Targets for LRO |
Targets for LRO |
Apr 6 2007, 09:41 PM
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You can imagine this to be a companion thread to the one requesting suggestions
for MRO targets on Mars. The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) is set to launch in a little over a year from now. There was to a be a site selection workshop in May 2007, next month, but I see now that it has been cancelled. Therefore, it appears that it is up to us, the UMSF Community to take up the baton and help NASA out. It was done for New Horizons at Jupiter and was very productive. So, what are the sites that you would like to see imaged at 0.5 meter resolution by LROC, LRO's High-Resolution camera? My first suggestion would be to re-photograph the Surveyor 1 landing site to compare it with the images obtained by Lunar Orbiter 3. My second suggestion would be to photograph the Surveyor 6 landing area. This should image S-6 itself, but even more interesting, it may capture images of Surveyor 4, which should be only a mile or so away. This would help to determine whatever happened to S-4, which abruptly stopped transmitting just short of touchdown. Another Phil |
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Jul 16 2009, 06:35 PM
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Btw happy anniversary, today restored video footage from Apollo 11 was released. I do wonder if we will see any LRO pictures of the landing sites in the near hours/days.
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Jul 16 2009, 06:43 PM
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I do wonder if we will see any LRO pictures of the landing sites in the near hours/days. Via NSF.com: MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-133 NASA BRIEFS MEDIA ON NEW IMAGES OF APOLLO LUNAR LANDING SITES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has sent back its first images of Apollo lunar landing sites. The agency will release the images Friday, July 17, at noon and hold a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss the photos and future plans for the LRO mission. Participating in the teleconference are: Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington Richard Vondrak, project scientist, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Mark Robinson, principal investigator, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Arizona State University To participate in the teleconference, reporters should contact Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0668 or Andy Freeberg at 301-286-0746, by noon Friday. To listen to the event online, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about LRO, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/lro -------------------- |
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