Comments on: Voices from the Moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/ 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, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Torr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-198185 Mike Torr Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:01:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-198185 Just received my copy of the actual book. It looks beautiful! Just received my copy of the actual book. It looks beautiful!

]]> By: Mal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-197848 Mal Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:07:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-197848 G'day BA, I was reading on the NASA page for the LRO, it states it will have a 1 metre resolution for it's optical images on the surface. What does this really translate to? 1m per pixel, able to define 1m wide objects - and what would they look like? Do you have an example image of 1m resolution? I'm really curious what the apollo sites will look like. I'm wondering if the tracks from the lunar rover will be visible, hopefully this would be a good argument against the moonhoaxers. Perhaps a blog post suggestion ;-) G’day BA,

I was reading on the NASA page for the LRO, it states it will have a 1 metre resolution for it’s optical images on the surface.

What does this really translate to? 1m per pixel, able to define 1m wide objects – and what would they look like? Do you have an example image of 1m resolution?

I’m really curious what the apollo sites will look like. I’m wondering if the tracks from the lunar rover will be visible, hopefully this would be a good argument against the moonhoaxers.

Perhaps a blog post suggestion ;-)

]]> By: ZERO http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-196850 ZERO Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:58:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-196850 What exactly is <strong> The Hive Overmind? :-? What exactly is The Hive Overmind? :-?

]]> By: Lenny V http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-196834 Lenny V Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:43:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-196834 While speaking of books, those who haven't read EON by Greg Bear, please do so at your earliest convenience! It doesn't have much to do with the moon per se, but it is an epic space tale! It was written during the cold war, and it's a couple decades old now so some aspects are slightly dated, but it's barely noticeable and as with all good Sci-Fi yarns, it hardly matters. Heck, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein is what...40-ish years old now? You have to scrutinize it pretty intensely to figure it out! (Or read the fine print on the inside of the cover. ;) Even the technological aspects of that book have aged REMARKABLY gracefully. *Ahem* Sorry about that. I get carried away sometimes. While speaking of books, those who haven’t read EON by Greg Bear, please do so at your earliest convenience! It doesn’t have much to do with the moon per se, but it is an epic space tale! It was written during the cold war, and it’s a couple decades old now so some aspects are slightly dated, but it’s barely noticeable and as with all good Sci-Fi yarns, it hardly matters.

Heck, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein is what…40-ish years old now? You have to scrutinize it pretty intensely to figure it out! (Or read the fine print on the inside of the cover. ;) Even the technological aspects of that book have aged REMARKABLY gracefully.

*Ahem*
Sorry about that. I get carried away sometimes.

]]> By: Top 10 Apollo Hoax Claims | All Days Long http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-196797 Top 10 Apollo Hoax Claims | All Days Long Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:52:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-196797 [...] Voices from the Moon Discover Magazine – New York,NY,USA The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too. Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, … See all stories on this topic [...] [...] Voices from the Moon Discover Magazine – New York,NY,USA The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too. Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, … See all stories on this topic [...]

]]> By: John Paradox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-196787 John Paradox Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:43:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-196787 <I>8. Ed Says: From the point of view of a person on the moon would a ‘New Earth’ mean it’s a full moon from a point of view on Earth? </I> I ain't any astrologomerist, but I do know that the 'phase of Earth' would be the opposite of the 'phase of the Moon'. It was always one of my favorite situations, easy to remember. J/P=? 8. Ed Says:

From the point of view of a person on the moon would a ‘New Earth’ mean it’s a full moon from a point of view on Earth?

I ain’t any astrologomerist, but I do know that the ‘phase of Earth’ would be the opposite of the ‘phase of the Moon’. It was always one of my favorite situations, easy to remember.

J/P=?

]]> By: Ed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-196544 Ed Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:49:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/#comment-196544 From the point of view of a person on the moon would a 'New Earth' mean it's a full moon from a point of view on Earth? From the point of view of a person on the moon would a ‘New Earth’ mean it’s a full moon from a point of view on Earth?

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