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- Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Dragon over Central Park (2020 Jun 05)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4622
Re: APOD: Dragon over Central Park (2020 Jun 05)
What the picture and the text don't tell us is that the Crew Dragon was a couple of minutes behind the ISS. At the time, they weren't traveling alongside each other as one might gather from the picture alone . Thanks for explaining that [Joe Stieber], I was wondering, "If it is only 6 hours in...
- Mon May 11, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble (2020 May 10)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4026
Re: APOD: The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble (2020 May 10)
This image is very similar to what astronaut Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey sees when he is pulled into new dimensions.
-> Stanley Kubrick was a genius.
-> Stanley Kubrick was a genius.
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Trifecta at Twilight (2020 Feb 20)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2884
Re: APOD: Trifecta at Twilight (2020 Feb 20)
To "fly" manned to the ISS is one thing, to the moon another - to Mars something completely different.
But I hope it will happen soon.
But I hope it will happen soon.
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10322
Re: APOD: ISS from Wallasey (2019 Apr 06)
The rotation is interesting.
A question in principle: Does the ISS rotate once around itself while orbiting the earth, so always the same side - e.g. that of the Cupola - points downwards towards the earth?
A question in principle: Does the ISS rotate once around itself while orbiting the earth, so always the same side - e.g. that of the Cupola - points downwards towards the earth?
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Yutu 2 on the Farside (2019 Jan 05)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20660
Re: APOD: Yutu 2 on the Farside (2019 Jan 05)
I'm curious about more pictures. Does anyone know a page - maybe a Chinese one - where you can see more current pictures?
So far I've only seen another picture where the rover took a slight right turn towards the crater.
So far I've only seen another picture where the rover took a slight right turn towards the crater.
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Yutu 2 on the Farside (2019 Jan 05)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20660
Re: APOD: Yutu 2 on the Farside (2019 Jan 05)
On the reporting of this historic mission I've been appalled by how often this landing has been said to have been made on the so called " Dark side of the Moon"! I mean, can't they SEE that it's sitting in full sunlight? How doorknob dumb can you get? And, this hasn't been just local yoke...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 10:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5544
Re: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
Since that time the number of people on earth has doubled.
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5544
Re: APOD: Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered (2018 Dec 24)
I am also convinced that without any atmospheric influence in space, stars are also visible to the eye next to a bright object.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction (2018 Dec 23)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6865
Re: APOD: Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction (2018 Dec 23)
But they weren't on the moon when they saw the earth rise - they flew around it.Klaus Doerbecker wrote: ↑Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:50 am Every child knows that the moon always shows the same side to earth. So, april, april, there will be no earthrise or movement to be seen from the moon.
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rocket Launch between Mountains (2018 Dec 04)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2485
Re: APOD: Rocket Launch between Mountains (2018 Dec 04)
The most interesting thing for me is the fact that the spaceport is located in the middle of a valley. It looks like a set for a James Bond movie.
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:41 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Astronaut Exploring: An Apollo 15... (2018 Nov 11)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2966
Re: APOD: Astronaut Exploring: An Apollo 15... (2018 Nov 11)
In the case of a rover defect in a distant position, would the astronauts have been able to walk back to the lander ?
- Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:37 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu (2018 Sep 24)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4943
Re: APOD: Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu (2018 Sep 24)
I don't think the quality of the photo is so bad. If you turn the picture 90 degrees to the left and cut out only the middle half, you get a good impression of the surface.
The blur nicely reflects the dynamics of the robot jumping around.
The blur nicely reflects the dynamics of the robot jumping around.
- Wed May 16, 2018 7:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018 May 16)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 29629
Re: APOD: Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2018 May 16)
Which time span is displayed or extrapolated in this picture?
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A/2017 U1: An Interstellar Visitor (2017 Nov 03)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13199
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Artistic Impression: The Surface of... (2017 Jun 26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2780
Re: APOD: Artistic Impression: The Surface of... (2017 Jun 26)
This (artistic impressioned) sun looks scary. Probably the lifeforms are very religious - or - very good informed about astromomical laws by watching their nearby sister planets so close.
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS Fisheye Fly-Through (2016 Nov 05)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4051
Re: APOD: ISS Fisheye Fly-Through (2016 Nov 05)
This is really awesome. In parts quite claustrophobic. I guess the cupola is the most loved place. The real sound on board would be interesting to. I heard the air-condition is loud everywhere and all times. We do not see where the astronauts sleep, eat, socialise.. Do they have some private places ...
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:51 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12661
Re: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
You are right, 4 km long and 40 km high is impossible ...rj rl wrote:But the comet is 4km long, that's the thing.
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- Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:46 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12661
Re: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
Why is it so familiar looking, as if it were a photo of a scene in the desert? If it has so little gravity then how can it be stratified and how can it have talus slopes? I guess I expected an amalgum of space rock held together by what - ice of some kind? Of all the photos I've seen of other plane...
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:44 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12661
Re: APOD: Rosetta's Farewell (2016 Oct 01)
My brain just can't help but interpret this as a picture taken from the surface. Features on the ground appear progressively bigger in angular size towards the picture bottom, as one would expect in such case. Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera captured this image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimen...
- Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 25054
Re: APOD: All the Water on Planet Earth (2016 Sep 11)
It would be also interesting to visualize the earth crust as a sphere in comparison to the fluid inner part an the hard earth's core.
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:39 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars (2016 Aug 24)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11578
Re: APOD: Curiosity at Murray Buttes on Mars (2016 Aug 24)
Great scenery, fantastic pictures and great mission success. I follow weekly the raw images of curiosity with the Mars Images-App. Hopefully Curiosity's wheels keep healty. But I still have doubts about the colors. The raw images look more red: http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1438&cam...
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11033
Re: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
During Apollo 17 they drove away 5 km "air"-line from the lander. A lot of walking in case of emergency. On Earth, that would be only an hour's walk. Yes. But how would the astronauts navigate back directly? I guess their emergency plan was to walk back on the rovers track in moons dusty ...
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:14 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11033
Re: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
From an article at Space.com... As a safety precaution, the vehicles were also constrained to a distance that, if the rover broke down, the astronauts would have enough resources in their life support systems to walk back to the Lunar Module. Thanks The rovers didn't go straight out away from the l...
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:02 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11033
Re: APOD: Apollo 15 Panorama (2016 Aug 05)
Is it true that the astronauts were able to walk back to the lander in case of a loss of the rover? (Enough oxygen and time?)
- Mon May 02, 2016 7:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Crossing Mars (2016 May 02)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6664
Re: APOD: Crossing Mars (2016 May 02)
This business of "extending" missions is absurd. The policy should be that a mission lasts as long as the spacecraft is functional. That's simply not possible. Projects operate under budgets, and there's no way the system will work with open-ended budgets. Projects have goals and timeline...