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Old 31-10-2009, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ngcles View Post

The LRO didn't go there to take pretty pictures and prove (yet again) that the Apollo astronauts went to the Moon. That isn't it's purpose -- that was just a happy by-product. It would be a huge waste of NASA resources to send something to lunar polar orbit just to take pictures at a resolution that has little scientific value in achieving the mission objectives.

Make sense?


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Les D
Perfect sense Les, thank you for your detailed answer.

regards,

Steve
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