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RE: BEOS, the Blockchain and Telescopes in Space?
Missed the early show. At work.
If I had time on the telescope, I would point it at the Apollo missions on the moon to show it wasn't a fake. But the telescope might not be powerful enough to image the man made stuff on the moon. What does @stan think?
The Apollo descent stages left on the lunar surface are too small to be seen by Hubble, which can see objects as small as 60-75 yards, about three-quarters the length of a soccer field. The left-behind descent stages are only about the size of a small truck.
These observations weren't easy. The moon is a difficult target for Hubble because it moves across the sky faster than Hubble can track it and is very dim
Our scopes are much smaller (25 inch) than hubble's 8 foot diameter mirror, so I'm afraid we can't do any better.
Hubble view of apollo 17 landing site:
Thought so. Thanks for the expert answers. Have to wait for the lunar rover.