Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 As long as they don't turn Boris the Animal loose. Quote
Stump Water Posted April 8 Posted April 8 16 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: NASA needs help making the photos and videos more exciting. More than one post online has criticized the camera work from Artemis. The criticism is valid. A great space adventure should be documented with great pictures. Liftoff, moon flyby, everything. Taxpayers are paying the bills. We don't need views of a control room with crappy views of the moon. I love the excitement of space exploration. I wish NASA did. I saw a bit that said better pics upon return to earth. What they're downloading is lo-res. We'll see I guess. Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 I followed the Apollo missions closely as a high schooler and into my twenties! I look in on today’s missions occasionally and I applaud their work! I believe that we SHOULD venture into the rest of the universe and learn from the exploration!! 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 I’ve been following this mission and I’m all in with this! I think it’s great! Kudos to the 4 astronauts on board. It’s truly a historic mission. There’s photos of the other side of the moon taken by a robot machine planted there by China in 2018. This is the first HUMAN trip to other side of the moon and the first pictures taken by humans. 🇺🇸 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted April 9 Posted April 9 Just read this - You know the green laser pointers that you can buy off ebay etc? If you point one of them at the moon, it takes 1.25 seconds for it reach the moon. 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 (edited) Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. The moon is roughly 240,000 miles from Earth. The pointer will remain where it is, but the burst of light it produces will travel at 186,000 mps! The math is simple and that’s close enough for our understanding. If the light burst isn’t interfered with and doesn’t disburse that approximation is correct. Edited April 9 by Blackwater 53393 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I’ve been following this mission and I’m all in with this! I think it’s great! Kudos to the 4 astronauts on board. It’s truly a historic mission. There’s photos of the other side of the moon taken by a robot machine planted there by China in 2018. This is the first HUMAN trip to other side of the moon and the first pictures taken by humans. 🇺🇸 ACTUALLY, *”Yes, Apollo astronauts photographed the far side of the Moon. Starting with Apollo 8 in 1968, crews in lunar orbit took numerous photographs of the heavily cratered far side, with later missions like Apollo 16 capturing high-quality images of features like Crater Daedalus. While they captured images, they did not walk on the far side.” “First View: Apollo 8 astronauts (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders) were the first humans to see and photograph the far side with their own eyes in December 1968. Observations: The crew described the surface as grey, sand-like, and heavily cratered, noting it was very different from the near side plains. Apollo 16: This mission in 1972 captured notable images of the far side from orbit, including detailed, high-resolution images. Apollo 13: The crew of Apollo 13 also photographed the far side while looping around it in 1970. Documentation: These images provided crucial data to scientists, showing that the far side lacks the large maria (seas) found on the near side. While Apollo photographed the far side from orbit, the first human beings to see it with their naked eye during a live, close-range flyby and record new data was the Artemis II mission in 2026.” * from Wikipedia via Google Edited April 9 by Blackwater 53393 Quote
Pat Riot Posted April 9 Posted April 9 49 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Just read this - You know the green laser pointers that you can buy off ebay etc? If you point one of them at the moon, it takes 1.25 seconds for it reach the moon. What if they signal back? 3 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 The biggest thing that this mission has accomplished is the successful testing and deployment of new equipment and technologies! The record flight distance is cool, but it’s secondary to the safe and efficient hardware and software that has proven to be a great step forward in space exploration and travel. This is solid groundwork and gives us a great foundation to build on for future endeavors. 1 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted April 9 Posted April 9 3 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: What if they signal back? . . . _ _ _ . . . 2 Quote
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Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: What if they signal back? One of the Apollo missions left a laser reflector there. If you know where it is, and have a powerful enough laser, you can hit it and receive a signal back. 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 9 Author Posted April 9 9 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: ACTUALLY, *”Yes, Apollo astronauts photographed the far side of the Moon. Starting with Apollo 8 in 1968, crews in lunar orbit took numerous photographs of the heavily cratered far side, with later missions like Apollo 16 capturing high-quality images of features like Crater Daedalus. While they captured images, they did not walk on the far side.” “First View: Apollo 8 astronauts (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders) were the first humans to see and photograph the far side with their own eyes in December 1968. Observations: The crew described the surface as grey, sand-like, and heavily cratered, noting it was very different from the near side plains. Apollo 16: This mission in 1972 captured notable images of the far side from orbit, including detailed, high-resolution images. Apollo 13: The crew of Apollo 13 also photographed the far side while looping around it in 1970. Documentation: These images provided crucial data to scientists, showing that the far side lacks the large maria (seas) found on the near side. While Apollo photographed the far side from orbit, the first human beings to see it with their naked eye during a live, close-range flyby and record new data was the Artemis II mission in 2026.” * from Wikipedia via Google I found this on Chatgbt The first time humanity ever saw the far side of the Moon was in 1959, thanks to the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3. 🚀 What happened Launch date: October 4, 1959 Country: Soviet Union Luna 3 flew around the Moon and photographed the side that never faces Earth. It used onboard film (not digital cameras) and developed the photos in space, then scanned and transmitted them back to Earth. 1 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted April 9 Posted April 9 12 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: One of the Apollo missions left a laser reflector there. If you know where it is, and have a powerful enough laser, you can hit it and receive a signal back. Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) is the practice of measuring the distance between the surfaces of the Earth and the Moon using laser ranging Three were placed by the United States' Apollo program (11, 14, and 15), two by the Soviet Lunokhod 1 and 2 missions,[1] and one by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiments 1 Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted April 10 Posted April 10 They will be coming back in at about 24,000 mph at entry interface with the atmosphere. Still a lot of things to be sequenced prior to water impact at about 19 mph, Splashdown scheduled for around 1924 CDT tomorrow, Godspeed, Integrity! 3 1 Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted Monday at 02:08 AM Posted Monday at 02:08 AM On 4/8/2026 at 5:53 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: This is the first HUMAN trip to other side of the moon and the first pictures taken by humans. 🇺🇸 24 Apollo Astronauts (Apollo 8 and 10 through 15) were the first earthlings to see the far side of the moon. Because of their low orbit they could not see all of it. The Higher flight path of Artemis II allowed that crew to see portions that had not been previously seen. 1 Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted Monday at 03:48 AM Posted Monday at 03:48 AM On 4/9/2026 at 9:59 PM, Trailrider #896 said: They will be coming back in at about 24,000 mph at entry interface with the atmosphere. Still a lot of things to be sequenced prior to water impact at about 19 mph, Splashdown scheduled for around 1924 CDT tomorrow, Godspeed, Integrity! Welcome home, Integrity! Great mission! Wonderful news conference in which the four members expressed what it is like to be members of such a crew, while emphasizing that humans on Earth are really all members of the crew of humanity! Great perspective...if only we can come to understand that. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted Monday at 04:00 AM Posted Monday at 04:00 AM On 4/8/2026 at 6:14 PM, Pat Riot said: What if they signal back? I'd grin so wide the top o my head would fall off. 3 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted Monday at 04:04 AM Posted Monday at 04:04 AM On 4/1/2026 at 12:01 PM, Stump Water said: Not sure why we need a permanent presence/base on the moon. Because we can. Claim the whole thing for the USA and charge anyone that goes there to be there and use our facilities 2 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted Monday at 05:32 AM Posted Monday at 05:32 AM 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Because we can. Claim the whole thing for the USA and charge anyone that goes there to be there and use our facilities Ya know... mebbe we could get Elon to fund building a prison there. That'd bring a whole new definition to "Maximum Security~!" They'd be tighter than "Super Max!" Mebbe... "Ultra Max??" It'd make Guantanamo look like "Camp Cupcake!" 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted Monday at 10:27 AM Author Posted Monday at 10:27 AM 6 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Because we can. Claim the whole thing for the USA and charge anyone that goes there to be there and use our facilities 51st state?🇺🇸 1 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted Monday at 05:07 PM Posted Monday at 05:07 PM 6 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: 51st state?🇺🇸 Big enough to be a dozen more states, but try to keep the leftist political pukes out...or better yet, send them all there. 1 1 2 Quote
Texas Joker Posted Monday at 09:29 PM Posted Monday at 09:29 PM 15 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Ya know... mebbe we could get Elon to fund building a prison there. That'd bring a whole new definition to "Maximum Security~!" They'd be tighter than "Super Max!" Mebbe... "Ultra Max??" It'd make Guantanamo look like "Camp Cupcake!" Read much Heinlein? 2 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted Monday at 10:26 PM Posted Monday at 10:26 PM 16 minutes ago, Texas Joker said: Read much Heinlein? LOL... Not for a long time, but the short answer would be ~ yup! 2 Quote
watab kid Posted Tuesday at 04:43 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:43 AM On 4/12/2026 at 11:04 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Because we can. Claim the whole thing for the USA and charge anyone that goes there to be there and use our facilities im in favor - dominance its been the way of every expansionism ever, its ours to take 1 Quote
DeaconKC Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM Well, since we were the first ones there, we're the indigenous people. 2 Quote
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