Why isn't the moon made of cheese?
594506
Okay maybe I'm dumb enough to answer, but dude, the moon isn't made out of cheese is because cheese isn't even an earth material, it's a material that comes from cow or goat's milk. The stuff that the moon is made out of is stuff found in all of the universe.\n\nI can't believe, I'm answering this(shake head);-(
694597
The Moon essentially has no atmosphere, as its gravity is too weak to hold onto an atmosphere, given the Moon's temperature.\nThe Moon lacks a magnetic field.  There are some isolated areas with hints of magnetism, probably from nickel-iron asteroids impacting.\nThe regolith is thick enough that no one had drilled through it,. but probably a few hundred miles.\nChemically the Moon is depleted in hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and the elements from iron and higher.  It is enriched compared to Earth in calcium, silicon, magnesium, manganese, and others.  See wikipedia's essay on the Moon.\nPhysical state is solid.
422854
The moon although is a sphere, but it is so far away that it appear a flat round disk. there is nothing strange about this and if people are not educated that moon is a spherical rock, they'd probably think it's a round flat disk.\n\nBut for me, I see it as a hole in the ceiling.
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If people couldn't go to the Moon then the Space Shuttle would be impossible also. So.\nThere is no wind because there still in space, just standing on the Moon. \nWe're not in space because we have an atmosphere.\nThe shadows don't line up because if they did that would mean that have a magic perspective eliminating Sun.\nWhen the sun peeks out of low clouds near sunset the rays are obviously not parallel. Why should they be on the moon?\nAnd what studio lights are magic too?\nThey don't bounce high enough because they weigh 300 pounds \non Earth with their suit and all. So 50 pounds on the moon.\n3 times lighter not 6.\nThey never sent people back because it would cost $100 bil to do now and they didn't see the point.\nThe flag stays up because there was a wire in it.\nThe flag jiggled for a few seconds after the astronaut takes off his hand because there's no air to dampen it's vibrations. Imagine a hanging metal sign being pushed and FF it.\nThe flag fell down with the blast from the rockets to take off. And how do you expect to see a flag less than 1 inch thick and 1 foot wide from 240,000 miles away when you can hardly see details on a PLANET(pluto) at the edge of the solar system. There is just one manmade object visible on the Moon as a speck in the world's largest telescopes. the entire spaceship of one of the missions.So yes you kindof can see them.
693112
I don't think it's very nice to call someone an idiot for asking a reasonable question.  \n\nBut the two answers you have already are correct, it's the sun light reflecting off the moon that causes it to "glow".
814259
No. I saw the film. \n\nIt is possible that I just imagined seeing this film, but this is just a conspiracy by those who believe that the moon is made of cheese.
622916
Because the moon isn't constant, it changes. Sometimes it's full, other times it's not there. She wants to swear by something that won't change, because she feels that her love won't change.
147029
The moon gets in the way of our view of the sun.  Since coincidentally, the two disks (i.e., two-dimensional view of a sphere) have the same apparent size when viewed from the earth, the moon covers most of the sun, exposing the corona, which is normally invisible.  The corona is the thinner part of the sun which is not normally visible because of the glare from the main disc.\n\nHowever, here's an interesting question:  how far out in space would you have to be before looking at our sun (call him Sol), you would just see a bright star, and part of that star would be the earth?  That is, when we say "the solar system" to include ourselves and everything out to Pluto, an observer from far out in space would just say "Sol," and mean to include us.  Jefferson Starship sang, "We rode a bubble through the sun . . ."
1065328
we all know the moon is made of cheese. haven't you ever seen wallace and gromit?
1029928
Several people have written books trying to disprove our landing on the moon.  I have not actually researched this, but for one thing, supposedly there is no dust on the moon like the ton of dust our astraunats walked through that day.  The photos have been disputed as made up and I believe our corupt government is capable of pulling this off.....)(
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By United Nation policies, no one can "own" a piece of the moon. It is like the Star Registery in that it is not universally recognized. It is for novelty enjoyment only.
448631
The Moon does not produce any heat on its own.  The temperature on the surface is dependent upon the amount of sunlight it is receiving at that time.  There is no known water on the Moon so it is very much affected by hydrostatic electricty; much as we are on a day with very low humidity.  Hence the surface particles tend to stand apart creating microfissures which absorb sunlight resulting in a rather low reflectivity even tho the Moon appears bright.  Under other conditions it could be even brighter.
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Yes.\n\nWhy do you think in that nursery rhyme that the cow jumped over the moon?\n\nCows make the milk that make cheese. Think about it.\n\nAnd if you really believe this, I can get you a really great deal on the Washington or Brooklyn Bridge, if you're interested.
826306
Because although the moon is as big as a planet, it does not have the characteristics of a planet. Jupiter's moon is a moon because it displays characteristics of a moon, like orbiting Jupiter and being stuck into Juptier's gravational pull.
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Your question has been answered.  In fact, even the largest telescopes do not have the resolving capacity to see a flag on the moon.  \n\nWhy would you think it was faked?
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the moon doesnt have a strong enough graviational field to allow it to retain the necessary atoms/molecules to form an atmosphere
1180421
It is not possible to see any man-made object left on the moon with any already existing telescope from Earth or near-Earth Orbit....the objects are just too small and too far away.\nGoverned by certain laws of physics, telescopes of a given size can only see objects of a certain minimum angular size or larger.  The angular size of any/all man-made object on the moon as seen from the Earth is just way too small to see, even when being very generous with size and distance estimations.\nSo, in short, no, you cannot see the flag on the moon with a large telescope.