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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Trip to the Moon
NASA ^ | January 13, 2014 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 01/12/2014 9:19:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: What would it be like to visit the Moon? The first major fictional cinematic film exploring this enduring transcultural fantasy was titled Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) and made in 1902, becoming one of the most popular movies of the early years of the twentieth century. The silent film starred the filmmaker Georges Melies himself and portrayed a club of astronomers voyaging to the Moon and back. Pictured above is a frame from the movie that has become an enduring icon for both film and space. Alluding to a bullseye trajectory, the Man in the Moon is caricatured as being struck by the human-built spaceship. The entire 14-minute film is now freely available. Visiting the Moon remained a very popular topic even 67 years later in 1969 when humans first made an actual voyage.

January 13, 2014

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science
[Credit: Georges Méliès, Wikipedia]

1 posted on 01/12/2014 9:19:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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A Trip to the Moon / Le Voyage dans la lune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/39275260


2 posted on 01/12/2014 9:21:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
The Big One

3 posted on 01/12/2014 9:21:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I remember when that happened.


4 posted on 01/12/2014 9:22:10 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: SunkenCiv

If you haven’t seen it yet, see “Hugo”, a fantastic movie.


5 posted on 01/12/2014 9:23:01 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SunkenCiv
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6 posted on 01/12/2014 9:32:44 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

For some reason, I can see Pete Conrad sitting like that knocking back a cold one.


7 posted on 01/13/2014 6:08:24 AM PST by NCC-1701 (I am proud of what America USED TO BE.)
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To: dfwgator; SunkenCiv

I second that. Hugo is a delight - and in my opinion should have won the Academy Award.


8 posted on 01/13/2014 12:20:39 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker; dfwgator; ETL; Tainan

Thanks!

If someone wrote a sci-fi book named “Oscar”, might it win a Hugo? ;’)


9 posted on 01/13/2014 3:50:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: colorado tanker

Definitely, Scorsese was robbed on that one.


10 posted on 01/13/2014 5:25:14 PM PST by Boogieman
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