“From the above table, even ignoring the limitation imposed by Earth’s atmosphere we can see that we would need an optical telescope with an objective mirror about 100 meters (about 328 feet) in diameter to just about be able to see the landers and the rovers.

Since the largest Optical telescope in the world is only 10 meters in diameter, the cost of building such a telescope could be more than the cost of going there and taking a picture with a normal camera.”

if the moons light and dark sides are constant, matching the rotation of the earth,

and if the apollo 11 mission landed on the light side,

in theory you should be able to see it with a telescope of high enough power. What power would i need? where would i look? do you think you could see the lander, the flag, and some footprints? How come there isnt any photos of them from earth bound telecopes or satalites?