Comments on: Chandrayaan-1 is mapping the Moon

By: John Radford

John Radford — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:32:03 +0000

Where are all the Chandrayaan images, and why are they not releasing them to the public? Why would there be any delay whatsoever in doing this?

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:05:18 +0000

Ooops…sorry, that should be Moon POSTERS — finger slipped ))

John — http://www.moonposter.ie

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:01:34 +0000

@ PHIL

Phil…you’re usually up-to-date on things happening astro-wise, however, saying “Here’s a sweet image they just released” (emphsis on word ‘just’), sounds a bit old as this image was released a week ago today (18 Nov).

I’m a lunar enthusiast and report regularly about thing’s happening with Moon research and present/future missions, however, from experience, not a lot of people are interested that much in our nearest, natural satellite.

There are a good few of us out there who could tell you a lot about the Moon, and the picture above — here’s a tease, see that small-ish crater at the five-o-clock position just on the ridge from the large crater , well, something very interesting has happened there (Hint: look at its left side flank that is missing — where has that material gone?)

Teasers, and knowledge, like this has been handed out freely to us enthusiasts for the last several years now from one of the main professionals promoting the Moon today — Chuck Wood. If you want to stay up-to-date with things happening at and on the Moon, then PHIL (and readers) join him at his wonderful LPOD site (http://lpod.wikispaces.com) today — it definitely is one to look out for.

While you’re there, check out my own site (http://www.moonposter.ie), too — it’s got news on lunar research, on present and future missions, oh and yeah, it’s got one of the most detailed Moon Poaters around today )

John

By: Evac12

Evac12 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:39:14 +0000

I´m not astronomer, and I don´t want to see pictures of Apollo landing sites, just to convince others that we were there. One of the coolest images of Mars (for me just being an Architect) is the one showing the Mer. That´s just too awesome!. as Pieter Kok said, maybe is great PR for NASA, but for all of us that´s pure inspiration and a sample of hardcore human spirit and achievement. Just the thought of an incredible device, orbiting another planet !, while pointing at a precise place to take a pictures of a robot (!!) exploring the surface, all objects man made…. I mean..c´mon! I want to see those landing sites, I want to see the rovers, the footprints if possible, I want to see the flag, that would be historical. .. Some of you are underestimating the importance of that event and relating it only with the conspiracies. Is more than that.. A lot more.
Out of topic, Phil congrats for the book, just got mine here in Bogotá, Colombia.

By: caleb crome

caleb crome — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:17:14 +0000

Hey, did anybody notice that there’s a giant molar buried south of the large crater. Maybe belongs to Xenu.

By: ThoughtCrimeWave

ThoughtCrimeWave — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:31:55 +0000

At 5m/pixel I think there is a slight chance that it might be able to resolve the S-IV stage impact debris fields (craters?) from a couple of the Apollo missions.

By: Crudely Wrott

Crudely Wrott — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:23:17 +0000

Cool.
A Face On The Moon.
And it’s winking at us.