Creative Speculation

Last edited Fri Aug 7, 2015, 03:43 PM - Edit history (1)

That one eludes me.

Since the hi-gain antenna array is interesting to you, could you explain why you find it interesting?

I'm going to take a wild guess here, and assume you are ignorant of the shape of the dishes in that antenna array, and that presumably you are puzzled at how the surface of the moon is visible "in front" of what you think are supposed to be round dishes.

The thing is - the dishes weren't round. Like a lot of stuff, the array had to be designed to be folded up, and then swung into position after deployment of the command module.



There is even a prototype one hanging in a museum in Oklahoma:




So, as with most of this stuff, your personal ignorance of what the high gain antenna array actually looked like, causes you to reach a ridiculous conclusion.