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03-25-2008, 01:54 AM
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Haunted by walks
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Moonwalks and moonbases
Have you ever seen this map of the Apollo 11 moonwalks compared to a baseball diamond? it's interesting how little distance they actually traveled, with the exception of one sprint out to right-center field.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11vsMLB.gif |
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03-25-2008, 03:09 AM
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
Very cool stuff. Thanks
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03-25-2008, 08:53 AM
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RZ Chamber of Commerce
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
I hadn't seen that. It's very clever. Thinking about how the Apollo 11 astronauts had to draw conclusions from such a small area of the moon makes me think of the cities that I only know from connecting on airline flights there.
A couple of months ago I watched the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" on DVD and I remember that the realization of how little surface area was being covered on foot was a big reason NASA sent the lunar rover along on later Apollo missions.
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03-25-2008, 09:28 AM
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Ya can't teach speed...
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
If I was the first human to ever set foot on a planet other than Earth, I wouldn't venture very far from the vehicle that was supposed to take me home. No wonder they didn't get very far. I suspect the equipment they had at that time may have had a lot to do as well with how far they could get from the lunar lander.
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03-25-2008, 09:30 AM
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You're soaking in it!
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
We never went to the moon...come on you people
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03-25-2008, 02:31 PM
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All dyslexics must untie!
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
Quote:
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03-25-2008, 04:38 PM
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
Quote:
Last time I saw the Spruce Goose, it was housed next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach. |
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03-25-2008, 06:04 PM
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All dyslexics must untie!
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Re: Moonwalks and moonbases
Quote:
http://www.sprucegoose.org/
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Never overlook the obvious Last edited by gm; 03-25-2008 at 06:09 PM. |
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