Powerful-enough telescopes to observe the Lunar Roving Vehicle from Earth? Apparently, not even the Hubble telescope (which is actually in orbit, not even on Earth) is powerful enough to observe the LVR... will we ever have the technology to observe the LVR from Earth?
(it would be my dream to be able to observe the Apollo relics with a &quot;retail&quot; telescope. I am no expert in optics, so have no idea if for example &quot;computer-enhanced&quot; zooming could work, instead of a giant mirror?)
I don't think so. In order to resolve an object one metre across (as a single pixel) at a distance of 384,400km (the diameter of the Moon's orbit), you would need a telescope mirror about 200 metres in diameter, and to achieve a resolution of 10cm (which you would probably need to form a recognisable image), you would need a telescope mirror with a 2km diameter. Currently the largest Earth based telescope has a 30-metre mirror.