>>15127801Human-scale stuff is just too small. You're comparing being able to see objects like stars and galaxies compared to something like a large truck. They're just not comparable.
There are recent photos of the lunar landing sites showing the equipment left behind, but they're taken from probes put into lunar orbit. So very similar to satellite images on earth.
>>15128222Telescopes of any decent size use mirrors, not lenses. Meteorite hit on the mirror would be bad, but it wouldn't screw everything up nearly the same way damaging a lens would.