New Moon photos , do they really show the Apollo landing gear ?

[hartiberlin]

According to the information I have heard, the problem is, that these rocks are not very different than earth rocks
and could have been collected here on earth....

The ones really researched in chemicals labs were mostly
from meteorites from the moon hitting the earth.

[mondrasek]

The shadows in the craters will vary in shape based on the condition of the crater edge (does it have a lip, partial lip, overlap of another crater, etc.) and how high the sun is in the sky.  In LarryC's picture the sun appears to be much higher over head than in the lunar module shadow picture IMO.  I believe the craters you have marked as hills are larger worn (older) craters that do not have as distinct a rim edge as the one in LarryC's picture, but I may be wrong.  The lower resolution of the lunar module shadow picture makes that difficult to determine.

If you compare all the shadows of all the smaller craters in the picture you will see similar triangular shapes.  Also, the moon is known to be pock marked with craters from the meteorites that strike quite frequently since there is no atmosphere to burn them up as on Earth. 

[Asymatrix]

According to the information I have heard, the problem is, that these rocks are not very different than earth rocks
and could have been collected here on earth....

The ones really researched in chemicals labs were mostly
from meteorites from the moon hitting the earth.

Well, you know that's always the thing. Lots of information to go around in the internet age, one has to decide what to accept I guess.

[LarryC]

Okay, this picture should settle the issue.

Regards, Larry

[hartiberlin]

Okay, maybe I am wrong with the false shadow
direction,
but I still find, that the shadows are a bit too big and too long
compared to the other shadows of the craters.

So let us wait for higher resolution pictures.

At least it seems that NASA will not go to the moon
so soon now as they seem to have money problems.

Source here:

http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/2009/08/27/sparprogramm-bei-nasa/fluege-zu-asteroiden-statt-zum-mond.html


Seems they want to go now only to a very small asteroid, just 6 Meters long and
30 tons of weight....

Hmm, so when they are not able to go the next 20 years to the moon,
how did they achieve this in 1969 ?