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Maybe because it would be a waste of my time?
"One of the most common questions asked by the public when were looking at the moon through a telescope is why we cant we see the American flags or any other sign of Apollo with the Hubble Space Telescope. It IS the most powerful telescope, right? Heres the rub. The smallest possible thing Hubble can see on the moon is about 328 feet across or the length of a football field. While impressive feat of resolution, no Apollo spacecraft comes anywhere near that size. Every piece of man-made hardware is below the space telescopes resolution limit. "
- See more at: Can you see the American flag on the moon? Yes! | Astro Bob
"If you explore the Apollo landing sites with a small telescope, you wont be able to see any of the objects left behind by the astronauts, as they are all too small to be resolved by even the largest telescopes.
In fact, it's only in the last two years that weve been able to photograph the landing sites in detail from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter."
How to Spot Apollo Moon Landing Sites in Telescopes | Apollo Moon Missions | Moon Craters & Skywatching
It's not really something that is easily independently verifiable.
If a person is shown to be incompetent in a position of power, especially if that incompetence cost lives of those they are supposed to be serving, they should be removed from office/stripped of power. That's not an over-reaction, it is the appropriate response.
I've... never even considered that before. I always assumed they took the flag back with them. It's an utterly fascinating topic.
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