Saturday, December 15, 2012

Question asked - Why not crash Ebb and Flow into the crater Harpalus north of the Sinus Iridium?

http://www.oarval.org/MoonMapen.htm

#79 Harpalus #16 Sinus Iridum

The crater was used in the movie 'Destination Moon' and would have been an homage to George Pal and Chesley Bonestell.

http://emoryfx.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/destination-moon-irving-pichel-1950-a-supersonic-honeymoon/

Maybe you didn't grow up in the 1950's but to a lot of us the paintings, images and stories caused us to look up at the Moon and wonder if we would ever go there in person.

- LRK -

http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/2012/06/chesley-bonestell-and-landscape-of-the-moon/

Chesley Bonestell and the Landscape of the Moon

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Ship_Galileo

Rocket Ship Galileo

by Robert A. Heinlein

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The 1950 movie Destination Moon was loosely based on Rocket Ship Galileo, and Heinlein was one of three co-authors of the script. The film's plot also resembles that of "The Man Who Sold the Moon", which Heinlein wrote in 1949 but did not publish until 1951.

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To be remembered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Bonestell

http://www.bookpump.com/upb/pdf-b/1128290b.pdf

http://www.sfsite.com/gary/bone01.htm

- LRK -

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http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/online/ootw/1957/LunarLandscape.cfm

A Lunar Landscape
Chesley Bonestell
Oil on canvas, 12 x 3 m (40 x 10 ft.)
1957

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Just as 19th–century artists created huge paintings to help Americans envision the scenic wonders of the West, A Lunar Landscape helped viewers imagine what it would be like to stand on another world. And just as those painters had taken artistic license to enhance the western landscape’s grandeur, Bonestell presented a dramatically lit moonscape with sharp peaks, jagged canyons, and precipitous crater walls.

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I went to the Ustream teleconference link that is listed for the next Monday briefing and found the AGU presentation and the 12/13/12 telecon archived, which I watched. At the AGU presentation they didn't say where the spacecraft would be de-orbited but it was mentioned at the 12/13/12 meeting.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/713757main_pia16493-43_516-387.jpg

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/news/telecon20121213.html

Ustream links.

- LRK -

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about the last expected moments.

- LRK -

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This graphic highlights locations on the moon NASA considers 'lunar heritage sites' and the path NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft will take on their final flight.

Full image and caption

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/multimedia/pia16494.html

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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-398b

NASA to Provide Commentary as Grail Moon Mission Ends

This still image and animation shows the final flight path for NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission spacecraft, which will impact the moon on Dec. 17, 2012, around 2:28 p.m. PST. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/ASU
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December 14, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA will provide live commentary of the scheduled lunar surface impacts of its twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft beginning at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17. The event will be broadcast on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.

The two probes will hit a mountain near the lunar north pole at approximately 2:28 p.m. PST Monday, bringing their successful prime and extended science missions to an end.

Commentary will originate from the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Coverage will last about 35 minutes and include live interviews with GRAIL team members. GRAIL's final resting place on the moon will be in shadow at the time of impact, so no video documentation of the impacts is expected.

Data from the GRAIL twins are allowing scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition in unprecedented detail. The two probes are being sent purposely into the moon because they do not have enough altitude or fuel to continue science operations.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv . The coverage will also be streamed live on Ustream at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 .

Join the conversation on Twitter by following the hashtag #GRAIL. To learn more about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/connect .

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Will be interesting to see how the GRAIL mission ends.

- LRK -

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For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and down link information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The coverage will also be streamed live on Ustream at:
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Join the conversation on Twitter by following the hashtag #GRAIL. To
learn more about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/connect

For the mission's press kit and other information about GRAIL, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/grail

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Stay excited and marvel at the night sky, light pollution permitting.

Thanks for looking with me.

- LRK -