Astronaut tracks seen on moon in new images

[Floyd Looney]

How cool is that??

news.yahoo.com/astronauts-tracks-trash-seen-moon-photos-171551736.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — A spacecraft circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from 1969 to 1972.

Images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from 13 to 15 miles up show the astronauts' paths when they walked on the moon, as well as ruts left by a moon buggy. Experts could even identify the backpacks astronauts pitched out of their lunar landers before they returned to Earth.

"What we're seeing is a trail," said Arizona State University geology professor Mark Robinson, the orbiter's chief scientist. "It's totally awesome."

However, the photos were not close enough to see individual bootprints, Robinson said

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[Floyd Looney]

A bit larger than I expected

[Attero Dominatus]

I saw that. Awesome.

[Floyd Looney]

I hope a private company will beat the Chi-Coms to the moon. That would be awesome.