Comments on: Kaguya to the Moon on Sept 13/14 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:02:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kirk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48336 Kirk Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:43:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48336 === What was the “swelling” on the ship near the nose? === A vapor cone. Read more abou it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity ===
What was the “swelling” on the ship near the nose?
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A vapor cone. Read more abou it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity

]]> By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48335 KaiYeves Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:30:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48335 Rock on, Kaguya! Rock on, Kaguya!

]]> By: Edward Cohen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48337 Edward Cohen Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:44:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48337 Just watched the video. What was the "swelling" on the ship near the nose? It formed about 3/4 of the way of the video. Just watched the video. What was the “swelling”
on the ship near the nose? It formed about 3/4 of
the way of the video.

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48339 Michelle Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:55:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48339 http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/live/index_e.html Waiiit I think I found the video of the launch! Click on "repeat video" there. http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/live/index_e.html
Waiiit I think I found the video of the launch! Click on “repeat video” there.

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48338 Michelle Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:54:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48338 I'd love to see a video. from what I see in the pictures it would be worth the look. What a beautiful launch. I’d love to see a video. from what I see in the pictures it would be worth the look. What a beautiful launch.

]]> By: BigBob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48340 BigBob Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:53:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48340 I've looked everywhere for a vid of the launch. Does anyone know where to find it? Cheers Bob I’ve looked everywhere for a vid of the launch. Does anyone know where to find it?
Cheers
Bob

]]> By: Walabio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48341 Walabio Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:27:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/13/kaguya-to-the-moon-on-sept-1314/#comment-48341 # The Bad Astronomeron 13 Sep 2007 at 6:56 pm: > As far as nee goes, I was too lazy to look up the ASCII code for the accent acute. Sir, you have a MacIntosh and your blog is Unicode-compliant. Under the menu “Edit”, is “Special Characters”. All of Unicode can be found there. If you really want to get as much information about every Unicode-code-point, download Unicode-Checker: http://earthlingsoft.net/UnicodeChecker/ Unicode-Checker is for those curious about code-points. It is not necessary for merely inserting characters. Your MacIntosh, out of the box, allows your instant access to every Unicode-character from the menu “Edit”. # The Bad Astronomeron 13 Sep 2007 at 6:56 pm:

> As far as nee goes, I was too lazy to look up the ASCII code for the accent acute.

Sir, you have a MacIntosh and your blog is Unicode-compliant. Under the menu “Edit”, is “Special Characters”. All of Unicode can be found there. If you really want to get as much information about every Unicode-code-point, download Unicode-Checker:

http://earthlingsoft.net/UnicodeChecker/

Unicode-Checker is for those curious about code-points. It is not necessary for merely inserting characters. Your MacIntosh, out of the box, allows your instant access to every Unicode-character from the menu “Edit”.

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