KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html Edit : And Emily searched for the origin of the name http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/ |
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Nov 20 2007, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
I don't know why a commercial enterprise would have exclusive rights,
but I expect that there is an advantage to JAXA. And what's good for JAXA is good for space exploration, right? The benefit may be tiny, but all journeys begin with one step. If ten years from now, JAXA launches the first wholly sponsored lunar rover, who will complain? As to quality of released video, I would hope that Discovery Channel will make make good use of high quality images for some great programming that will reach the masses. Perhaps there could be pay per view available on the Discovery Channel web site. Or even free, with adverts paying. I for one find this exciting if indeed it is a first step to greater corporate sponsorship of space exploration. |
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