CONSTELLATION - EXPLORING THE MOON - ORION
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html

The New Year is almost here and it will be awhile before we land on the Moon
again.  The problem with long range plans is that you need to keep an image
of the goal in front of you as you take the necessary steps to get there.

At the NASA link above there is a link at the upper right had corner of the
page where you can view an animation for exploring the Moon.  Take a look at
it.  If you select the image of the rover on the Moon it will use a Java
Script to open LunarSurface_Prog.mov.
- LRK -

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javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/anon.nasa-global/CEV/LunarSurface_Prog.mov')
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If you have the bandwidth and would like to download the content, you can
also go to the NEWS & MEDIA RESOURCES page and find the video files in
higher resolution.
- LRK -

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/news/index.html

Lunar Surface Animation
+ 14 Mb QuickTime (right-click to download)
http://anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net/anon.nasa-global/CEV/LunarSurface_Prog.mov

High Definition:
Windows 1080i  120 Mb  QuickTime 1080i  120 Mb
Windows 720p  76 Mb  QuickTime 720p  76 Mb
Windows 480p  32 Mb  QuickTime 480p  32 Mb

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We have passed December 8th but folks going back to the Moon will get to see
Earth like the early astronauts did.

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http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-68867
Planet Earth rising above the lunar horizon, an unprecedented view captured
in December 1968 by Apollo 8 astronauts as their orbit carried them clear of
the far side of the Moon.
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The last mission to the Moon, Apollo 17 had a good view looking up at the
USA flag with Earth in view.
- LRK -

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http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html
select - Image Libs
select - Apollo 17 images

Used find for word "earth" until I got this -

AS17-134-20384 (OF300) ( 92k or 652k )
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-134-20384.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/AS17-134-20384HR.jpg

   118:25:54 EVA-1 at the LM. This is an excellent portrait of Jack with
the U.S. flag and the Earth. We get a good view of Jack's chest-mounted RCU
and the camera bracket. Using planetarium program Starry Night Deluxe, we
see that, had cloud cover over the southwestern Pacific been lighter, the
Antarctica would have been visible at the left and Australia would have been
coming into view over the top. Four hours later, Earth's rotation would
bring Australia to center stage.
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Beautiful, yes!  Now hang in there for the long haul. 

You too can carry the flame, pass the torch, tell someone, we ARE going
back. :-)

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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If you find that life here on Earth is a bit chaotic, then consider building
off world like these school kids did at the Space Settlement Contest at
Ames.  - LRK -
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http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/Contest/
This annual contest, co-sponsored by NASA Ames and the National Space
Society (NSS) is for 6-12th graders (11-18 years old) from anywhere in the
world. Individuals, small teams of two to six, and large teams of seven or
more (often whole classrooms with teacher leadership) may enter. Grades 6-9
and 10-12 are judged separately, except for the grand prize. Students
develop space settlement designs and related materials. These are sent to
NASA Ames for judgement. Submissions must be received by March 31, 2007.
Check out the results of the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 contests.

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Take a look at some 202 images of what the kids came up with for the Space
Settlement Contest.  These are orbiting structures.  You may have some kids
that would like to build the Lunar Settlements that could supply the
construction needs for such structures in space.
- LRK -
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Google images found the below using key words -
["space settlement" nasa contest]

(First 20 above, more there if you care to look. - LRK - )

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Want to watch another 8 minute video found with Google Video search?
New Nasa Moon- Mars rocket CEV ARIS
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7681839647403561096&q=nasa+moon&hl=en

http://www.space.tegoor.nl
8 min 55 sec - Dec 6, 2006
www.space.tegoor.nl

High-tech animation brings the projected 2018 moon mission to life-from
blastoff to lunar touchdown to return. The US Vision for Space Exploration
NASA plans to return humans to the moon by 2018.

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

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