Posts about Apollo 15
Space Engine - Apollo 15, 16, 17 landing sites are wrong. Here is the correction.
Apollo 15
The error is 1360 metres.
It's a shame because the 3d topographic map of the moon is amazing.
Actual landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/EEnDMhw.jpg[/img]
Incorrect landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Nv0ZEwR.jpg[/img]
Actual Hadley Delta:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/p7GVB97.jpg[/img]
Hadley Delta in SE:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/rQvV477.jpg[/img]
Looking out from landing site to Mt. Hadley:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/ndifUrI.jpg[/img]
Looking out from landing site to Mt. Hadley in SE:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/51zkRWG.jpg[/img]
Apollo 16
The error is 360 metres.
Actual landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/c4RGn4U.jpg[/img]
Incorrect landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/6BqY45Z.jpg[/img]
Apollo 17
The error is 1800 metres.
It's a shame because the 3d topographic map of the moon is amazing.
Actual landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/cPrKv97.jpg[/img]
Incorrect landing site:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/PUU2XhP.jpg[/img]
Looking at the landing site from Wessex Cleft:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/L09BIGg.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/u8WTPkz.jpg[/img]
Looking at the North Massif from the (real) LM:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/pNqVe77.jpg[/img]
In SE (you can see the Apollo 17 LM at the incorrect range of 1800m away) :