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Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Here's an interesting site: http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/ Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Here's an interesting site: http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/Nice find. Yeah It was mentioned on KCAL TV Channel 9 out of Los Angeles, 63 hours till launch(plus or minus a few minutes and seconds of course). Oh and the Widget works under XP x64, I don't know about Win7 x64, But I'll get that around Halloween I expect(I snagged a copy for $49.99 at Amazon back on the 11th). |
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Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
The 40th Anniv. of the Launch of Apollo 11 is T -21:30 min. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
NASA releases clearest videos yet of 1969 moonwalk NASA hired a digital restoration firm to improve video showing astronauts taking first steps on the moon. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/16/nasa.videos/index.html |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
The Eagle has been spotted! The lunar module Eagle, which was used to carry Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin down to the lunar surface on 20 July 1969 is the small bright dot near the center of this image; its shadow can be seen stretching to its right. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17486-spy-probe-images-apollo-landing-sites.html |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Here's a Picture of where Apollo 14 rests at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/17/apollo-landing-sites-imaged-by-lro/ |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Must I say it took long enough. I remember watching on tv this year an observatory or similar thereof showed that they sent a pulse (laser or radio wave, I forget) and was returned by the instruments that were left on the moon. T -64:54:30 till landing. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Must I say it took long enough. I remember watching on tv this year an observatory or similar thereof showed that they sent a pulse (laser or radio wave, I forget) and was returned by the instruments that were left on the moon. And We have to wait until late August for the LRO to get to Its 50Klick orbit, These were taken nearly 200Klicks up, As they should get 2 to 3 times better! |
Send message Joined: 13 Jun 09 Posts: 119 Credit: 182,229 RAC: 0 |
NOW is the time to put my old Apollo glasses on EBAY. I can't believe it was that long ago. I remember watching on TV. 8-) PEACE or Pistols...Yer Choice ;-} |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
NOW is the time to put my old Apollo glasses on EBAY. I've just picked up a set of glasses and 2 pitchers (1 with the topper) recently for only a few dollars. I think they are great. I can't believe it was that long ago. I remember watching on TV. 8-) I wasn't anywhere near being though of yet. :p I Like watching the old footage of all the missions, it's great to see. Some years back I built a model of the Apollo 11 landing site as well as one of the Rocket. Came out pretty good, couple of my earlier models. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Of course, Better late than Never Is: Constellation http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/cev.html Ares 5(Left) & Ares I(Right, The Pogo Stick) Click on above pic to see FULL Size! Warning: Orig Image size: 756x1552 Ares I is the Bush idea, From what I've read Ares V is more than powerful enough to handle both the crew and all the rest all at once, So why is the rough riding Ares I even worth doing? Compare the boosters of Ares V to Ares I, Their both Shuttle derived. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Of course, Better late than Never Is: Constellation V is more than powerful to send everything to the moon at once. The V was/is the most reliable, most consistant rocket ever built. Also It is was never ran at full throttle/ capacity and tested to run at 110% with no failures. The new rocket is a wimp, and has a weight limit. Makes no sense at all. The Nasa heads decided how to go about all of this backwards with wanting new stuff. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Of course, Better late than Never Is: Constellation Which V are You talking about bw? I was talking about Saturn V's successor the Ares V which can lift 188 tons to orbit, Saturn V could only lift 118 tons(Either one is better than that wimp known as the Shuttle which can't do more than 24.5 tons). Besides all the tooling and the templates for the Saturn V are all gone, All were Scrapped by Boeing, North American(Boeing), McDonnell Douglas(Boeing) and Rocketdyne(Boeing). Besides It's largely 60's technology, Loud and powerful, But damn LOUD! Oh and the only surviving Apollo technology today? The J-2 rocket, Today Its known as the J-2X. Oh and the Saturn V(pronounced as: Saturn Five) Blueprints are on Microfilm and NASA knows where they are, Did NASA ask for a bid from Boeing on building the Saturn V again and adapting modern electronics to the design? Nope, Instead We get Bush era Cheaper(?), Better(not), Faster(so not) again. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Which V are You talking about bw? I was talking about Saturn V's successor the Ares V which can lift 188 tons to orbit, Saturn V could only lift 118 tons(Either one is better than that wimp known as the Shuttle which can't do more than 24.5 tons). Besides all the tooling and the templates for the Saturn V are all gone, All were Scrapped by Boeing, North American(Boeing), McDonnell Douglas(Boeing) and Rocketdyne(Boeing). Besides It's largely 60's technology, Loud and powerful, But damn LOUD! Oh and the only surviving Apollo technology today? The J-2 rocket, Today Its known as the J-2X. Oh and the Saturn V(pronounced as: Saturn Five) Blueprints are on Microfilm and NASA knows where they are, Did NASA ask for a bid from Boeing on building the Saturn V again and adapting modern electronics to the design? Nope, Instead We get Bush era Cheaper(?), Better(not), Faster(so not) again. [/quote] Again Bush had nothing to do with Nasa. It was Nasa's heads that went this route. They wanted all new shiny stuff. That is why we are going to a dumb little triagle to put people on the space station and will be paying Russia (who had a worse success record) to launch our payloads. The rocket was built to launch the pods to the moon. The shuttle was only ment for delevering payloads to LEO. Not comparable. It also had the best fuel efficiency to power ratio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V_rocket http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4322647.html Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 29 Jul 08 Posts: 267 Credit: 188,848,188 RAC: 0 |
Ok, On NASA, I still don't really like the Shuttle all that much, Every launch is a throw of the Dice, 1st It was the Boosters O-rings failing in cold weather, then Foam impacting the shuttle making a hole for plasma to tear a wing off at. The Shuttle turns out to be quite limited and a bit dangerous as well, It has killed 14 people so far, If NASA is lucky the 3 remaining Shuttles won't take anymore to their graves, There are 7 more launches to go on the Shuttle, Before their retired for good. Oh and as to Russia, Their better today than they were back when they were under the Soviets. Cargo Capacity(tons): --------------------- Saturn V: 118.0 Shuttle: 24.5 Ares V: 188.0 |
Send message Joined: 13 Jun 09 Posts: 119 Credit: 182,229 RAC: 0 |
Ok, On NASA, I still don't really like the Shuttle all that much, Every launch is a throw of the Dice, 1st It was the Boosters O-rings failing in cold weather, then Foam impacting the shuttle making a hole for plasma to tear a wing off at. The Shuttle turns out to be quite limited and a bit dangerous as well, It has killed 14 people so far, If NASA is lucky the 3 remaining Shuttles won't take anymore to their graves, There are 7 more launches to go on the Shuttle, Before their retired for good. Oh and as to Russia, Their better today than they were back when they were under the Soviets. This is VERY true. Many have learned much from the past. And look at the Computing power we have now plus modern power sources. PEACE or Pistols...Yer Choice ;-} |
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Send message Joined: 4 Oct 08 Posts: 1734 Credit: 64,228,409 RAC: 0 |
It was a magnificent achievement and showed how ingenuity could triumph, despite the Kennedy announcement placing a burden on what would become NASA for a task nobody had a clue how to achieve. But, achieve it they did and within the deadline given. Now we need a challenge to return to the moon and thence on to Mars. Something I may just (with good luck) see within my lifetime (maybe). This time around the competition will be decidedly fiercer (China, India, Russia, Japan, etc). Go away, I was asleep |
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