This happens with every change in US administrations. Here's an S&T article speculating on an Obama admin move away from the lunar exploration. - Clear Skies,...
... Paolo, That's not a bad idea to close the historical loop. Too bad we could not have raised it earlier to try to include a historical memento on the...
I was asked by some people I work with, to research his space policy during the campaign. At that time Obama was for lunar exploration but Mars looked dead...
This is sad, it's one of the reasons I had for not voting for him in the primary. I mean, we aren't really the leaders in anything anymore..what happens if...
Well, clearly Japan, India, China and the Europeans have designs on the moon. These may be tempered by recent economic developments and we'll have to see how...
... It's a speculative news story. Better to wait for the actual news conference or announcement before getting the juices worked up. I was noting it to watch...
... Here's what's in the written statement at: http://appropriations.house.gov/Witness_testimony/CJS/Christopher_Scolese_04_29_09.pdf Clear Skies - Kurt Page 1...
... <snip all> But the Appropriations Subcommittee's Chairman's Statement give a more sober view. - Clear Skies - Kurt Who to write to: Alan Mollohan (WV),...
Hi Stefan, Thanks for the link. I realise I don't master searching in the LO images ;-) This Hesiodis area is really interesting ! Best regards Christian...
As a citizen of a little, old European nation, I am hugely grateful to the American people for the way they funded the original lunar landings and shared the...
Peter Lloyd wrote: -Personally I think manned missions are a huge waste of resources. These days so much more can be achieved with automatic systems as...
WARNING: Those who want to explore farside crater Mendel via orbital photographs should be aware of the fact that the LPI's list of Apollo-photographs of that...
Danny, Mendel may not be Mendeleev, but the letters "Mendel" are included in the name "Mendeleev". If you take the time to read the text above the search box...
There are traditional Jibaro songs in Puerto Rico about Columbus and his thoughts about the new world. Basically he recognised how lucratively economically...
Did this group ever resolve if Messier/A was created by a multiple impact (Shoemaker-Levy 9 type) or a grazing single ricochet - and how the ray pattern can...
Very recently I explored (and thoroughly investigated) the Clementine photographs at LAC 9, LAC 20, and LAC 21 in the *Clementine Atlas of the Moon* by...
Dear group, Although I seldom post I am always interested in the discussions that occur here! On April 29 I took advantage of several free hours to image some...
From my last observation http://www.lunar-captures.com/craters_T_files/090503_tycho_tar.jpg very much cloudy and a little wind. 0.14 arcsec/pixel Telescope...
Two images from the South of Moon surface. http://www.lunar-captures.com/craters_B_files/090430_southpole_tar.jpg 0.14 arcsec/pixel Telescope Newtonian Orion...
Daniel, ALL the official IAU names are plotted on the nomenclature maps at: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/dAtlas.html The area you are interested in is in...
I was out that night around 2159hr.(9:47EST) Clear but transperency was very poor. Took only a few pictures, none of any usible quality. I too notice that...
Hi George Great image. I have not seen images of Tycho's central mountains casting that length of shadow before - thanks for sharing a refreshing look! I...
Hi Matt and thank you for your good words, in this night I have big problem with wind and I can not take big videos in each capture for this image I take about...
Hi George When I do multiple alignment points in R5 I get visible 'lines' through the image!? You can see them on the stacked images and see them when I...