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Soviet rover still there on the Moon, NASA photos prove
Published: 17 March, 2010, 11:12
Edited: 21 September, 2010, 11:05
The final resting place of Lunokod 2, as well as the crater that caused its death. (NASA / GSFC / Sergei Gerasimenko / Sasha Basilevsky)
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Photos of the Moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter clearly show the Lunokhod-2 – the robot rover that landed on the celestial body in 1973 as part of the soviet space program.
The images released by NASA this week show the record-long 35-kilometer track left by the machine. The rover itself shows up as a dark spot.
“Knowing the history of the mission, it is possible to trace the rover's activities in fine detail,” commented Phil Stooke from the University of Western Ontario, who was the first to find the correct photos.
He added: “We can see where it measured the magnetic field, driving back and forth over the same route to improve the data. And we can also see where it drove into a small crater, and accidentally covered its heat radiator with soil as it struggled to get out again. That ultimately caused it to overheat and stop working.”
Commenting on the news in Stooke’s blog, veteran Russian planetary scientist Sasha Basilevsky corrected the Canadian astronomer, saying the dark spot was actually a marking of the Lunokhod turning in one place. Stooke concurred with the interpretation.
Lunokhod-2 was the second soviet automatic rover, which landed on the Moon on January 15, 1973 as part of the Luna-21 mission. It was identical to its predecessor Lunokhod-1, which reached the moon and returned the first-ever samples of lunar soil obtained by humankind in 1970.
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Well, Lunokhod was (is) much, much smaller than the LEM.
Now compare this image with those with the supposed LEM platforms.
Something is definitely wrong here.
I am not saying here NASA wasn’t on the moon.
I am just pretty sure that it wasn’t done in the way they presented it to us!
"Lunokhod-1, which reached the moon and returned the first-ever samples of lunar soil obtained by humankind in 1970."
Well yes, the first samples AFTER Apollo 11, which actually brought the FIRST samples back. AND After Apollo 12 which brought the SECOND samples back, both in 1969. So let's see, after careful calculation that would make the samples Lunokhod-1 brought back, the THIRD-ever samples. But hey, let's not let a little thing like truth get in the way of a good story!
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