【你好 America】月球上究竟能不能看到长城？

更多内容请关注今天的微信 Is it really true that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space? The myth began in 1904 in Henry Norman’s the people and politics of the Far East. It was reinforced in 1938 in Richard Halliburton’s second book of marvels. It resurfaced during the Apollo moon landings and shuttle era. In 2003 China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei was disappointed when he couldn’t see the great wall from space, but in 2004 Leroy Chiao saved the day by taking a photo of it through a telephoto lens from the international space station. So it seems the only surefire way to see the Great Wall is to take a telescope into space… or visit China!