NASA | LRO: Mapping Our Future

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans.

Some lunar elevation provided by JAXA/SELENE.

For more info: http://www.nasa.gov/LRO

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[nutso420]

Wonder what sport they will play on the Moon this time. I would like to see Ultimate Frisbee.

[LuminaryGames]

@theodordem: No the Moon does not have an atmosphere.. none.. at all.

The flag flaped becuse Neuton's laws in a vacum. There was a Mythbusters eppisode about it.

[Hamradioismyhobby]

If i could take my model airplane to space in a air contained enviroment, i would never break it LOL

[studiosound211]

I hate to be a spoil-sport. I want to go back to the Moon as much as anyone, but what are we going to do with our garbage? Niel Armstrong's urine bags are still on the Moon. It's very convienent to burn our trash from the ISS in the atmosphere. We've already wrecked the planet, let's wreck the Moon, too. Long term missions equal long term waste. Galilleo was persecuted for discovering the Moon was not perfect, but maybe it was perfect, until the 1960's. We should explore the Moon, not trash it.

[defton24]

Summer jam - tudp (residentallien-remix) at sound cloud dot com

[mochababy2]

return to the fucking moon and bring back Pics that arent fake, i wana see these fucking skinny aliens

[stain581c]

i saw that mythbusters show. It explained a lot about the theory that the moon landing was a hoax.

[warby7]

WHAT - go back to the Moon?... We have never even landed on the Moon it was staged (FAKE).

It's a shame that NASA isen't getting the right funds that they need for us to land on the Moon.

[datzfast]

so its like this, the first 6 manned missions were like sex without a condom and now were going back to get a vaginal swab to see if were going to get clap if we keep inserting a man. Sounds like a lot of German soldiers and fighter pilots work for NASA. oh i almost forgot sluts. i know the good folks at NASA are going to give me some shit about my comment but hey you guys set me up, i just knocked over the pins.

[datzfast]

so in 2010 NASA decides hey lets take pictures of the moon. but not very good pictures because that's not the mission. LOL im actually quoting NASA.