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If we are shortly going to have that kind of resolution of Pluto, I'm a little curious that we haven't mapped nearer objects down to almost Google maps level de
by douche 11y ago
If we are shortly going to have that kind of resolution of Pluto, I'm a little curious that we haven't mapped nearer objects down to almost Google maps level detail. I would think that with Cold-War spy satellite technology, even, orbiting the moon, we could have every inch mapped in short order.
Maybe we did already, and it wasn't that interesting? I remember the Google Earth desktop client having a Moon mode at one time, but that may have been a tie-in when Curiosity landed on Mars.
- Maxious 11y ago> Maybe we did already, and it wasn't that interesting? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_(spacecraft)#Mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_(spacecraft)#Missio... > The lunar observations made included imaging at various wavelengths in the visible as well as in ultraviolet and infrared, laser ranging altimetry, gravimetry, and charged particle measurements. These observations were for the purposes of obtaining multi-spectral imaging of the entire lunar surface This mission's result is what you see in "Visible" mode on Google Moon https://www.google.com/moon/ https://www.google.com/moon/
- InclinedPlane 11y agoWe've mapped the Moon and Mars to 0.5m resolution or so.