NASA to Take Photos of Lunar Landing Sites, End Conspiracy Theories [Space]


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pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/smile.jpg” width=”800″ height=”550″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be iover/i forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5309165/nasa-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-sends-most-detailed-moon-images-yet”Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/a will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites:/p pJesus Diaz: Would the LRO return images of the moon landings when it flies over them?br Grey Hautaluoma (NASA Headquarters, Office of Public Affairs): Yes, it will. We don’t have a timeline yet for viewing the Apollo sites, but it will be in the near future./p pThere you have it. Soon we will have photos showing the remains of the Apollo Lunar Modules, also known as LEM (Lunar Excursion Module.) Built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering, the Lunar Module was 20.9-foot tall, with a 14 feet diameter and a landing gear span of 29.75 feet./p pHowever, the Lunar Reconnoissance Orbiter will only be able to [...]

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