Posted on 12/09/2007 11:59:56 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml
Time to go back!
:’)
YESSSS!!!
I would LOVE for us to go back to the moon.
Thanks, Gene!
“I would LOVE for us to go back to the moon.”
That is the plan, if it can survive future administrations and congressional whims,
The work has already begun....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Constellation
Hey Gene, tell us about the Van Allen Radiation Belt and how you flew through it twice with minimal protection... and while your at it, tell us how you leave footprints in dust that has no moisture.
http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/NOT_faked/
In fact, the Van Allen radiation belts extend from about 600 miles up to more than 40,000 miles from Earth with the region of highest radiation intensity being between around 2,000 miles and 12,000 miles above Earth. The astronauts exposure to those radiation belts is brief (less than 4 hours total - they begin their time in this region while traveling at 25,000 MPH! And they pass through it twice, once outbound, and again on their return. They spend less than an hour in the densest part of the belt.) and they are well protected in their spacecraft... The lunar dust is very fine and adhers to boots and anything else despite its lack of water. It clumps together in the form of any pattern imprinted on it. No need for water to make it do this. Try imprinting a coarse object into a pile of dry flour or dry dirt. You will find that it tends to work similarly despite its being dry. Similarly, you can easily see shoe prints, tire tracks, animal tracks, etc., in dry dirt here on Earth - without any water to help.
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