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Aug 19, 2012 22:42:03 GMT -6
Post by lois on Aug 19, 2012 22:42:03 GMT -6
What degrees is it on the moon? I don't recollect anyone telling it . Or I just seem to have really missed it. If you were standing on the moon when the sun was up, it would be hot enough to boil water. Within just a few minutes of the sun setting, the temperature would drop about 250 degrees. OMG. What are those astronauts suits made of?
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Aug 28, 2012 12:21:29 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 28, 2012 12:21:29 GMT -6
www.space.com/17291-blue-moon-night-sky-friday.html Blue Moon to Light Up Night Sky This Week[/color] by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 27 August 2012 A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise blue moons refer to multiple full moons in certain time frames. CREDIT: Dreamstime Skywatchers should circle Friday (Aug. 31) on their calendars, for the date offers the last chance to see a so-called "blue moon" for nearly three years.The moon reaches its full phase at 9:58 a.m. EDT (1358 GMT) Friday, marking the second full moon of August (the previous one occurred Aug. 1). Stargazers won't be able to see two full moons in a single month again until July 2015. Friday's full moon won't actually be blue, unless a load of dust or ash in the atmosphere lends it that particular hue from your vantage point. In any event, blue moons aren't named for their color, and they look like any other full moon in the sky most of the time. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/17291-blue-moon-night-sky-friday.html
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Aug 31, 2012 12:26:05 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Aug 31, 2012 12:26:05 GMT -6
www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2012/08/31/space-farmers-leds-as-key-to-nasas-permanent-lunar-life-support/8/31/2012 Space Farmers: LEDs As Key To NASA's Permanent Lunar Life Support[/color] Bruce Dorminey, Contributor The nearside of the Moon will never resemble your Granddad’s back forty, but agriculture remains the key to living and working off-world. All the mineral ore in the solar system can’t replace the fact that for extended periods on the Moon or Mars, future off-worlders will need bio-regenerative systems in order to prosper. Here on earth, researchers still debate how best to make those possible, but nuclear-powered state of the art LED (Light-emitting Diode) technology is arguably what will drive photosynthesis so necessary to provide both food and oxygen for future lunar colonists. Future long-term lunar residents will need to grow their food either in sub-lunar lava tubes or in greenhouses shielded with several meters of lunar surface regolith. With no atmosphere, the moon is regularly exposed to lethal doses of cosmic rays, solar coronal mass ejections and x-flares, not to mention micro-meteorites that would be enough to wreck anyone’s corn. Although during the two weeks that make up the long lunar day astronauts might be able to funnel refracted sunlight into covered greenhouses or subsurface lava tunnels, they will be left without a light source during the long lunar night. Current solar-powered battery storage technology isn’t adequate to sustain artificial light sources for two weeks at the time. Thus, the most practical solution is simply to use some sort of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG), not unlike the one powering the current Mars Science lab, to power the LEDs that will spur photosynthesis in lunar greenhouses. Cary Mitchell, a plant biologist at Purdue University, says that as lunar light sources, LEDs would be cool, solid state and robust; lasting 50,000 hours at least, or some five times longer than conventional horticultural light sources. He also notes that that they could survive the journey to the lunar surface where they could then be strung inside inflatable lava tunnel greenhouses or in radiation-hardened, solid greenhouses on the surface. CONTINUE READING: www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2012/08/31/space-farmers-leds-as-key-to-nasas-permanent-lunar-life-support/
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Sept 22, 2012 12:05:10 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 22, 2012 12:05:10 GMT -6
news.discovery.com/space/kennedys-proposed-us-soviet-moon-mission-120920.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 Kennedy's Proposed US-Soviet Moon Mission[/color] Amy Shira Teitel Thu Sep 20, 2012 On Sept. 12, 1962, President John Kennedy said that we as a nation choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard. Advocates of an aggressive manned spaceflight program cling to that speech, calling it the inspiration and call to action we need today to take on big audacious goals in space. But Kennedy wasn’t always the firm supporter of space exploration he presented to the public. Less than a year later, he began publicly broaching the subject of canceling Apollo in favor of a joint lunar program with the Soviets. BLOG: How NASA Chose Its Ride to the Moon Kennedy picked the moon as a goal in the quickly escalating space race somewhat reluctantly. After conceding that space was an important arena in the Cold War, he turned to NASA and asked what it could do. The moon, administrators said, and Kennedy added the end of the decade deadline. On May 25, 1961, he stood up before congress and said that the nation should commit itself to this goal, because none would be as important. But he wasn’t that big a fan of space science, or, once it really got rolling, Apollo. This came out in a heated conversation with NASA Administrator James Webb on Nov. 21, 1962. Webb tried to impress on the President the importance of gathering scientific data before going to the moon. NASA needed to know what challenges, technical and human, would exist on this mission. Radiation and micrometeorites were real concerns. The end of the decade coincided with a peak of solar activity, and no one knew how much that would affect astronauts on a trans-lunar journey. And then there was the finicky business of landing; NASA needed to know what surface they were dealing with before building a lunar lander. To Webb’s dismay, Kennedy wasn’t interested. If these science experiments would help Apollo get to the moon by the end of the decade, fine, but nothing else mattered. Just get there, he said, because Apollo couldn’t fall behind schedule. He wasn’t going to spend billions of dollars on superfluous science when all he needed was one man to set foot on the moon. Working out the details of a lunar mission wasn’t easy, and solving problems as they arose was an expensive affair. Throughout 1963, costs associated with Apollo (and its predecessor Gemini) rose steadily. But Cold War tensions were easing up a just little bit. Less than a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the Soviets and Americans during which the world waited for the Cold War to become a 'Hot War,' a ban was placed on high altitude, space, and under water nuclear testing. WATCH VIDEOS & CONTINUE READING: news.discovery.com/space/kennedys-proposed-us-soviet-moon-mission-120920.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
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Sept 22, 2012 17:22:39 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Sept 22, 2012 17:22:39 GMT -6
JFK is the last good Democrat president we had. All of them since then have been a bunch of socialist wackos. If Kennedy had not been assassinated by that other socialist wacko named Oswald he might have gone on to be one of our greatest presidents. Even in the short time that he had he accomplished more than most presidents do. Starting the Moon program (and having the perserverence to see it through) is probably his greatest accomplishment.
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Sept 23, 2012 13:42:35 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 23, 2012 13:42:35 GMT -6
SECRET ALIEN MOONBASE?
ALERT! ALIEN BASE ON MOON! UFO fleet starting from secret moonbase NEW SIGHTINGS SEPTEMBER
... Published on Sep 14, 2012 by r3alw0rld .................. Published on Sep 15, 2012 by r3alw0rld
WARNING! ALIENS ARE ON THE MOON! Watch this in full hd 1080p fullscreen to get a better look! READ FULL DESCRIPTION
If you think it's fake, search around for UFO on moon. You'll find a lot of more video similar like this one.
As you can see 13 orbs starting from a secret moonbase and fly away. These ones are very bright lights, looks like a star or something like that.
Filmed September 2012 with Canon EOS 600D and Skymaster 1200mm focal length telescope + Adapter.
Watch 2nd video to get a much closer look to these orbs:
Thanks for watching.
Spotted 0:14 CET September 15th 2012
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Sept 23, 2012 18:13:34 GMT -6
Post by lois on Sept 23, 2012 18:13:34 GMT -6
Is this for real? Someone is pulling some bodies leg here. ;D If true it is amazing . We should take a look at this location on the moon a little closer. Who filmed this?
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Sept 23, 2012 18:15:52 GMT -6
Post by lois on Sept 23, 2012 18:15:52 GMT -6
Just a thought. I did see a blue beam go across the moon at ten pm August 4, when I was in the Cape. strange.. and that object appeared.
Cliff too bad you missed this your self. If true, what do you think of the video. Is it possible to get this on film?
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Sept 23, 2012 22:41:13 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 22:41:13 GMT -6
It's so easy to fake that stuff..if it were real...it would be all over the net ..Not something I'd get excited about unless some of our own caught it by telescope. Hint hint Cliff
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Sept 24, 2012 12:14:50 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Sept 24, 2012 12:14:50 GMT -6
www.foxnews.com/science/2012/09/24/nasa-considering-deep-space-outpost-on-far-side-moon/ NASA considering deep-space outpost on far side of moon[/color] Published September 24, 2012 FoxNews.com An artist's concept shows the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle and future destinations for human exploration beyond Earth orbit: the moon, an asteroid and Mars. (NASA) Will NASA’s next mission send its astronauts beyond the moon? The space agency is weighing a proposal to build a “gateway spacecraft” that would hang in space about 277,000 miles from the Earth and 38,000 miles past the moon -- more than a quarter million miles further into space than the orbit of the International Space Station. A report by the Orlando Sentinel details the plan to park the orbiting spacecraft on the far side of the moon, in a precisely calculated spot called Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2. The gravitational pull of the planets balances out at this point in space, allowing NASA to essentially “park” there permanently rather than orbiting. In contrast, the ISS orbits the Earth at a height of about 230 miles. 'A test area for human access to deep space is the best near-term option.' - NASA report “[Placing a spacecraft at the Earth-Moon Lagrange point beyond the moon as a test area for human access to deep space is the best near-term option to develop required flight experience and mitigate risk," concluded the NASA report. The new outpost -- which may be built from parts leftover from the construction of the ISS -- would be an ideal first mission for the heavy lift spacecraft dubbed Space Launch System that is being developed at NASA. That rocket is being designed to carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, a capsule that can hold crew on missions to the moon or beyond. It can also carry important cargo, equipment and science experiments to Earth's orbit and destinations beyond, according to NASA. The Space Launch System will be NASA's first exploration-class vehicle since the Saturn V took American astronauts to the moon over 40 years ago, the space agency said. CONTINUE READING: www.foxnews.com/science/2012/09/24/nasa-considering-deep-space-outpost-on-far-side-moon/#ixzz27PcD2Ey4
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Oct 23, 2012 12:12:46 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Oct 23, 2012 12:12:46 GMT -6
au.ibtimes.com/articles/397086/20121023/ufo-moon-report-alien-base-photo.htm#.UIbWKmenKNt By Arlene Paredes October 23, 2012 3:43 PM EST
Is there an extraterrestrial life base on the moon?[/color] Myths that there are some extraterrestrial bases on the moon have persisted through the years. Paranormal believers across the world have no solid evidence but such a belief is still popular today. Scott C. Waring, of ufosightingsdaily.com, featured some recent photos of what could be a "hexagon base" on the moon. Waring acknowledged Youtube user "Streetcap1" for this video clip. He said he studied the image direct from the source and noted some findings. "One is some structures inside a crater, another is a starfish-like building and another a wide tower with a crown and an opening like a door on a massive scale. Clearly there are more structures to be found in this lunar photo," Waring wrote. Jim Kane of gather.com noted some resemblance between the UFO Baltic Sea image and the "structure" in Waring's report. The belief that there is an alien life form on the moon was featured in the now-defunct X-Files paranormal series. In the first season episode, a lunar E.T. prevents more astronauts from completing journeys out of space to protect alien space territory. Man on the Moon and UFO Claims In real life, twelve people have so far walked the surface of the moon. The first historic steps were made by Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong. In 2005, it was widely reported that Aldrin claimed seeing an unidentified flying object orbiting the moon. It was for a documentary called "First on the Moon: The Untold Story." However, Aldrin later said the documentary edited the part where he explained the space crew's conclusion that the UFO could be one of four detached spacecraft adapter panels. In a 2007 appearance on "The Howard Stern Show," Aldrin said he and the rest of the space crew were "99.9 per cent" sure the flying object was actually the detached panel. Lunar Hexagon. 720p HD. [/color] Published on Oct 20, 2012 by Streetcap1 Hexagon on the Moon's surface. wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M126091916LECONTINUE READING: au.ibtimes.com/articles/397086/20121023/ufo-moon-report-alien-base-photo.htm#.UIbWKmenKNt
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Oct 23, 2012 12:45:56 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 12:45:56 GMT -6
Some 'organizations' are very good at editing only the parts they want people to see. ' Astronauts seeing ufo's' then leaps to bases on the moon and totally by-passes the other explainations available because it's more exciting to see aliens. If I were some visiting beings I probably would put a base on the moon to facilitate whatever my agenda was. I'm thinking I wouldn't announce the fact to the people I'm studying (or abducting) because that would defeat my purpose of secrecy. ;D
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Oct 23, 2012 17:53:44 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 17:53:44 GMT -6
Videos posted by Auntym Sept. 23, 2012 quote by lois on Sept 23, 2012 It's so easy to fake that stuff..if it were real...it would be all over the net ..Not something I'd get excited about unless some of our own caught it by telescope. Hint hint Cliff Sorry, I'm just now seeing this y'all. I just happen to have caught something very similar to this recently on my video recorded through the eyepiece of the telescope using the afocal method. When I was observing the moon visually I saw 27 objects go through the field of view (fov) . Some of them were birds which were quite obvious, others were space junk particles, and still others were satellites displaying amazing detail of the solar panels and all that cool stuff. I then recorded what I was seeing and caught at least 4 of them on film in the space of about 5 minutes. When I get the disc processed I'll upload it and share it on the forum. I'll have to wait til then though because I have a broken usb connection which is preventing me from doing it now. I believe what we are seeing on this video here is birds but I remain reserved . I saw a few birds fly through the fov and these things were incredibly high up, it was amazing . I did see a very cool thing go through the fov also which had detail of some type of stealth jet but I didn't catch it on film unfortunately, yet anyway. Cliff
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Dec 14, 2012 12:12:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Dec 14, 2012 12:12:40 GMT -6
www.space.com/18910-apollo-17-anniversary-men-left-moon.html?cid=dlvr.it Men Were Last on Moon 40 Years Ago Today[/color] by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor Date: 14 December 2012 The last men to walk on the moon blasted off its surface for a final time 40 years ago today. After three days exploring the Taurus-Littrow lunar valley, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt lit the engine on the upper (ascent) stage of their lunar module "Challenger" and launched off the surface at 5:55 p.m. EST (2255 GMT) on Dec. 14, 1972. The last word spoken by a man on the moon (to date) — "Ignition" — was voiced by Schmitt, the first geologist and professional scientist to fly on a NASA mission. Cernan, as Apollo 17 commander, delivered the order to leave — "Let's get off" — just moments before. (In the four decades since he left the moon, Cernan came to believe his remark was something slightly longer and a whole lot more colorful, "Let's get this mother out of here," although the transcripts and audio recordings disagree.) Footage of that last lunar liftoff was broadcast live back to Earth via a color television camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle, or lunar rover, which the astronauts parked on the moon a short distance from their landing site. The video, which was timed and directed by Mission Control from a quarter of a million miles away on Earth, captured the small spacecraft as it soared away into the blackness of space. And so ended humankind's first "small steps" on another celestial body. [Moon: Space Programs' Dumping Ground (Infographic)] The Apollo 17 mission crowned six lunar landings for the United States and brought back the final 244 pounds (111 kilograms) of lunar material (including 741 individual moon rock and soil samples and a deep drill core with material from 10 feet, or 3 meters, below the lunar surface) out of the total 842 pounds (382 kilograms) collected by the astronauts who walked on the moon. Notably, among the Apollo 17 lunar samples was a small but unique cache of orange soil, which was confirmed later as microscopic glass beads and fragments formed during volcanic activity on the moon. Return to Earth "As the Challenger leaves the surface of the moon, we are conscious not of what we leave behind, but of what lies before us," read the statement from the White House, as was radioed by Mission Control in Houston to the Apollo 17 astronauts. "This may be the last time in this century that men will walk on the moon, but space exploration will continue, the benefits of space exploration will continue, and there will be new dreams to pursue, based upon what we have learned." "Few events have ever marked so clearly the passage of history from one epoch to another," the statement, which was signed by President Richard Nixon, concluded. "If we understand this about the last flight of Apollo, then truly we shall have touched a 'many splendored thing.'" The presidential message was radioed soon after the two moonwalkers met up with Ronald Evans, Apollo 17's third member, who had been circling the moon on the command module "America" as Cernan and Schmitt explored below. The trip back to Earth included a spacewalk by Evans to retrieve exposed film from an exterior equipment bay on the America module. Before leaving lunar orbit, the crew jettisoned Challenger's ascent stage, sending it crashing back into the moon. The resulting impact was recorded by seismometers that were deployed by Cernan and Schmitt while on the surface. Twelve days and 14 hours after launching for the moon, Cernan, Schmitt and Evans splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean at 2:25 p.m. EST (1925 GMT) on Dec. 19, 1972. The USS Ticonderoga aircraft carrier recovered the command module and the astronauts from the sea. SEE VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/18910-apollo-17-anniversary-men-left-moon.html?cid=dlvr.it
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Dec 14, 2012 12:20:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Dec 14, 2012 12:20:40 GMT -6
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Dec 16, 2012 14:04:58 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Dec 16, 2012 14:04:58 GMT -6
news.yahoo.com/moon-firm-hopes-sell-1-5-billion-trips-181057374--finance.html To the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips[/color] By By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press Thu, Dec 6, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple. For a mere $1.5 billion, the business is offering countries the chance to send two people to the moon and back, either for research or national prestige. And if you are an individual with that kind of money to spare, you too can go the moon for a couple days. Some space experts, though, are skeptical of the firm's financial ability to get to the moon. The venture called Golden Spike Co. was announced Thursday. Dozens of private space companies have started up recently, but few if any will make it — just like in other fields — said Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell, who tracks launches worldwide. "This is unlikely to be the one that will pan out," McDowell said. NASA's last trip to the moon launched 40 years ago Friday. The United States is the only country that has landed people there, beating the Soviet Union in a space race to the moon that transfixed the world. But once the race ended, there has been only sporadic interest in the moon. President Barack Obama cancelled NASA's planned return to the moon, saying America had already been there. On Wednesday, a National Academy of Sciences said the nation's space agency has no clear goal or direction for future human exploration. But the ex-NASA officials behind Golden Spike do. It's that old moon again. The firm has talked to other countries, which are showing interest, said former NASA associate administrator Alan Stern, Golden Spike's president. Stern said he's looking at countries like South Africa, South Korea, and Japan. One very rich individual — he won't give a name — has also been talking with them, but the company's main market is foreign nations, he said. "It's not about being first. It's about joining the club," Stern said. "We're kind of cleaning up what NASA did in the 1960s. We're going to make a commodity of it in the 2020s." The selling point: "the sex appeal of flying your own astronauts," Stern said. CONTINUE READING: news.yahoo.com/moon-firm-hopes-sell-1-5-billion-trips-181057374--finance.html
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Dec 17, 2012 12:49:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Dec 17, 2012 12:49:40 GMT -6
Apollo's final footsteps, 40 years later[/color]
Apollo's final footsteps, 40 years later Andrew ChaikinAndrew Chaikin
Published on Dec 14, 2012
To mark the 40th anniversary of the last human footsteps on the moon, I look back at Apollo 17's explorations and explain why I believe the moon is the solar system's "jewel in the crown," beckoning us to return.
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Dec 30, 2012 19:13:28 GMT -6
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Jan 5, 2013 16:43:35 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 5, 2013 16:43:35 GMT -6
NatGeo Friday Fact: The moon moves 1.5 inches (3.81 centimeters) farther away from Earth every year.
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Jan 5, 2013 18:00:35 GMT -6
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[/color] Myths that there are some extraterrestrial bases on the moon have persisted through the years. Paranormal believers across the world have no solid evidence but such a belief is still popular today. Scott C. Waring, of ufosightingsdaily.com, featured some recent photos of what could be a "hexagon base" on the moon. Waring acknowledged Youtube user "Streetcap1" for this video clip. He said he studied the image direct from the source and noted some findings. "One is some structures inside a crater, another is a starfish-like building and another a wide tower with a crown and an opening like a door on a massive scale. Clearly there are more structures to be found in this lunar photo," Waring wrote. Jim Kane of gather.com noted some resemblance between the UFO Baltic Sea image and the "structure" in Waring's report. The belief that there is an alien life form on the moon was featured in the now-defunct X-Files paranormal series. In the first season episode, a lunar E.T. prevents more astronauts from completing journeys out of space to protect alien space territory. Man on the Moon and UFO Claims In real life, twelve people have so far walked the surface of the moon. The first historic steps were made by Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong. In 2005, it was widely reported that Aldrin claimed seeing an unidentified flying object orbiting the moon. It was for a documentary called "First on the Moon: The Untold Story." However, Aldrin later said the documentary edited the part where he explained the space crew's conclusion that the UFO could be one of four detached spacecraft adapter panels. In a 2007 appearance on "The Howard Stern Show," Aldrin said he and the rest of the space crew were "99.9 per cent" sure the flying object was actually the detached panel. Lunar Hexagon. 720p HD. [/color] Published on Oct 20, 2012 by Streetcap1 Hexagon on the Moon's surface. wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M126091916LECONTINUE READING: au.ibtimes.com/articles/397086/20121023/ufo-moon-report-alien-base-photo.htm#.UIbWKmenKNt[/quote]This deserves further research ! Good one Auntym. Regardless of what it may turn out to be, "Streetcap" did a good job finding this one. I have a list of objects from NASA's archives of images that I have found throughout time searching through their data that shows things that appear to be "odd". This will be the 3rd found by someone else that will be included in that list. It takes many hours of dedication to sort through those images.
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Jan 5, 2013 18:28:13 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2013 18:28:13 GMT -6
I just saw this one looking at some vids. I'll probably check out the hi def version later and search through archives to see what pops up to make sure this isn't CGI. It could be a booster or other debris . It might even be
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Jan 7, 2013 16:19:40 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 7, 2013 16:19:40 GMT -6
www.space.com/19151-asteroid-moon-orbit-nasa-study.html?cid=dlvr.it NASA Eyes Wild Plan to Drag Asteroid Near the Moon[/color] by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 07 January 2013 Capturing a near-Earth asteroid and dragging it into orbit around the moon could help humanity put boots on Mars someday, proponents of the idea say. NASA is considering a $2.6 billion asteroid-retrieval mission that could deliver a space rock to high lunar orbit by 2025 or so, New Scientist reported last week. The plan could help jump-start manned exploration of deep space, carving out a path to the Red Planet and perhaps even more far-flung destinations, its developers maintain. An artist's illustration of an asteroid retrieval spacecraft capturing a 500-ton asteroid that is about 7 meters wide. CREDIT: Rick Sternbach/Keck Institute for Space Studies "Experience gained via human expeditions to the small returned NEA would transfer directly to follow-on international expeditions beyond the Earth-moon system: to other near-Earth asteroids, [the Mars moons] Phobos and Deimos, Mars and potentially someday to the main asteroid belt," the mission concept team, which is based at the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California, wrote in a feasibility study of the plan last year. Space agency officials confirm that NASA is indeed looking at the Keck proposal as a way to help extend humanity's footprint out into the solar system. But the assessment is still in its early stages, with nothing decided yet. "There are many options — and many routes — being discussed on our way to the Red Planet," Bob Jacobs, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., told SPACE.com via email. "NASA and the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are giving the study further review to determine its feasibility." [NASA's Spacecraft for Asteroid Missions Revealed (Photos)] www.space.com/18440-nasa-space-exploration-vehicle-photos.htmlCONTINUE READING: www.space.com/19151-asteroid-moon-orbit-nasa-study.html?cid=dlvr.it
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Jan 30, 2013 0:30:33 GMT -6
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This is beautiful ! Check out the video in the link. It was just taken a few nights ago. www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington-central/8236773/Hobbit-artist-captures-Mt-Vic-moonrise_______________________________________________________stuff.com.nzHobbit artist captures Mt Victoria moonriseReal-time film shows off Welly moonrise Stunning real-time footage of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria lookout was captured last night by a Hobbit digital effects artist. The four-minute shot, taken just after 9pm at Nairn St Park, 2km from Mt Victoria, also caught a number of silhouetted observers watching the almost-full moonrise. Weta Digital artist Mark Gee had been trying to capture the rise for over a year, including several attempts during last year's ''super moon'' in May. ''I could never get it in the right spot,'' the Evans Bay resident said. ''The moon moves every single month, so I had to find a location open enough and far enough away from Mt Vic to get the correct angle of the moon and Mt Vic. Weather was another issue. The video was taken using a Canon DSLR 1D Mark IV camera with "every single lens I had, basically" - a 500mm lens with a 2x extender. See video and article here : www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington-central/8236773/Hobbit-artist-captures-Mt-Vic-moonrise
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Jan 30, 2013 12:12:47 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Jan 30, 2013 12:12:47 GMT -6
www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/01/alien-base-discovered-on-moons-surface.htmlAlien Base Discovered On Moons Surface In Old NASA photo, Amazing Detail. Date of discovery: January 2013 Location of discovery: Earths Moon, near Bessel crater and North of Mara Serenitatis I was looking over old Apollo photos when I cam across this one that looks like a definite structure created by intelligent beings. The circle structure has an arm the goes off to a four leaf clover-like area with buildings on it. This is really strange and I ask that others look into this by clicking on the links below. One link in an official NASA link. It no longer has the hi-res photos but only the low-res photos of the area. The other link is of a persons site that saved massive amounts of NASA photos ten to fifteen years ago for the public to view. His photo of the same area is hi-res and gives us this amazing close up that is mind boggling to say the least. The hacker Gary McKinnon said in an interview that he hacked into US military computers and saw first hand documents that stated the US military has off world officers stationed on an alien base, and since the moon is the closest celestial body it has to be there. SCW NASA Link: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-87-11697Moon Photo Site (Hi-Res): keithlaney.net/ApolloOrbitalimages/AS15/h/AS15-87-11697.jpg MORE: www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/01/alien-base-discovered-on-moons-surface.html
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Jan 30, 2013 14:00:12 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 14:00:12 GMT -6
I'm not so sure...I'd believe a hacker especially one who claims to have hacked into government computers. Suppose they would not have him under lock and key instead of running around loose on the net? This is one I'd have to see a lot of back up on. IMO
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Jan 30, 2013 22:52:35 GMT -6
Post by skywalker on Jan 30, 2013 22:52:35 GMT -6
They do have him under lock and key. As far as I know they still haven't let him out yet.
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Jan 30, 2013 23:09:37 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 23:09:37 GMT -6
Alien Base Discovered On Moons Surface In Old NASA photo, Amazing Detail. Date of discovery: January 2013 Location of discovery: Earths Moon, near Bessel crater and North of Mara Serenitatis I was looking over old Apollo photos when I cam across this one that looks like a definite structure created by intelligent beings. The circle structure has an arm the goes off to a four leaf clover-like area with buildings on it. This is really strange and I ask that others look into this by clicking on the links below. One link in an official NASA link. It no longer has the hi-res photos but only the low-res photos of the area. The other link is of a persons site that saved massive amounts of NASA photos ten to fifteen years ago for the public to view. His photo of the same area is hi-res and gives us this amazing close up that is mind boggling to say the least. The hacker Gary McKinnon said in an interview that he hacked into US military computers and saw first hand documents that stated the US military has off world officers stationed on an alien base, and since the moon is the closest celestial body it has to be there. SCW NASA Link: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-87-11697Moon Photo Site (Hi-Res): keithlaney.net/ApolloOrbitalimages/AS15/h/AS15-87-11697.jpg MORE: www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/01/alien-base-discovered-on-moons-surface.html _______________________________________________________+Apollo Image Atlas Lunar and Planetary InstituteAS15-87-11695 Image Collection: 70mm Hasselblad Mission: 15 Magazine: 87 Magazine Letter: KK Latitude / Longitude: 24° N / 30° E Lens Focal Length: 60 mm Description: COMMAND SERVICE MODULEFilm Type: SO-168 Film Width: 70 mm Film Color: color Index Map: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/apolloindex/apollo15/as15indexmap09/Feature(s): MARE SERENITATIS _____________________________________________________________
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Jan 30, 2013 23:51:51 GMT -6
Post by lois on Jan 30, 2013 23:51:51 GMT -6
Alien Base Discovered On Moons Surface In Old NASA photo, Amazing Detail. Date of discovery: January 2013 Location of discovery: Earths Moon, near Bessel crater and North of Mara Serenitatis I was looking over old Apollo photos when I cam across this one that looks like a definite structure created by intelligent beings. The circle structure has an arm the goes off to a four leaf clover-like area with buildings on it. This is really strange and I ask that others look into this by clicking on the links below. One link in an official NASA link. It no longer has the hi-res photos but only the low-res photos of the area. The other link is of a persons site that saved massive amounts of NASA photos ten to fifteen years ago for the public to view. His photo of the same area is hi-res and gives us this amazing close up that is mind boggling to say the least. The hacker Gary McKinnon said in an interview that he hacked into US military computers and saw first hand documents that stated the US military has off world officers stationed on an alien base, and since the moon is the closest celestial body it has to be there. SCW NASA Link: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS15-87-11697Moon Photo Site (Hi-Res): keithlaney.net/ApolloOrbitalimages/AS15/h/AS15-87-11697.jpg MORE: www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/01/alien-base-discovered-on-moons-surface.html It's a picture from the Apollo Command Service Module of Apollo 17 isn't it ? nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1972-096AI'll do some more digging to make sure . _______________________________________________________+Apollo Image Atlas AS15-87-11695 Image Collection: 70mm Hasselblad Mission: 15 Magazine: 87 Magazine Letter: KK Latitude / Longitude: 24° N / 30° E Lens Focal Length: 60 mm Description: COMMAND SERVICE MODULEFilm Type: SO-168 Film Width: 70 mm Film Color: color Index Map: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/apolloindex/apollo15/as15indexmap09/Feature(s): MARE SERENITATIS _____________________________________________________________ thank you for posting this. I was going to but it is always so small when I do it. Not sure what it is though. They will say it is something from earth we took there.
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Jan 31, 2013 0:04:46 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 0:04:46 GMT -6
Hi Lois. I was in the process of modifying the post above when you chimed in. The coordinates are very close but that is most likely the Apollo 15 Command Service Module (CSM) . I coincidentally was looking at this article the night before Auntym posted it. I need to go back and double check to make sure but I found the image (AS15-87-11695) in the Apollo 15 archives.
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Jan 31, 2013 0:37:34 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 0:37:34 GMT -6
Actually..if they have him, they're probably trying to figure out how they can use him to their benefit.
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