Several of you sent me links to interesting items which I only looked at briefly on the cell phone. Thanks much. - LRK -
We have been remembering the landing of Apollo 11, forty years ago and Fred sent this YouTube ditty that was put together by Luke Powers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
sea of tranquility 3:52
Luke Powers
This was in response to another YouTube posting, which spends more time with videos on the Moon and some comments at the end about the mission.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
1969: Sea of Tranquility 5:31
momo2007x
More interesting items.
- LRK -
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Reaching Tranquility
July 15, 2009
On July 16, 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the historic quest to put the first men on the moon. ...To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this achievement, Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron acquired archive footage from NASA and the John F. Kennedy Library, and interspersed time-lapse images of the moon traveling across the Baltimore skyline during the past eight months. The resulting video is an entrancing convergence of history and art that pays tribute to the Apollo 11 mission.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Reaching Tranquility: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission 9:17
baltimoresun.com
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Thanks Fred.
- LRK -
Larry Klaes sent to one of his lists this item.
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The Big Picture from The Boston Globe has 40 slightly nice photos from the Apollo 11 mission here:
http://www.boston.com/
While looking through them, I was reminded that one of the images, which is listed as Number 18 in the Big Picture showing a gibbous phase Earth, is on the two Voyager Interstellar Records representing our planet now well past Pluto and on their way into the wider Milky Way galaxy.
So it is nice to know that in addition to what is at Tranquility Base something else from Apollo 11 will be preserved in space for many millions of years, if not billions, for our descendants or others to see one day.
Larry
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And this one also from Larry Klaes. Not exactly the space suit the astronauts ended up using for the Apollo missions and I hope nothing like we should see for lunar outings in the future.
- LRK -
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A Suit For The First Man on the Moon (1961)
DateSunday, June 28, 2009 at 2:56PM
The August 6, 1961 Post-Standard Sunday magazine (Syracuse, NY) ran a short piece about an Experimental Engineering class at UCLA that was experimenting/playing with a "moon man's suit."
Designed by Allyn B. Hazard, the suit also appeared on the cover of Life magazine's April 27, 1962 issue. The entire two-page spread from the Post-Standard can be viewed below.
http://www.paleofuture.com/
And the Major Matt Mason fans among us will also recognize this suit.
Larry
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And while I was away, David sent this bit about a July 20 Space Settlement Blog day.
Maybe you would like to chck out the list of blogs.
- LRK -
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http://blog.nss.org/?p=1142
Happy Space Settlement Blog Day!
We have 34 blogs participating. This is a great success. What a great way to honor the Apollo 11 landing.
Please let us know which of their blog posts you liked and found interesting.
Thanks to all the blogs which are participating. Thanks to David Brandt-Erichsen and Brice Russ for all their technical work which has made Space Settlement Blog Day so successful. Thanks to all the sponsors the National Space Society, the Space Frontier Foundation, the Space Movement, the Moon Society, and Space Renaissance Initiative.
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Well, it looks like you have been busy while I was eating pizza.
Maybe some of you saw the Solar Eclipse.
- LRK -
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http://spaceweather.com
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JULY 22nd SOLAR ECLIPSE GALLERY: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century is over and, despite a disappointing rainstorm over Shanghai, millions of people witnessed the event. Highlights may be found in our eclipse gallery. Start browsing here:
http://spaceweather.com/
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Will continue catching up on e-mails.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
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