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On Jun 9, 1:32*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Will hit in the South Polar Region:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06..._lunar_impact/ Pat And still after all this time, effort and public investment, there's not one image of anything Apollo, other than sites of recent impacts where controlled landings supposedly took place. ~ BG |
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On Jun 9, 8:20*pm, OM wrote:
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:32:24 -0500, Pat Flannery wrote: Will hit in the South Polar Region: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06..._lunar_impact/ SELENE Orbital Elements: -------------------------------------- Inclination * * * * * * * * * * 90 Orbital period * * * * * * * * *2h Operational Apoapsis * *100 km Operational Periapsis * 100 km ...Note that original plans called for SELENE to continue on an extended mission until mid-August of this year. However, due to the degraded performance of a reaction wheel, on February 1, 2009, the orbit was lowered to 50 km 20 km, and the mission will now end with a lunar surface impact at around 1:30pm CST June 10th - which means after tomorrow, SELENE becomes a part of Space History, and deservedly so! ...For more info on SELENE: Vandal-free Wikipedia Article:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE Official JAXA Program Site:http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm SELENE Official YouTube Channel:http://www.youtube.com/jaxachannel ...Personally, I've hyped this as JAXA's crowning achievement to date, and those of us who've followed the mission have really enjoyed the visual results. The real question now is whether next week's launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will produce results equally as spectacular as SELENE's. If LRO manages to achieve one specific imaging goal - the highest resolution of the Apollo landing sites ever made from Lunar orbit - then it may win by default just for putting one more corncob up the collective butts of the Moon Hoax Morons, if not a poisoned spear through the heart * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *OM And still nothing on behalf of Apollo. Gee whiz, what a surprise. ~ BG |
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OM wrote: SELENE Orbital Elements: -------------------------------------- Inclination 90 Orbital period 2h Operational Apoapsis 100 km Operational Periapsis 100 km ...Note that original plans called for SELENE to continue on an extended mission until mid-August of this year. However, due to the degraded performance of a reaction wheel, on February 1, 2009, the orbit was lowered to 50 km 20 km, and the mission will now end with a lunar surface impact at around 1:30pm CST June 10th - which means after tomorrow, SELENE becomes a part of Space History, and deservedly so! ...For more info on SELENE: Vandal-free Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE Official JAXA Program Site: http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm SELENE Official YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/jaxachannel ...Personally, I've hyped this as JAXA's crowning achievement to date, and those of us who've followed the mission have really enjoyed the visual results. The real question now is whether next week's launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will produce results equally as spectacular as SELENE's. If LRO manages to achieve one specific imaging goal - the highest resolution of the Apollo landing sites ever made from Lunar orbit - then it may win by default just for putting one more corncob up the collective butts of the Moon Hoax Morons, if not a poisoned spear through the heart The asteroid sample return mission was bitting of more than JAXA could chew, but that of course went for NASA's Rangers 1-6 also. P.S. I get international sensitivity bonus points for not titling this thread "Jap Moon Probe Starts Kamikaze Dive". :-) Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote: The asteroid sample return mission was bitting of more than JAXA could chew, but that of course went for NASA's Rangers 1-6 also. That should be "biting off more than they could chew", but once again the beer has shown its ability to inspire the "big ideas" while screwing up the specifics of describing them. :-D Pat |
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OM wrote in news:ujn035h78omjkpb9tvd04op6ict916ek6l@
4ax.com: ...Anyone care to map out real quick where the impact zone was? http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/en/communi...r_Impact_e.htm This link has a telescope image of the impact flash, apparently on a crater floor or wall: http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-set-to-crash- into-moon.html --Damon |
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OM wrote: The KAGUYA's observation data will be released through the Internet from Nov. 1. " ...Anyone care to map out real quick where the impact zone was? Photos of impact zone and impact he http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0906/10kaguya/ It hit the inside wall of a crater at 80.4 E, 65.5 S. Pat |
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It seems inconceivable to me WHY would the Japanese INTENTIONALLY end
the imaging mission by impacting the spacecraft WITH the science instruments on it. Japan could have done a VERY similar mission and crash ONE of the relay satelites, OR...simply launch and blast an "impactor" to actually hit the Moon WHILE the Kaguya was overhead with the FULL instrument suite ON and looking...close-up...for NEW data. This was mission suicide and makes NO sense. In addition, the amount of PUBLICLY available data from this HiRes mission is miniscule for the amount of time it was on-orbit and in operation. When will ALL the data from this "suicidal" mission be released to Earthlings? Bob... http://www.mycommonsensepolitics.net |
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On Jun 11, 5:14*pm, rhw007 wrote:
It seems inconceivable to me WHY would the Japanese INTENTIONALLY end the imaging mission by impacting the spacecraft WITH the science instruments on it. *Japan could have done a VERY similar mission and crash ONE of the relay satelites, OR...simply launch and blast an "impactor" to actually hit the Moon WHILE the Kaguya was overhead with the FULL instrument suite ON and looking...close-up...for NEW data. This was mission suicide and makes NO sense. *In addition, the amount of PUBLICLY available data from this HiRes mission is miniscule for the amount of time it was on-orbit and in operation. When will ALL the data from this "suicidal" mission be released to Earthlings? Bob...http://www.mycommonsensepolitics.net The secondary recoil of IR as extra thermal trauma by day, as well as hard-X-rays, gamma and then a pesky coating of sodium has taken its toll, not to mention their never getting a look-see at anything Apollo is embarrassing. ~ BG |
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In sci.space.policy rhw007 wrote:
It seems inconceivable to me WHY would the Japanese INTENTIONALLY end the imaging mission by impacting the spacecraft WITH the science instruments on it. Japan could have done a VERY similar mission and crash ONE of the relay satelites, OR...simply launch and blast an "impactor" to actually hit the Moon WHILE the Kaguya was overhead with the FULL instrument suite ON and looking...close-up...for NEW data. This was mission suicide and makes NO sense. In addition, the amount of PUBLICLY available data from this HiRes mission is miniscule for the amount of time it was on-orbit and in operation. Modulo propellant to maintain the orbit, my understanding from the peanut gallery is that (most) lunar orbits are not terribly stable and the probe is going to impact the Moon at some point. At least this way they had some control over when and where to enable some final data. rick jones -- oxymoron n, commuter in a gas-guzzling luxury SUV with an American flag these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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