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Old September 7th 11, 09:54 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Anthony Frost
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Default New Apollo landing site photos

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Pat Flannery wrote:

On 9/6/2011 5:02 PM, Dr.Colon Oscopy wrote:


Dating myself here but the press used to be filled with updates
cutaways schematics and mid-course correction status of the Orbiters
Rangers and Surveyors on their 3 day journey to the earths moon! Now a
launch and their there. Great imagery the single forays across the
surface (like to Cone Crater) are actually visible, and you can make
out the triangle shape of Surveyors landing pad geometry. Given time
you'll see color and the glint of gold mylar I'm sure........Doc


LRO also got some great shots of the central impact debris mountain in
Tycho crater, showing a large boulder sitting atop it; but no black
monolith yet: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...lro-tycho.html


Well duh. TMA-1 is buried *under* the crater, you have to work out where
from the magnetic anomaly map. It's the big shiny crystal thingy from
The Sentinel that's sitting on top of a mountain...

Anthony