New Moon Mission
Discussion
Although I've posted a heads up on this in the "Space Shuttle Launch" thread in the "Boats, Trains & Planes" forum, I fear it will only get a small audience over there. I'm not even sure what type of audience it might get here in the "News" forum. This is where the eclectic nature of the old P&P really scored.
In any case - NASA's latest probe to the moon is arriving there just after lunchtime today and the probe will be sending back LIVE streaming video as it swings past the edge of the moon prior to entering lunar orbit. The video can be seen live at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/lunarswin...
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In any case - NASA's latest probe to the moon is arriving there just after lunchtime today and the probe will be sending back LIVE streaming video as it swings past the edge of the moon prior to entering lunar orbit. The video can be seen live at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/lunarswin...
Mods - please keep this here if at all possible.
Oh sweet!!!
Maybe this will be used to spark another set off missions.....ones that will see us establish a colony on the moon, from which we shall launch our intergalactic assault against the evil [insert sci-fi enemy here]
Seriously, this should be good. I'd love to see some more interest in space exploration again. It's getting far too cramped down here.
Maybe this will be used to spark another set off missions.....ones that will see us establish a colony on the moon, from which we shall launch our intergalactic assault against the evil [insert sci-fi enemy here]
Seriously, this should be good. I'd love to see some more interest in space exploration again. It's getting far too cramped down here.
Spiritual_Beggar said:
Oh sweet!!!
Maybe this will be used to spark another set off missions.....ones that will see us establish a colony on the moon, from which we shall launch our intergalactic assault against the evil [insert sci-fi enemy here]
Seriously, this should be good. I'd love to see some more interest in space exploration again. It's getting far too cramped down here.
Aren't NASA aiming for a Mars mission around 2030 using bases on the moon or something?Maybe this will be used to spark another set off missions.....ones that will see us establish a colony on the moon, from which we shall launch our intergalactic assault against the evil [insert sci-fi enemy here]
Seriously, this should be good. I'd love to see some more interest in space exploration again. It's getting far too cramped down here.
In 2004, NASA announced a target date for a return to the moon of 2020. Today's LCROSS probe is the first step towards preparing detailed maps and surveys of potential landing sites.
At the moment, NASA is undergoing amajor review of its medium to long term goals in space and it is not guaranteed that the manned lunar missions will survive this review. This is a major shame as I think this is EXACTLY what NASA should be doing and it is what they are best at.
If NASA doesn't do it - someone else will.
At the moment, NASA is undergoing amajor review of its medium to long term goals in space and it is not guaranteed that the manned lunar missions will survive this review. This is a major shame as I think this is EXACTLY what NASA should be doing and it is what they are best at.
If NASA doesn't do it - someone else will.
You know, I was watching a programme yesterday on the guidance / navigation computer which took Apollo 11 to the moon and back, and wondered after it had finished if we'd ever go back there.
I'm hoping to have finished my jobs for the day by then, so I can tune in and watch in wonder.
I'm hoping to have finished my jobs for the day by then, so I can tune in and watch in wonder.
Although the probe hasn't started sending back images yet - www.spaceflightnow.com are providing TV pictures of mission control etc amnd general chat and discussion if anyone wants to tune in.
Guam said:
Nice
Going to upset the Tin Foil Hat brigade when they photograph the Lunar landing sites eh
Doubt it. Already questioning it if you look in the right places. They would not accept it even if they managed to finance it and go there themselves. Not far off the same mentality as the Spanish Inquisition. Same centuries anyway.Going to upset the Tin Foil Hat brigade when they photograph the Lunar landing sites eh
Absolutely - let them rot in their self created delusion and don't waste time debating with them.
LRO will be imaging some of these sites (as well of those of the old unmanned landers such as the Luna, Lunakhod and Surveyor) and will use the imaging as calibration testing of the camera's resolving capability - given that the dimensions of these artefacts are precisely known.
LRO will be imaging some of these sites (as well of those of the old unmanned landers such as the Luna, Lunakhod and Surveyor) and will use the imaging as calibration testing of the camera's resolving capability - given that the dimensions of these artefacts are precisely known.
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