has any of the recent attempts to the moon given us footage of the lunar lander and other machinery that was left behind from the prior missions?
this would easily put the conspiracy theories to bed
this would easily put the conspiracy theories to bed
Yes, e.g. LRO launched in 2009 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter)
> this would easily put the conspiracy theories to bed
no, you are dealing with people who nit pick data, rejecting anything that does not support their position as falsified.
Attempts at reasoning are in my experience often met with emotion and ad hominem responses (e.g. the classic comparison to species of Ovis). Logic does not apply here.
It clearly didn't put the conspiracy theories to bed.
"Therefore either all retroreflectors have degraded such that their return signals fit to the scattered return from the lunar soil or the measurements were indeed taken to the lunar surface only."