ask 4throck, here https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/amso-lm-repaint.39934/ or on privateWhere can I get these darker AMSO LM cabin textures?
View from Snoopy (LM-4), at the exact second that Eagle (LM-5) touches down on the Moon.
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Simulations in GMAT show that Apollo 11's LEM (Eagle) is possibly still orbiting the Moon, unknowingly jettisoned in one of the "frozen orbits" that also make LRO's orbit not so chaotic for many yearsAlways thought it incredible to know LM-4's ascent stage is still out there, largely intact, after having once been occupied and operated by humans. A time capsule, in a sense.
News to me. Very cool. Thanks for that.Simulations in GMAT show that Apollo 11's LEM (Eagle) is possibly still orbiting the Moon, unknowingly jettisoned in one of the "frozen orbits" that also make LRO's orbit not so chaotic for many years
we're safe for nowWait, we might have an entire LM in orbit, but we're not sure? That sounds like a major hazard...
LM-5 is in at least two separate pieces, the Descent Stage on the lunar surface and the Ascent Stage in lunar orbit.Wait, we might have an entire LM in orbit, but we're not sure? That sounds like a major hazard...
In theory yes. Remember that radar return strength falls off in proportion to 1/R^4 though so that would limit you to the very largest of radars and it may need a few orbits to find it if dosnt come over the horizon exactly where you expect it.Shouldn't we be able to detect it? After all, its a pretty big shiny object with very distinct surface properties.
In theory yes. Remember that radar return strength falls off in proportion to 1/R^4 though so that would limit you to the very largest of radars and it may need a few orbits to find it if dosnt come over the horizon exactly where you expect it.
Oh good point. Just need to convince someone to point a telescope there.No just by radar - I mean optically. We can detect much darker smaller asteroids at similar distances than that already. Its just the nearby moon, that causes problems, but would we do something like a long-term observation of the moon, we should detect any bigger object orbiting it....
Oh good point. Just need to convince someone to point a telescope there.