Lunar Flyby - NASA's LCROSS - LIVE video 23 June 09

Whos been scribbling on the moon ?
I see a huge heart with an arrow going through it.
Cupid??

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All I see is a slightly out of focus moon.

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in all honesty you aint missing much - thought they were going to zoom in on the moons surface - haven't done that yet...

Look just left of centre of the moon on the shaddow line.

The arrow head is exiting upper right of the heart shape!

Bless


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I thought these critters only lived close to earths atmosphere?

The moon seems a bit far away.

I will not see the moon "up close and personal" again til day of impact, Oct 9th.

twitter.com...

Well, I'll tune in again on october 9th. Until then....



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lol
Bowie rocks
hey how long does this go for 1 hour?

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EXcellent! Haven't heard that in quite a while. Bowie is an all-time favorite.

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I'd say that too, if I was watching live streaming video of moon critters.

heh. On the NASA tv channel, they're doing interviews intermingled with moon shot flashbacks. O, joy.

Oh wait, better still, I get to watch tthe Flight Director watch his monitor.

Originally posted by Kaytagg

I will not see the moon "up close and personal" again til day of impact, Oct 9th.

twitter.com...

Well, I'll tune in again on october 9th. Until then....

Don't forget about the LRO. The LRO satellite will start taking Hi-res pictures of the moon real soon (in a few weeks, I think) -- much sooner than October.

Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
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in all honesty you aint missing much - thought they were going to zoom in on the moons surface - haven't done that yet...

LCROSS's camera isn't as good as the one on LRO, so even if they did zoom in at this distance, I doubt the pictures would be very detailed anyway.


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Originally posted by argentus
heh. On the NASA tv channel, they're doing interviews intermingled with moon shot flashbacks. O, joy.

I like the interviews; I find them to be very interesting -- but I'm just a science nerd.

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I enjoy them as well, my fellow nerd, I'm just on the downside of a tantrum, that's all They're detailing some of the variables of the topography now, which is pretty interesting.

Originally posted by argentus
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I enjoy them as well, my fellow nerd, I'm just on the downside of a tantrum, that's all

They're detailing some of the variables of the topography now, which is pretty interesting.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but the moon (as seen from earth) is now in "New Moon" phase -- which means all of the "lit" portions of the moon are on the far side...

...so this streaming video is showing the far side of the Moon right now.

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Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
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Periselene
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:44:26 PM EST

LCROSS has reached periselene at 3:30:33 a.m. PDT. This is where LCROSS is at its closest approach to the moon during lunar swing-by. The spacecraft is 1,988 miles (3200 km) from the moon.

3:30:33

3:30:33

3:30:33

Thats just coincidence ofcourse.

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Yes, you will be purely because most of us have recordable dvd's etc now.

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So does anyone have a link or video of this flyby? I would love to see some of this footage.

Originally posted by Cygnific
Thats just coincidence ofcourse.

Nope. As you may know, 33 is a very significant number for Masons.

Originally posted by citydude67
So does anyone have a link or video of this flyby? I would love to see some of this footage.

www.nasa.gov...

It seems like it just ended??

Crap!

Originally posted by Kaytagg

I will not see the moon "up close and personal" again til day of impact, Oct 9th.

twitter.com...

Well, I'll tune in again on october 9th. Until then....

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The LRO will be in low orbit of the moon for a year at least. Expect some great images from it. The LCROSS is just a rocket with a video camera, its main objective is to blast a crater in the moon surface.

Follow NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) missions here.
lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov...

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) will retrieve high resolution black and white images of the lunar surface, capturing images of the lunar poles with resolutions down to 1m, and will image the lunar surface in color and ultraviolet. These images will provide knowledge of polar illumination conditions, identify potential resources & hazards, and enable safe landing site selection. lro.gsfc.nasa.gov...

I think it was awesome live footage of the far side of the moon, first time ive seen such video ever. I too noticed that NASA cut video two short moments, something with electrical, who knows.


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I'm sure we won't see anything due to a "tape" delay, or "feed" delay.

I'd love to see that the moon has a population of a few hundred thousand and when they beam back pictures of the McDonalds with the Fly-Thru it's all gonna be revealed then!

Found a video of pictures of the fly by on youtube. not what i was expecting. :-(

Link

S+F for your work though

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