SMART-1 Apollo 11 release |
SMART-1 Apollo 11 release |
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The SMART-1 team has released an image of the Apollo 11 landing site:
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM1O6BUQPE_index_1.html for the 37th anniversary of the landing. In the release, they label two craters as Aldrin and Collins, with a mention of a third crater, Armstrong, off frame. It is my understanding that one has to be deceased in order for surface features on other worlds to be named after you... -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 3234 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 ![]() |
Thanks. I just thought it was odd to see features named after people that were still living.
Grr, and I have to live with features named after a mythological seafearer and a lake in NE Kansas... -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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