Why can't one of our space telescopes, capable of seeing galaxies many light years away, be pointed at the site of the moon landings where one can assume there are some remnants from the visits. Would this definitively prove to any sceptics that humans landed on the moon? It would be a nice way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing.
Liza Brooks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK
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