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Old 15th February 2026 | 06:36
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wiggy
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NASA have set a bit of a PR trap for themselves here and the author of that X has taken advantage… …much has been made by them in press releases of the Artemis II astronauts having the best view ever of the Lunar far side, and them taking images using camera phones, little to nothing about the other science being done.

That author is absolutely correct in stating that a high flyover over the Lunar far side adds little to zero to mankind’s scientific knowledge of that part of the Lunar surface from a visual imaging POV.

Mapping of it at much higher resolution than a cameraphone can provide began with the pre-Apollo Lunar Orbiters, through Apollo and latterly with various unmanned missions….Artemis II won’t really add to that….

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