Robotic explorer to crash into the Moon tonight!

[Spiderman302]

5 mins to impact ... wooo hooo ..

 

I used my powerful telescope to see, saw a tidy bit of flare on the surface of the moon. Must that robotic crash site. still burning ? ops , no air how to burn ?

[Vroomtattat]

Okay, results show there's traces of water on the moon . . .

 

Check it out

 

There will be a display of Leonid Meteor Shower this 17 - 18 Nov 2009, details as follows for those interested :-

 

Festival of the Stars

 

Organised by Science Centre Singapore and The Astronomical Society of Singapore (TASOS).

Co-organised by Taman Jurong CC, with the support of North West CDC and South West CDC.

 

The Science Centre and The Astronomical Society of Singapore (TASOS) bring you a night of revelry and fun under the stars in celebration of IYA 2009. Catch Kenji Williams, international audio visual art performer, as he makes his debut in Singapore! Be engaged in our science shows, meteorite exhibition, talks by TASOS, on-site telescope viewing of Jupiter and inflatable planetarium tours.

 

As midnight approaches, cast your eyes skyward and you might see a celestial firework of shooting stars. Astronomers have predicted that this year抯 Leonid Meteor Shower could be considerably more gaudy than years past, with up to hundreds of meteors streaking across our sky per hour, particularly at the peak of the shower at about 5am on the morning of 18 November*.

 

*Please note that viewing and extent of the Leonids storm is subject to location and clear skies. Neither the Science Centre nor TASOS or other joint organizers can be held responsible in the event that the view of the Leonids is poor.

 

Date: 17 to 18 November 2009

 

Time: 8pm to 5am (8pm to midnight: activities / midnight to 5am: movie marathon)

 

Venue: Japanese Garden

 

Admission: Free of charge

 

There's a write up in the Life page of ST dated 14 Nov 2009.

 

 

 

[Porker]

It was mentioned that it takes 4 months to travel to the moon even at today's rocket propulsion technology. So last time the manned landing at moon how har? I call bull s h i t to that

[Vroomtattat]

It was mentioned that it takes 4 months to travel to the moon even at today's rocket propulsion technology. So last time the manned landing at moon how har? I call bull s h i t to that

 

Porker, go back to your tiko thread Shoooo!

[Porker]

I'm not disturbing your thread. Its a serious question that has been posed by many. Quite interesting read.

[Vroomtattat]

I'm not disturbing your thread. Its a serious question that has been posed by many. Quite interesting read.

 

Nah, just joking . . . no offense meant.

 

Yup, 40 years ago, that was during the "cold war" . . . russians & the americans.

 

the moon landing could have been filmed at a studio . . . lol, it was not proven though.

Edited November 15, 2009 by Vroomtattat

[Porker]

Given today's technology and assuming it was used for the moon landing program in the 60s (was it 60s or 50s?), it would have taken Neil and Buzz at least 8 months to complete the mission. I really don't see how it could have been done

[Shull]

Given today's technology and assuming it was used for the moon landing program in the 60s (was it 60s or 50s?), it would have taken Neil and Buzz at least 8 months to complete the mission. I really don't see how it could have been done

 

1-way trip to the moon takes about 3 days...round trip about 6 days..where got 4 mths?

 

The distance from earth to moon is approx 384000km

 

384000/(3days x 24hrs) = 5333km/h

 

5333km/h is not what i would call unachievable considering modern jetfighters can hit mach 2 (2 times the speed of sound in air. Speed of sound is 1236kmh), which is about 2472kmh

 

to reach moon in 4 months, you have to travel at 384000/(4mths x 30 x 24) = 133.3kmh...that is what's most people travelling speed on NSH

Edited November 15, 2009 by Shull

[Porker]

I read the article somewhere stated 4 months. Maybe read wrongly lah. My bad