Ranger, Surveyor, Luna, Luna Orbiter, 1960s Missions to Earth's Moon |
Ranger, Surveyor, Luna, Luna Orbiter, 1960s Missions to Earth's Moon |
Apr 21 2005, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Have any of the serious experts on this board ever sorted out any 1960s images? I'm thinking of the Surveyor panoramas (in the 60s they did it with photos pasted onto the inside of half-spheres!) and the way that the exposure dropped off toward one corner, making a horrible patchwork effect. Or them lines and spots on the Lunar Orbiter images...
Most of the NASA mission data should be available as digital source material, and thus could be manipulated, though I suspect that getting anything 'real' from Soviet missions would be a bit of a chase! Any thoughts? -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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May 26 2006, 03:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
I've been thinking lately that it would be neat to try to re-create the views that Rangers 3 and 6 would have had of the Moon. To note, Ranger 3 flew by the Moon (instead of impacting it and deploying the balsa-wood lander) because of over-thrust of its Atlas-Agena launcher. An attempt was made to photograph the Moon as Ranger 3 flew by, but, sadly, the spacecraft did not correctly execute those plans and no images were returned. Ranger 6 successfully impacted the Moon, in the Sea of Tranquility, I believe. However, no photos were returned as its camera system was "fried" during ascent from Florida. With images from the Lunar Orbiters and Clementine, I think that those views could now be produced by those with more computer know-how than I have. Another Phil |
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