Has anyone got a idea how this month will be celebrated in England or Elsewhere ?
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Originally Posted by balthasar:
“Has anyone got a idea how this month will be celebrated in England or Elsewhere ?”
“Has anyone got a idea how this month will be celebrated in England or Elsewhere ?”
I think there are going to be quite a few TV shows to mark the events.
Originally Posted by BeethovensPiano:
“I think there are going to be quite a few TV shows to mark the events.”
“I think there are going to be quite a few TV shows to mark the events.”
I take it we are talking about the moon landing here?
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“I take it we are talking about the moon landing here?”
“I take it we are talking about the moon landing here?”
Yeah, or Skylab landing down under.!!!if any news or events
about the moon landing ,40 years on.
Jupiter and some of its moons looked lovely in the night sky last night. I'll probably get the telescope out later too.
...are shown here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...0090702_a.html and they show an area of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds) in great detail (kinda looks like the inside of an Aero choccy bar if you see what I mean).
As well as providing more detailed information about future potential landing sites for crewed return missions to the Moon, the camera on this probe is so good it should show the old Apollo mission debris on the Moon, e.g. lander bases, thus dispelling all those moronic conspiracy theories about humans never having gone to the Moon.
There is also the accompanying press release here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009...OC_images.html.
As well as providing more detailed information about future potential landing sites for crewed return missions to the Moon, the camera on this probe is so good it should show the old Apollo mission debris on the Moon, e.g. lander bases, thus dispelling all those moronic conspiracy theories about humans never having gone to the Moon.
There is also the accompanying press release here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009...OC_images.html.
Originally Posted by TelevisionUser:
“...are shown here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...0090702_a.html and they show an area of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds) in great detail (kinda looks like the inside of an Aero choccy bar if you see what I mean).
As well as providing more detailed information about future potential landing sites for crewed return missions to the Moon, the camera on this probe is so good it should show the old Apollo mission debris on the Moon, e.g. lander bases, thus dispelling all those moronic conspiracy theories about humans never having gone to the Moon.
There is also the accompanying press release here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009...OC_images.html.”
“...are shown here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LR...0090702_a.html and they show an area of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds) in great detail (kinda looks like the inside of an Aero choccy bar if you see what I mean).
As well as providing more detailed information about future potential landing sites for crewed return missions to the Moon, the camera on this probe is so good it should show the old Apollo mission debris on the Moon, e.g. lander bases, thus dispelling all those moronic conspiracy theories about humans never having gone to the Moon.
There is also the accompanying press release here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009...OC_images.html.”
As discussed in this thread, the LRO may not be able able to silence the CT nuts.
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“As discussed in this thread, the LRO may not be able able to silence the CT nuts.”
“As discussed in this thread, the LRO may not be able able to silence the CT nuts.”
True, Ricardodaforce, but at least the proof will be there for the vast majority of reasonable people and the basket cases will now really be out on a limb now thus leaving the rest of us to concentrate on all the exciting robot and crewed exploratory missions of the solar system and beyond.
In addition, advanced Earth-based telescopes such as the Large Binocular Telescope (http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/lbto/) and the Keck Telescope (http://www.keckobservatory.org/) are adding to our understanding of the universe. Indeed, they are getting to the point now where they are even starting to exceed the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (though I hope we get another decade from that venerable machine).
Endeavour is go for a launch on Saturday. See here.
can be found as part of the BBC's Moon Season including a Horizon programme on BBC 4 this evening at 8pm (repeated midnight). On Saturday on BBC4 there's going to be a re-run of the documentaries they've shown so far starting from 7.15pm onwards - some good stuff there.
And now for something completely different. The Russia Today channel is showing a documentary - The Martian Chronicles - about the exploration of Mars. It's going to be shown in the XL documentary slot on Friday 10 July and Sunday 12 July at (I think) 6.30am, 2.30pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm. This channel is available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky.
And now for something completely different. The Russia Today channel is showing a documentary - The Martian Chronicles - about the exploration of Mars. It's going to be shown in the XL documentary slot on Friday 10 July and Sunday 12 July at (I think) 6.30am, 2.30pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm. This channel is available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky.
Originally Posted by TelevisionUser:
“can be found as part of the BBC's Moon Season including a Horizon programme on BBC 4 this evening at 8pm (repeated midnight). On Saturday on BBC4 there's going to be a re-run of the documentaries they've shown so far starting from 7.15pm onwards - some good stuff there.
And now for something completely different. The Russia Today channel is showing a documentary - The Martian Chronicles - about the exploration of Mars. It's going to be shown in the XL documentary slot on Friday 10 July and Sunday 12 July at (I think) 6.30am, 2.30pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm. This channel is available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky.”
“can be found as part of the BBC's Moon Season including a Horizon programme on BBC 4 this evening at 8pm (repeated midnight). On Saturday on BBC4 there's going to be a re-run of the documentaries they've shown so far starting from 7.15pm onwards - some good stuff there.
And now for something completely different. The Russia Today channel is showing a documentary - The Martian Chronicles - about the exploration of Mars. It's going to be shown in the XL documentary slot on Friday 10 July and Sunday 12 July at (I think) 6.30am, 2.30pm, 6.30pm, 10.30pm. This channel is available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky.”
Thanks for the reminder. I hope all those moon landing sceptics are watching all these programmes and pointing out all the flaws.
Good piece in today's Telegraph by Buzz Aldrin. He says that as soon as the mission of Apollo XI was over he never really kept in touch with the other two.
I never realised that Buzz Lightyear was named after him.
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Jupiter is currently very close to the moon. The two look absolutely stunning in the sky.”
“Jupiter is currently very close to the moon. The two look absolutely stunning in the sky.”
You must have rather better weather than me. Sky rather cloudy just now
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Jupiter is currently very close to the moon. The two look absolutely stunning in the sky.”
“Jupiter is currently very close to the moon. The two look absolutely stunning in the sky.”
Alas in London
Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce:
“Jupiter and some of its moons looked lovely in the night sky last night. I'll probably get the telescope out later too.”
“Jupiter and some of its moons looked lovely in the night sky last night. I'll probably get the telescope out later too.”
According to callers on the radio station I was listening to last night that was a "Stationary UFO".
Here is a wow picture. See http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090711.html
Originally Posted by AppleTango:
“According to callers on the radio station I was listening to last night that was a "Stationary UFO".”
“According to callers on the radio station I was listening to last night that was a "Stationary UFO".”
Good Grief!
Just a reminder The Space Shuttle Endeavour's rescheduled launch is tonight at 23:13 GMT. Live coverage now on pre launch events on NASA TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Originally Posted by tiger2000:
“Just a reminder The Space Shuttle Endeavour's rescheduled launch is tonight at 23:13 GMT. Live coverage now on pre launch events on NASA TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html”
“Just a reminder The Space Shuttle Endeavour's rescheduled launch is tonight at 23:13 GMT. Live coverage now on pre launch events on NASA TV.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html”
Yes I remember. For the first time ever I have someone I know at the Cape watching the launch live.
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“You must have rather better weather than me. Sky rather cloudy just now”
“You must have rather better weather than me. Sky rather cloudy just now
”
I guess this was something like you were talking about without the clouds. See
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090714.html
Bonhams auction - some cool stuff
Online Catalogue
PDF Catalogue
edit: Can't help but think many of the items estimates are way under.
Online Catalogue
PDF Catalogue
edit: Can't help but think many of the items estimates are way under.
There's some good news from the European Space Agency. The Herschel Space Telescope appears to be working fine and it has sent back its first pics here http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/obj...objectid=45075.
The ESA have also confirmed this month that they are proceeding the Advanced Reentry Vehicle (ARV) which will have the potential to carry humans - more in this story here http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMJQF6CTWF_index_0.html, http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMKCY4DHNF_iss_0.html.
However, the 'Advanced' bit strikes me as being a bit of a misnomer. This looks like Project Orion again, i.e. another old Apollo clone-alike. Whatever happened to the Hermes lifting body project that was going to be launched atop and Ariane 5?
Incidentally, Buzz Aldrin has gone on record that it is the lifting body concept, e.g. X20 Dyna-Soar, that he would prefer to see replace the shuttle.
The ESA have also confirmed this month that they are proceeding the Advanced Reentry Vehicle (ARV) which will have the potential to carry humans - more in this story here http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMJQF6CTWF_index_0.html, http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMKCY4DHNF_iss_0.html.
However, the 'Advanced' bit strikes me as being a bit of a misnomer. This looks like Project Orion again, i.e. another old Apollo clone-alike. Whatever happened to the Hermes lifting body project that was going to be launched atop and Ariane 5?
Incidentally, Buzz Aldrin has gone on record that it is the lifting body concept, e.g. X20 Dyna-Soar, that he would prefer to see replace the shuttle.
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