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Man on the Moon: Images of the Future and Past [PICS]

boston.com — With two currently functioning orbiters, and five more missions planned in the next year, Earth's Moon may soon have seven active probes operated by five nations, with even more coming soon. Here are 7 photos of our possible future on the Moon, and a look back, with ten images from our last visits with the Apollo missions, more than 36 years ago.

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  • Heavypettingzoo, on 07/02/2008, -7/+43I hope they find oil there.
  • Nauru, on 07/02/2008, -5/+40PICTURES FROM THE FUTURE!
  • Notyavgkat, on 07/02/2008, -2/+32this is one big DIGG for mankind
  • vroom101, on 07/02/2008, -0/+23A few spectacular photos from the past...
    1. Apollo XI, 16 July 1969: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2006102 ...
    2. Apollo XI, 21 July 1969: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2006102 ...
    3. Apollo XVII, 7 December 1972: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2006102 ...
    via photos 27, 26, 10 at http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20061021.htm

    4. Apollo XI, July 1969: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200702- ... via photo 85 at http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-200702.htm
    5. Apollo IV, 9 November 1967: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2005012 ... via photo 16 at http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20050129.htm
  • anyo, on 07/02/2008, -0/+23For anyone interested in the "look back" part of this, the "When We Left Earth" series on the Discovery Channel is highly recommended
  • ExplorerNation, on 07/02/2008, -1/+20What excites me the most about these stories is knowing that within my lifetime, I'll see a high definition pan across the Martian landscape, taken by an astronaut as he walks across it. I'll see mankind reach another planet....watching history unfold rules.
  • cshaaban, on 07/02/2008, -0/+18Shuttle doesn't have enough power to get away from the Earth's gravity, only enough to get into orbit.
  • MattFid, on 07/02/2008, -0/+16Yes, but they had the power of Bruce Willis and Aerosmith.
  • ahawks, on 07/02/2008, -1/+14A better question might be why you feel the need to bring your personal issues with other people's beliefs into a discussion about the moon landing.
  • ahawks, on 07/02/2008, -0/+12My initial guess would be that they are too dim to show at that exposure level.

    Just like on earth if you go out and point your camera up at night and take a picture, you must leave the shutter open for at least several seconds in order to capture enough light to see the stars.

    These pictures were exposed for the local scene and objects, lit by the sun, so any faint light sources like stars would be way too under exposed to see.

    That's just my guess though, but very astute observation!
  • ColorBlind, on 07/02/2008, -1/+13keep up the good work NASA
  • Depravo, on 07/02/2008, -4/+15That's no moon...
  • carpeclunes, on 07/02/2008, -0/+11They could do it in Armageddon.
  • super_spyder, on 07/02/2008, -0/+11One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,"Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "Here's a picture of me when I'm older." "You son-of-a-bitch! How'd you pull that off? Lemme see that camera!"

    -Mitch Hedberg
  • MaximusIGN, on 07/02/2008, -0/+10Great to see that they are already testing real hardware. I wasn't sure if the first images were just computer concepts but they are real.
  • MattFid, on 07/02/2008, -2/+12Good luck getting the shuttle to the moon and back.
  • chispito, on 07/02/2008, -0/+9The frustrating thing is that we could have done it by now, or at least had it on the horizon. Thanks to the shuttle and the ISS, we've been stuck in LEO for the last 25 years.

    Screw the elementary school ant farms, they need to start using the ISS to test systems they will use on an extended moon or mars mission. Resource recycling, radiation shielding, whatever will be an issue.
  • richnojutsu, on 07/02/2008, -0/+8US driven climate change. LOL.
  • twinklyJesus, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7So, you're full of *****, stupidity and fail, then?
  • ahawks, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7In today's age, we're rarely ever truly impressed with mankind's accomplishments. We've already mastered flight and land travel, astronomical observation and the mechanics of the subatomic world; any information in the world is available via a global network....

    But for some reason seeing those pictures really hit me. The moon, the same moon that all of humanity has gazed up at over countless generations. We landed on it. Men stood on it, kicked the dirt, took a handful and let it flow between their gloved fingers. And then they watched out the window as it faded into the distance on their return voyage.
  • bs0l, on 07/02/2008, -2/+9We need to go back soon.
  • fakekevinrose, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7you're right! you know more than those phony ph.d. engineers.
  • Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -0/+7That would be so cool to be able to tell people there's a picture of your family on the moon.
  • Vostok, on 07/02/2008, -2/+9There is considerable evidence we did land on the moon. There are mirrors on the moon left by the Apollo missions that we still use to this day for studying the orbit of the moon and light. But the greatest evidence we did land on the moon comes from the Soviet Union. Apollo 11 landed on the moon on June 20, 1969 and the USSR didn't say a thing, silence. They didn't say anything because they watched us the entire trip. If there had been any foul play the Soviets would have defiantly cried out.
  • scoottie, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6it has something to do with the other digg post about taking pictures with quantum physics
  • fakekevinrose, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6WOW! I hope you're a troll. no human can be this dumb.
  • athinnes, on 10/01/2009, -0/+6Now I wouldn't say that. Do you realize how much information about humanity we got from the moon landings?

    This is a start:

    http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/ATTM/wl.html

    It's kind of a big picture thing.
  • akamurph, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6Check out "In the Shadow of the Moon", great documentary.
  • Sirocco, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6Seconded. That is a truly excellent series, filled to the brim with training, launch and flight footage instead of endlessly showing a single photo and sloooooooooowly zooming in on it like most documentaries do.
  • Obzerva, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7360 degree mobility, ya idiot!
  • richnojutsu, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6So I have a legitimate, if not completely retarded question, and please no "it was faked, dur" replies. Why is it that when I look up at the night sky I see stars, but when I look at these pictures of man in space, it's completely dark?
  • Linzee82, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6It's because of the film speed that they used. They used film that was meant for daylight, not night photography. By using a slower film speed, it allowed them to photograph the surface of the moon with the best quality. There were stars out when they took the photos, but there is not enough light coming from them to overpower the reflecting light off the surface of the moon. If they had used a higher film speed for night photography, they may have been able to get pictures of the stars, but the surface of the moon would have been solid white with no details, or overexposed. We can see the stars just fine with our eyes because they are more sensitive than most film. I hope I didn't confuse you more with that.
  • Loornadune, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5The pictures from the old moon landings were so... high-res looking. I didn't realize the camersas were so good back then.
  • BMANZZS, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6NASA's ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer)

    Why the need for all of these acronyms? They just sound stupid...
  • MattFid, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6NASA's animation of the mission:

    http://digg.com/space/NASA_Animation_of_the_Conste ...
  • blackhappy, on 07/02/2008, -3/+8Your mom is from the moon and your daddy is from mars
  • akamurph, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5You're dumb.
  • giveer, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4If it's sarcastic, it failed.
    If you're serious, you failed.
  • scoottie, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5got the recording on my DVR while i am in europe
  • tehxhorace, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5don't you mean:

    PHOTOSHOP


    >=)
  • matt510, on 07/02/2008, -3/+7Stop spewing that nonsense. Even if you are joking, it just isn't worth it. There are too many pople out there who actually buy into the hoaxer crap.
  • glucoseboy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Those tires are for testing here.... on Earth, with atmosphere and 1G gravity.
  • twinklyJesus, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Um...I was there when it happened.
  • directive0, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5Hey, we're talking about space here. Go back to http://digg.com/news/politics
  • thekak, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5Medium format film has always captured more data than digital and will continue to for at least a while. It's really cool to see stuff this good from so long ago.
  • borez, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5I prefer the HBO " From the earth to the Moon series"
  • mrinsanity, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4you can see the strings people!
  • chevyorange, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4the shuttle is a rocket...
  • noahhoward, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3We have plans to go to Mars and the Moon... do you actually read what you type?
  • MattFid, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3A DVR plus a trip to Europe. Well good for you.
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