NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites

sighted writes "Sharp new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites in amazing detail, including the last foot trails left by astronauts on the lunar surface." These pictures were grabbed after the LRO dropped its orbit from 50km above the surface to 25km.

But what we really want to see is...

[Anonymous Coward]

the Apollo 18 landing site!

Freaking Flash (again!)

[smooth wombat]

What the hell do they need to use Flash to display images? What moron thought a simple picture file would be enhanced by embedding it within another piece of software?

Rule #2 of IT that should never be broken: Never let a web designer design your web page.

How sad is this

[sunking2]

When our space program is reduced to trying to impress us all by looking 40 years in the past.

Re:Freaking Flash (again!)

[darkshot117]

You know you can click the link to the actual image right? The flash part is just showing a slider comparison between high and low res older pictures.

Re:How sad is this

[Beelzebud]

About as sad as the fact that a sizable chunk of the population needs proof, because they're too fucking idiotic to appreciate one of the biggest accomplishments of our civilization. If you had told people in the 1970's that this is how it would turn out, they would have laughed you out of the room.

Re:Freaking Flash (again!)

[RollingThunder]

How, exactly, can we get that cool comparison-slider, without using something like Flash or HTML5?

Re:How sad is this

[steelfood]

The problem is that since then, too many conspiracies have popped up. There've been too many government cover ups, too many covert operations, too many things that the government does that goes against the will of the people.

People no longer believe in what the government says. People can no longer trust the government to be of the people, for the people, and by the people. Why do you think radical movements like the tea party have gained popularity recently? Why do you think that every presidential election for the past twenty years involves candidates trying to dig up dirt on the other guy, and when that fails to appear, make up the dirt?

And the worst part is, the media is so enamored of politicans' dirt that they blow a smudge out of proportion into a BP oil spill. So anyone who isn't 100% clean (which is impossible) has to spend wads and wads of money defending themselves, and the one with the most money instead of the one with the best policies win. And the one with the most money got that way because of special interest groups' donations, which in turn fuels the covert operations and secrecy.

The cycle is vicious and has existed since the very beginning of the nation. It's only now with the easy access to information that people have come to realize what a corrupt group of people are sitting at the top. And so love turns to hatred, trust turns to distrust.

And the smart and ambitious are trying to ride this tidal wave to the top. They don't actually care what happens when it comes crashing down in a few generations, as they'll be 6 feet under by then. But they'll make it sound like they do.

Sorry for the rant.

Re:You haven't fooled me NASA!

[OzoneLad]

What 'things?' There's no requirement for NASA to spend tax dollars to placating morons.

Well, they do have to keep Congress happy.