NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has sent back some super-sharp pictures of the lunar surface (pictured top) using cameras that were first triggered on 30 June. The first images were of highland areas south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
The pix are to 3-metre (10 ft) resolution, which ought to make revealing shots of Apollo landing areas possible in times to come, though they won’t be detailed enough to show actual items of equipment left on the surface. Even so, there are quite a few disputed oddities that LRO may be able to clear up, such as the ‘Castle’, ‘Shard’ and ‘Cube Tower’. However, the chances of these, or other anomalies, being anything other than optical tricks are near-zero, so we’re not waiting up nights for revelations.
Even so, at least one astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, thinks there are ETs out there. Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the Moon, with the Apollo 14 mission, and has made public his belief in extraterrestrial entities, UFOs and more. In 2008 Kerrang radio hit the jackpot with an Edgar Mitchell interview (video above) in which he made several amazing claims. Starcruzer’s neutral on the subject, except... if they’re there, we just wish they’d land and say hello!
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