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APOLLO 12 AS 12-47-6985.jpgAS 12-47-6985 - The LM and other equipment (4)112 visite...limitare e via-via tutte le solite CHIACCHIERE IPOCRITE che ci sentiamo raccontare da più di 30 anni. Si: "IPOCRITE" perchè, a quanto ci consta, se è vero che il Programma Spaziale Umano (che coinvolgeva, nell'ordine, la Luna, Marte e poi lo Spazio Profondo) venne fermato proprio perchè "...i costi erano esagerati in rapporto ai benefici ("budget cuts" si disse e scrisse)..." e perchè, inoltre, esistevano "...altre priorità in cui il Fattore Umano era prevalente..." a noi non risulta che i...
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ZG-APOLLO12-lpi_trvrsmap.jpgWalking on the Moon, with Conrad and Bean112 visiteThis map is figure 10.15 from the Lunar Sourcebook, G.H. Heiken, D.T. Vaniman and B.M. French.
The traverses shown on this map were deduced from Hasselblad pictures taken by the crew and from their commentary.
NASA photo S69-59538 is another representation of the traverse.
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-47-6972.jpgAS 12-47-6972 - Up-Sun (3)111 visite...con sola "infiltrazione" nell'immagine dell'irraggiamento.
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6809.jpgAS 12-46-6809 - Approaching the "Mound"...110 visiteIn secondo luogo, già dopo la prima missione sulla Luna (e proprio grazie ai dati - anche fotografici - raccolti in quella sede) vennero apportate alcune modifiche sia agli strumenti di ripresa, sia alle pellicole. In questa sede (per ragioni di spazio) non possiamo entrare in dettaglio; ciò che si può dire è che la "diversa fattura" delle immagini Apollo 12 rispetto a quelle Apollo 11 dipende - a nostro parere - sia da fattori oggettivi (la diversità dei luoghi esplorati), sia da fattori soggettivi (la diversità della strumentazione adottata).
Ai "posteri", poi, "l'ardua sentenza"...
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6793 HR-1.jpgAS 12-46-6793 - The "Larger Mound" (HR)110 visiteOriginal caption:"At about 116:55:53 MT, Pete Conrad took this down-Sun of the larger of the two mounds near the ALSEP deployment site.
We can see in Pete's shadow that he is using a UHT to carry the SIDE subpallet".
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6783 HR.jpgAS 12-46-6783 - Alan Bean, RTG pack and LM (HR)108 visiteDown-Sun photograph of Alan Bean, who has just removed the RTG package from the SEQ Bay. We can see the "saddlebag" he is wearing at his left hip. The saddlebag material resembles the Teflon cloth used for the Sample Collection Bags (SCBs) used on Apollos 15, 16 and 17. Note that the transmitted light in the shadow of the saddlebag has a reddish-brown color. We can see the boom on which the RTG package rode as it was pulled out of the SEQ bay. We can also see the pulleys that were operated with the tapes. The SEQ bay door that covered the right-hand 2/3rds is folded up out of the way. At the left side of the bay, we can see the vertically hinged portion of the door pulled back out of the way. Note that the SEQ bay is not an integral part of the LM structure but, rather, hangs on the outside. Below the SEQ bay, we can see a shield which protects the landing radar (mounted on the bottom of the Descent Stage) from heat radiating from the engine bell.
Scan courtesy NASA Johnson.
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-47-6993.jpgAS 12-47-6993 - Surveyor Crater and Surveyor III105 visiteMa il denaro "distolto" dallo HSP non è stato MAI destinato a quello che, pomposamente, qualcuno ha chiamato e chiama il "Bene della Nazione (gli USA) e dell'Umanità".
(note: this frame from Alan Bean's 4 o'clock pan is centered on Surveyor III Probe).
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ZB-APOLLO 12 - Triple Crater.jpgTriple Crater105 visitenessun commento
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-47-6950.jpgAS 12-47-6950 - The Lunar Module (up-Sun)102 visiteUp-Sun frame from Al's 12 o'clock pan. In the glare of the Sun, we can see Pete at the MESA. The HTC sample bag is at the right.
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-47-6981.jpgAS 12-47-6981 - The LM and other equipment (2)98 visite...considerazioni economiche, non pensate pure Voi che varrebbe la pena, comunque, di tornare lassù per rispondere a delle domande che, altrimenti, sarebbero destinate a rimanere senza risposta (o con troppe risposte, il che è uguale...)?
Per ritornare ad "unire" l'Umanità sotto una sola Bandiera, come nel 1969 (e qui non parliamo più di "Stelle e Strisce", ma di Scienza, Tecnica e Progresso)?
Non varrebbe la pena, anzichè continuare ad "avanzare ipotesi", dalle più serie alle più assurde, di "andare...
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ZD-Surveyor Crater.jpgSurveyor Crater96 visite"I See the Surveyor!"
During the first few hours after landing, while he and Bean had a quick meal and began preparations for the first of two 4-hour EVAs, Conrad spent more than a little time trying to figure out just where he'd landed. It was a bit of a puzzle. The landmarks which had been so obvious during the approach weren't at all obvious from the ground. Looking west out the window, he and Bean saw an undulating and otherwise featureless plain. Among other things, there was no obvious sign of the Snowman's Head. Head Crater is about two hundred meters in diameter and should have been right in front of them. However, as they became accustomed to the subtleties of the view, they began to realize that there was, in fact, a big crater practically staring them in the face. They hadn't recognized it because they were back a bit from the east rim and were looking directly away from the early morning sun. There was a shadow in the bottom of Head Crater, but it was hidden by the near rim. There was also a lack of color variation in the scene and that, too, made the crater hard to see. However, once they realized that there was a big crater in front of them, they quickly decided that it had to be the Snowman's Head. If so, then Surveyor Crater had to be right behind them. Conrad jammed himself forward against his window as tightly as he could, probably wishing he had a rear window or at least a rear-facing mirror, and tried to peer as far around the back as possible. He was rewarded with a glimpse of the telltale slope of another large crater.
Fittingly, it was Dick Gordon, traveling overhead in the Command Module Yankee Clipper, who nailed down the landing coordinates. As he made his second post-landing pass, he put his eye to the sextant in hopes of getting a glimpse of the LM, a feat that Collins had never managed. Of course, Gordon had a real advantage in that he knew where Intrepid was supposed to be. As he picked up the Snowman, it wasn't long until he spotted the LM's fifty-meter shadow.
"I have him," he said. "He's on the Surveyor Crater; he's about a fourth of a Surveyor Crater diameter to the northwest...I'll tell you, he's the only thing that casts a shadow down there."
In seconds, he was directly overhead. "The Intrepid is just on the left shoulder of the Snowman. He is looking at me. He is about a third of the way from the Surveyor Crater to the (Snowman's) Head."
Then he really got excited. "I see the Surveyor! I see the Surveyor! Hey! That's almost as good as being there."
Now there was no doubt. Not only had Gordon seen the LM but he'd seen the Surveyor itself. Conrad and Bean had landed right on target and, thanks to Ewen Whitaker, they'd even been sent to the right crater! This was going to be fun.
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APOLLO 12 AS 12-50-7438-1.jpgAS 12-50-7438 - Shadowland... (HR)71 visitenessun commento
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