If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side
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@_thegeoff Reminds me of Collins' suggestion that Armstrong should step on the moon, exclaim "What the hell is this thing" and cut the mic. So you're in good company
@Quantensalat @_thegeoff Arthur C. Clarke once said he was a little disappointed that the first lunar mission astronauts discussed reporting a black monolith on the surface of the moon but decided not to.
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@Branwen74 @davidbcohen @_thegeoff Oh, by the way, which one’s Pink?
@Meyerweb @Branwen74 @davidbcohen @_thegeoff The one going easy on the freshmen.
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@Meyerweb @Branwen74 @davidbcohen @_thegeoff The one going easy on the freshmen.
@_thegeoff @Branwen74 @drwho @davidbcohen Oh, I really hope that’s not a sex euphemism.
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@edavies @_thegeoff
Yeah, I was inadvertently counting the first orbital lander test in my quick tally. That one was Earth orbit...@n1xnx
With LOS on the backside, it raises the question whether the DSN is correctly named; more like Slightly-Deep-Space-Network AMIRIGHT?Long term we may need TDRS-Lunar units in orbit around Luna — polar orbit constellation, with relay all around? possibly several on highly elliptical orbits slantwise so that one is always seeing backside orbits and earth, and another could see low power transmitters on front side ground ?
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@n1xnx
With LOS on the backside, it raises the question whether the DSN is correctly named; more like Slightly-Deep-Space-Network AMIRIGHT?Long term we may need TDRS-Lunar units in orbit around Luna — polar orbit constellation, with relay all around? possibly several on highly elliptical orbits slantwise so that one is always seeing backside orbits and earth, and another could see low power transmitters on front side ground ?
@BRicker
Finally, a good use for those pest-begotten Starlink sats.Jokes aside, yes, we definitely need such a network.
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@_thegeoff
I keep hearing reporters say that "no human eye has seen the far side before."Umm, wait a minute there.
The Apollo program featured TEN (correction: NINE) missions that orbited the Moon. Do these folks seriously mean to say that in all of those lunar missions, the crewmember left in Moon orbit during the mission NEVER ONCE LOOKED OUT THE CSM WINDOW while passing over the far side?
That seems rather unlikely...
TBQF, this mission is going at a different phase of the moon (which is to say from lunar point of view different solar season) and going around _much_ higher, so *yes* they will see things Apollo didn't see.
This mission _will_ see most of the poles which have only been seen with cameras.
(Apollo landings occurred with moon around quarter phase to have a low sun providing contrast to the relief, both for pilot and to recognize waypoints when hiking.)
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@_thegeoff @Branwen74 @drwho @davidbcohen Oh, I really hope that’s not a sex euphemism.
@Meyerweb @_thegeoff @Branwen74 @davidbcohen It isn't. Do you remember the movie _Dazed and Confused_?
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TBQF, this mission is going at a different phase of the moon (which is to say from lunar point of view different solar season) and going around _much_ higher, so *yes* they will see things Apollo didn't see.
This mission _will_ see most of the poles which have only been seen with cameras.
(Apollo landings occurred with moon around quarter phase to have a low sun providing contrast to the relief, both for pilot and to recognize waypoints when hiking.)
@n1xnx
Unclear to me what they mean by a Solar Eclipse From the Moon (upcoming); is Earth eclipsing the sun for Artemis? They'll need eclipse glasses for 2 min of initial contact then can take those off and look at stars??So another new science for human eyes (with natural HDR plus onboard curiosity, pattern matching)
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@robcornelius @nowster There's precedent...
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.@_thegeoff I saw Contact. I know what happened during the missing time.
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If I was on Artemis I'd spend the 40 minute radio blackout rigging all the clocks, logs, instrumentts etc to show that 6 hours had passed, then refuse to comment on what I'd seen on the far side.
This is probably why I'm not allowed on the Artemis.
