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Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by MichaelDickens »

shimman wrote: post #211
JKCalhoun wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not all of those are discretionary spending? Maybe not equivalent to include, for example, Social Security.

It is relevant if you want to attack one of the greatest achievements of the new deal and hate working Americans.

People can have motivations for wanting to cut back Social Security other than "they hate working Americans". I would prefer commenters make more of an effort to understand their opponents' perspective rather than painting them in the worst light possible.

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by soci »

We already have images from the far side of the moon since the 2009's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [1].

In theory, LRO is currently flying at lower orbit than Artemis I mission [2]. Shouldn't the LRO images be better? Maybe NASA has not disclosed all images?

Honest question: why the hype with these pictures?

[1] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4109

[2] Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) -> ~50 km vs. Artemis I -> ~129 km

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by syncsynchalt »

soci wrote: post #224

We already have images from the far side of the moon since the 2009's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [1]. In theory, LRO is currently flying at lower orbit than Artemis I mission [2]. Shouldn't the LRO images be better? Maybe NASA has not disclosed all images? Honest question: why the hype with these pictures? [1] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4109 [2] Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) -> ~50 km vs. Artemis I -> ~129 km

It's the difference between buying a postcard of a place you've never been and having a photo you took as a memento.

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by raspasov »

komali2 wrote: post #137
raspasov wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>> SpaceX is an amazing success story 100%, and something that is underappreciated and often taken for granted nowadays, especially on our little forum here. >>> It would benefit even better by having many SpaceXs around. That made me chuckle, sounded to me a bit like "our house would benefit from having a few cats around". Perhaps the reason why there aren't too many SpaceX-like companies around is that it's truly…

If we're going to do public/private cooperation, we still need the whole competition thing. If we don't have it, either we're subject to monopoly, or just a State owned company, at which point, why not just cut out the middlemen and go full Nationalized?

Boeing and others do complete in that area.

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by nom »

soci wrote: post #224

We already have images from the far side of the moon since the 2009's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [1]. In theory, LRO is currently flying at lower orbit than Artemis I mission [2]. Shouldn't the LRO images be better? Maybe NASA has not disclosed all images? Honest question: why the hype with these pictures? [1] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4109 [2] Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) -> ~50 km vs. Artemis I -> ~129 km

i choose to believe it is done solely to annoy the flat earthers

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by nirav72 »

That one pic with Solar eclipse is amazing. Especially with the visible stars in the background. it's rare to see a pic from a man missioned with stars being visible in the background.

Re: Lunar Flyby

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Post by [deleted] »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #85
_august wrote: post #4

Are full size/larger images available somewhere? 1920x1280px seems low. Edit: Found 'em: https://images.nasa.gov/search?page=1&media=image&yearStart=...

Try this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/ I don’t see TIFFs, so I assume the originals were JPEG.

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