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I remember hearing or reading somewhere that Hubble isn't suited to look at the moon. I don't know if this had to do with orbital mechanics or the type of lenses that are in the thing.

Also, with the Chinese, Japanese, India, and god knows who else sending probes to the moon you would think they would have produced and exploited any sensational photos that they may have taken by now. A world-wide conspiracy of silence seems a bit of stretch. Certainly if China could run a head line like, "USA lied about Moon", "America hides the truth about the Moon!", etc., etc. they would in a heart beat. But perhaps I am being naive about the whole thing.

The biggest strikes against the whole business are Hoagland and Lear's input into the whole matter. I've become convinced over the years that neither of those guys can be taken seriously to the point when they say something I instantly think the opposite of whatever they said must be true. I have to fight the feeling in an attempt to stay objective.

<blockquote data-quote="trainedobserver" data-source="post: 90410" data-attributes="member: 2192">I remember hearing or reading somewhere that Hubble isn&#039;t suited to look at the moon. I don&#039;t know if this had to do with orbital mechanics or the type of lenses that are in the thing. Also, with the Chinese, Japanese, India, and god knows who else sending probes to the moon you would think they would have produced and exploited any sensational photos that they may have taken by now. A world-wide conspiracy of silence seems a bit of stretch. Certainly if China could run a head line like, &quot;USA lied about Moon&quot;, &quot;America hides the truth about the Moon!&quot;, etc., etc. they would in a heart beat. But perhaps I am being naive about the whole thing.The biggest strikes against the whole business are Hoagland and Lear&#039;s input into the whole matter. I&#039;ve become convinced over the years that neither of those guys can be taken seriously to the point when they say something I instantly think the opposite of whatever they said must be true. I have to fight the feeling in an attempt to stay objective.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trainedobserver, post: 90410, member: 2192"] I remember hearing or reading somewhere that Hubble isn't suited to look at the moon. I don't know if this had to do with orbital mechanics or the type of lenses that are in the thing. Also, with the Chinese, Japanese, India, and god knows who else sending probes to the moon you would think they would have produced and exploited any sensational photos that they may have taken by now. A world-wide conspiracy of silence seems a bit of stretch. Certainly if China could run a head line like, "USA lied about Moon", "America hides the truth about the Moon!", etc., etc. they would in a heart beat. But perhaps I am being naive about the whole thing. The biggest strikes against the whole business are Hoagland and Lear's input into the whole matter. I've become convinced over the years that neither of those guys can be taken seriously to the point when they say something I instantly think the opposite of whatever they said must be true. I have to fight the feeling in an attempt to stay objective. [/QUOTE]

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