Apollo 17 Moon Landing Not A Hoax; German Lunar X-Prize Stands To Prove It
The Apollo 17 moon landing happened, it's not a hoax. At least that's what a group of German astronauts want to prove in their plan to send a team to the moon. Will the team finally be able to stop the doubts concerning NASA's 1972 moon mission achievement?
The Lunar X-Prize team from Germany decided that they have to put an end to the Apollo 17 uncertainties. Gizmodo reports about the German team's plan on sending 2 mobile probes to find the lunar rover left on the moon by the Apollo 17 team.
This purpose mission was inspired by the Google Lunar X-Prize $30 million competition. The said group, which is composed of intellectuals who call themselves PT Scientists, is one of the 16 participating teams in the contest. This science battle requires the private teams to launch their own spacecraft to the moon and send back to Earth clear photos of their journey.
Although the competition wasn't directly purposed to prove the "conspiracy theorists wrong," the makers of the famous Audi car will use this as an opportunity to do it, reports The Mirror. With the use of the Audi Lunar Quattro, with a speed of 2.2mph, the German team hopes to see the status of the Apollo 17's buggy site.
According to the New Scientist, beyond proving that the Apollo 17, indeed, landed truthfully on the moon, there is an even bigger importance on checking its buggy site. Scientists need to see what the current state of the Apollo's buggy is, this is to study the adverse effects of lunar conditions to the equipment that humans bring there. It would also give a nearer foresight for the effects of the moon on humans in person.
Aside from those, the team also plans to do further research and experiments on the moon's surface like 3D printing, foresting, and laser firing at the moon's soil. This is to make the humans' knowledge on the moon more updated and richer.
Whatever truth awaits this team will finally give assurance to the longtime debate on whether the Apollo 17 has landed on the moon or not. The competition's deadline is expected to commence on 2017, in that time people may also expect the answer they have long been waiting for.
