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Old 03-16-2022, 06:50 AM  
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey View Post
funny there are no current photos of the flag planted on the moon nor material that they are studying... case closed.
Apparently the flag is just white now anyway, or disintegrated, or has fallen over. Or all three.

Anyway, here's a timeline of how photographs of the Moon have developed over the centuries:

19th century:


20th century:


21st century:



The JPEG below shows the Apollo Guidance Computer read-only 'rope memory'. It had 72KB of storage. That is less than the size of the JPEG:




In the history of mankind, is there any other giant leap that is not developed upon, despite huge technological advancements and innovation in every field, and the leap is never even attempted by anyone else?
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