SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Rube Goldberg in Space: The Lunar Orbiter Program” & “October Skies”
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Terminus (2017)
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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Rube Goldberg in Space: The Lunar Orbiter Program
Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/content_pages/main_images/1274_lunar_orbiter_moon_jf.jpg
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/book/introduction.shtml
Original “Vidicon” Imaging System
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/book/images/fig02.png
Film Imaging System Schematic
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/book/images/fig05.png
Lunar Orbiter Images (Comparison: Original and Digitally Processed)
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/images/preview/1068_med.jpg
LOIRP, Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Earthise.old.new.med.jpg
AMPEX FR-900 Tapes
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Ampex_FR-900_at_LOIRP.jpg
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) – “McMoon’s”
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/McMoon_-_48%2C000_lbs_of_70mm_tape.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Pirate_McDonalds_-_Ampex_FR-900.jpg
First View of Earth from the Moon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
October 5th, 2019: International Observe the Moon Night
https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon/viewing-guide/what-can-i-see-on-the-moon/
October 4th-10th, 2019: World Space Week
Space-Related Birthdays
October 3rd, 1935: Charlie Duke
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Official_NASA_portrait_Charles_Moss_Duke_Jr.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duke
October 5th, 1882: Robert Goddard
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard
This Week in Space History
September 29th, 1977: Salyut 6 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Salyut_6.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_6
September 29th, 1988: STS-26 marks return to flight after Challenger
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Return_to_Flight_Launch_of_Discovery_-_GPN-2000-001871.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26
September 30th, 1995: Daily communication with Pioneer 11 ends
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/An_artist%27s_impression_of_a_Pioneer_spacecraft_on_its_way_to_interstellar_space.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_11
October 1st, 1897: 40-inch refractor dedicated at Yerkes Observatory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes_Observatory
October 1st, 1958: NASA Founded
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Kennedy_Receives_Mariner_2_Model.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Glenn62.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/
October 3rd, 1962: Sigma 7 Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Sigma7-1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8
October 4th, 1957: Sputnik Launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Sputnik_1_Exploded_View_3F9A6199_%2836924864550%29_modified.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
Waz Up?
South to Southwest, October 2019, Evening
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/10/2019-October-05-Jupiter-Antares-Saturn-night-sky.jpg
Occultation of Saturn Projection Map
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/06/occultation-saturn-october-5-2019.png
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
October Skies
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
The Violent History of the Big Galaxy Next Door
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002131947.htm?fbclid=IwAR36RL2-3bvqIC6qBrNghA7YqgakUoagR3bcLcsLg1sFT2TJY3XOXK2bK30
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.