Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
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Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#2Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#3Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
That's because it's the near side, not the far side.
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#4Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
> Just looks like the Moon.
It is the moon.
> Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
The "Dark Side of the Moon" is a misnomer. It gets as much light as the side we can see.
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#5They have live tracker you can follow
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#6I'm going to be VERY disappointed if there's no Pink Floyd music or commentary from the Artemis mission. Particularly now. Life's short, and one can't be serious all the time...
Wallis and Gromit would be a partial substitute, but the boomers are still around.
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#7Far side != Dark side
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#8Far side != Dark side
It’s approximately the dark side when the moon is full, which happened two days ago.
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#9I like how most people's reactions at this point are "yeah, whatever", as if it's every day that humans observe the far side of the moon with a naked eye through a window :). We do know what it looks like and we have photos from the surface, yes, but seeing the reaction from real people who're actually there does hit different, at least for me
Re: Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]
#10Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
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