Re: CIA level resolution on Mars


"Ashbury" <OH GOD@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ashbury wrote:
Amazing. They can take a picture of a golf cart on Mars but they can't
or won't take anypictures of the LEM lower stage on the moon. Go
figure.

http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=091006_mro_vict_rover_02.jpg&cap=This+image+is+a+close-up+of+NASA%27s+Mars+rover+Opportunity+at+Victoria+Crater+as+seen+by+the+HiRISE+camera+aboard+the+space+agency%27s+powerful+Mars+Reconnaissance+Orbiter.+Credit%3A+NASA%2FJPL%2FUA.+CLick+to+enlarge.+%0D%0A

There is a camera in orbit around mars (several in fact) but none
around the Moon... is that enough figuring for you?


I guess your little brain missed the "can't or WON'T"

Won't? Try this:

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_06224_LRO_update.html

and this:

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/dec/HQ_04407_lunar_orbiter.html

George


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