Well, Kennedy made his speech to congress in the spring of 1961 and we landed in the summer of 1969 so that was a bit over 8 years. Of course it was a top...
... According to what I have read in the ProjectApollo mailing list, this was only partially true. A lot of research work dating back to the late 1950s had...
Well sure, we hadn't just emerged from a cave somewhere. We had been busy building ICBMs, launching small satellites, trying to hit the moon and doing basic...
There will be no manned lunar landing, because most people on planet Earth still think that the moon is a little person that appeared in the fairytales of...
I put my guess at 20 years. So far there is only one there who is more pessimistic. Without getting into a debate on current politics, I'm not sure what it ...
Yes, the NASA director was talking about using the Shuttle solids in combination with extended fairings and other parts. Not sure that's such a great idea. ...
Chuck, I have two ears, and I'm always listening to what the folks say about the moon, after they arrived at our observatory's dome. As you know, in my country...
... A Saturn V was able to lift about 125 tons to low Earth orbit (LEO), and some 50 tons to lunar orbit. A current Shuttle can lift around 15-20 tons to LEO...
Yes, I've found that a basic understanding of science and physics in the general population is very low and seems to be getting worse, at least here in the...
Slightly O.T.; Tony, about 10 years ago I was a new member of our public-observatory's "crew", and I wanted to be of some help during the evenings for the...
This raises an interesting question: How do we educate the public about the moon? It seems there are several areas to cover: (1) Facts about the moon such as...
I know what you mean. I've found that in general, people who are curious and well "self-educated" have no trouble rubbing elbows with the university crowd. ...
... [...] ... Well, I let the telescopic image of the Moon speak--awe does the rest :) Maybe I am particularly lucky but, at public observing sessions, I tend...
Chuck, (more O.T.); If a huge crowd would crawl into a public-observatory's dome when the moon is in the sky... (the same way that lots of people crawled into...
Reply to : Chuck Taylor ... One other possibility not mentioned in the poll: if the Chinese land men on the Moon, or show signs of being able to do so, then...
... Danny, Yes I agree. The impetus to fly to the Moon was a result of politics not science. The small pressure that the scientific advisors had during Apollo...
Zac and group, Wouldn't it be wonderful if the team of "Spirit" and "Opportunity" create two (or more) rovers for the moon's surface? If we can't send humans...
Exploration isn't just about discovery, it's also about pushing human boundaries. Yes, you can do a certain amount of work with rovers but that doesn't push...
Yes... I'm daydreaming, about all sorts of to-be-explored sites on the moon's surface. Not by astronauts, but by unmanned rovers full of "camera-eyes" (3-D...
In a way, a very maneuverable orbiter might be just as interesting and could cover a lot more ground. The low point of the orbit could be very low indeed and...
Mmmmmm... I wish I could "kick" myself to the moon! The same way as in Tex Avery's "The cat that hated people" (ooops! That cat was launched in a rocket (to ...
Tony, Mind the astro-artists and space-illustrators who want to see certain lunar surface features from a sort of frog-perspective! (horizontally view'd; just ...
Hi Danny, ... By the way, it would be interesting to search among photographic results of Apollo missions couples of pictures that could be combined in 3D...
Naw, just send me and Wes with the digital equivalent of an 8x10 view camera. We'll get your shots........;-) Tony ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Denis, Tony, group, There are HUNDREDS of 3-D STEREO orbital lunar images made by the FAIRCHILD metric-cameras aboard the SIM-bays of Apollo 15, 16, and 17! In...
Tony, the moon's limb is indeed a very interesting target for pseudo "on-the-spot images" (photographed through powerful telescopes on Earth). But I would like...
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