KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Sep 28 2007, 04:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
We are now about 5 days away from LOI for Kaguya. I want to note
that we are in the last few days of an historic period - a time when there are no active man-made devices operating on, or near, the Moon. Once Kaguya enters lunar orbit, I believe that we will be starting an era when there will ALWAYS be a functioning representative of mankind at the Moon, either manned or unmanned. We are about to enter a new epoch, one in which mankind has a permanent presence at the Moon. Unless something drastic occurs, I foresee no gaps in this lunar presence for the next several centuries, perhaps for the next several millenia. It all starts in a few days. Another Phil |
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Sep 28 2007, 05:02 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
...terrific sentiment. I hope it's true.
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Sep 28 2007, 08:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
Would like to know about how fast will Kaguya be approaching to the Moon at the LOI point. How long will the engines be firing during the orbit injection?
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Sep 29 2007, 12:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 163 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
We are about to enter a new epoch, one in which mankind has a permanent presence at the Moon. What i find amazing is that this can be said for Mars as well, and that started quietly 10 years ago!! I never thought that Surveyor back in '96 would be the start of a continous presence at Mars. If we don't have a rover/satellite/weather station/lander/ etc on Mars running at any one time or another I'd be dissappointed. It is a remarkable time. I teach high school physics and just before the first ISS crew went up I mentioned to my classes that this could be the last time that humans are NOT up in space. I don't think they appreciated what that could mean for them.. I hope that with the Moon being a more "realistic" target, it will get the general public more intrigued and realize that times are changing..how much so we will see... As well This doesn't take into account private space tourism.. Virgin galatic, bigelow etc.. Can't wait for the HD pics to come down of earth rise Go SELENE!!! jb |
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Sep 29 2007, 02:27 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10197 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
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Oct 1 2007, 07:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 17-February 07 From: ESAC, cerca Madrid, Spain. Member No.: 1743 |
Pronouncing it
I was at the IAC conference in Hyderabad, India last week. They had good presentations on Kaguya, and I'm really looking forward to it. I learned that I was pronouncing it wrong. We were told by a JAXA person that it is pronounced KA-gu-ya, not ka-GU-ya. Apparently, ka-GU-ya means 'furniture store.' There's a funny joke in there somewhere. -------------------- --
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Oct 1 2007, 07:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Quote:
"Apparently, ka-GU-ya means 'furniture store.' There's a funny joke in there somewhere." Because it will be a treat for all us arm-chair space scientists?.......... or Sofa so good for Japanese Lunar probe? Hmmm, nope your wrong, there is not a funny joke in there somewhere Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Oct 1 2007, 09:00 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
Kaguya is carrying a high-definition TV camera as her big furniture and now she have sent a nice picture to us.
KAGUYA (SELENE) Successful Image Taking by the High Definition Television (HDTV) http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/10_e.html http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071001_kaguya_j.html (in Japanese) Delta-Vp2 was successful and now Kaguya is on the Moon transfer orbit. The picture was taken on September 29, 110,000 km away from the Earth - the most distant HDTV image ever You can see the South America. The larger image is here. Enjoy! http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/img/20071001_kaguya.jpg |
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Oct 1 2007, 09:29 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Thanks for the heads up on that - great stuff!
Doug |
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Oct 1 2007, 10:57 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Wow! That looks so promising!
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Oct 1 2007, 11:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Is that a colorized image or an actual color one? Looks like color, but South America is too invariably blue?
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Oct 1 2007, 03:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
It's early spring in South America. There's a lot of moisture in the air over the entire continent. That, combined with the rather extreme slant angle through which we're looking at the ground in this image (putting a lot of air between the viewpoint and the ground) means that yes, it likely is a true-color view.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Oct 1 2007, 04:00 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
I have no idea about the specs, but maybe the color filters are not ideal for "real" color pictures and are maximised to bring out color differences on the moon? Anyone know?
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Oct 1 2007, 06:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Awesome photo, nop... Can't wait to see HDTV images and actual video footage of the Moon when Kaguya begins official science operations. Obviously.
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Oct 1 2007, 06:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
After taking a look at the channels, it is probably true this is a RGB image, but the green and especially the blue channel were overexposed, leading to the unnaturally (?) blue appearance. Here's an attempt at producing a more typical Earth appearance:
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