- if SELENE's orbit was lowered, would the same hi-res cameras be able to see the decent stages and/or their shadows?

 

[tblaxland]

I'm wondering- if SELENE's orbit was lowered, would the same hi-res cameras be able to see the decent stages and/or their shadows?

I think the orbit would need to be lowered from about 100km to 10km to achieve sufficient resolution, ie, resolution up from 10m to 1m. Best just wait for LRO with resolution up to 0.5m in a 30-70km orbit.