Good day.

Have been off line for a bit.

Was up to Washington State to see my father who had been hospitalized and while there he passed away. He was 95.

We had a lot of family there and before he went to sleep we had a happy time telling him all the neat things he had taught us as kids. Like, you had better be coming home when the sun was near the horizon, a hands width above, you just had an hour left before sunset.

If late, you could hear his whistle five blocks away. Coming Dad.

Now we see how mom does who is 96 and ticked off that she needs to use a walker to assist creaky hips.
- LRK -

SMART-1 also ended its mission.
- LRK -

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http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/index.html
SMART-1 swan song: valuable data until final moments

4 September 2006 Right up to its final orbits, SMART-1 continued delivering valuable data, extending the mission's legacy as a technology and scientific success. Scientists and engineers met today at ESOC to review mission achievements including final AMIE camera images.
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Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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Space Weather News for Sept. 3, 2006
http://spaceweather.com

LUNAR FLASH: As planned, Europe's SMART-1 spacecraft crashed into the Moon this morning, Sept. 3rd, at 0542 UT. The resulting flash was too faint for most backyard telescopes, but a team of astronomers using the big 3.6m CFHT telescope in Hawaii did manage to photograph the explosion. Visit http://spaceweather.com for updates and images.


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[Spaceref-daily] SpaceRef Breaking News - SMART-1 Crashes on TheMoon
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According to ESA: "Early this morning, a small flash illuminated the surface of the Moon as the European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft impacted onto the lunar soil, in the 'Lake of Excellence' region. The planned impact concluded a successful mission that, in addition to testing innovative space technology, had been conducting a thorough scientific exploration of the Moon for about a year and a half."


-- SMART-1 impact update
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=20748

-- Impact landing ends SMART-1 mission to the Moon
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=20747

-- Intense final hours for SMART-1
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=20746

-- Amateur observers prepare to watch SMART-1 impact
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=20745

-- SMART-1 impacts Moon
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=21930

-- SMART-1 star tracker views the Moon in earthshine
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=21929

-- Smart-1 - End-of-Mission Summary / ESA TV News / 03-09-2006
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=21928

-- SMART-1 maps its own impact site
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=21919


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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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