Fweethawt Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 This link was sent to me the other day by another one of our forum members. I thought that I would give it a nice home right here. N.A.S.A's Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive They add pictures to it daily, which is probably a damn fine reason for calling it a 'Picture of the Day Archive'. Take a look! If you're into this sort of thing, you'll love it. This stuff is just too awesome! Here is my favorite one so far. Could you imagine doing something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 8, 2005 Author Share Posted April 8, 2005 I turned that pic into a wallpaper for my desktop. Here's a 1024x768 image in case anyone else wants it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlinfmct87 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 VERY nice link Fwee, thanks much, Merlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 It made me feel smaller than a pin but equally as important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skankboy Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 That is just too cool... If that was me, I'd be really glad they've got "collection pouches" in those suits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 That is just too cool... If that was me, I'd be really glad they've got "collection pouches" in those suits! We should add captions to that.... "oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 aaaah...I just love photoshop... gesundheit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totallyatpeace Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 This is a great link, Fwee! Thanks! The second one on the list makes a great deaktop background. Challenger would love this thread. Where are you, Challenger? TAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 I just LOVE the Water on Mars Pic... Go check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 This is a great link, Fwee! Thanks! The second one on the list makes a great deaktop background. Challenger would love this thread. Where are you, Challenger? TAP Mine's better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Challenger Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 This is a great link, Fwee! Thanks! The second one on the list makes a great deaktop background. Challenger would love this thread. Where are you, Challenger? TAP <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Right here, TAP. Thank you for thinking about me. By the way, the astronaut in that shot, piloting the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), was named Bruce McCandless, and he was being photographed from the Space Shuttle. . .Challenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 We should add captions to that.... "oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!" How 'bout, "Where will you be the next time your diarrhea flares up?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 Right here, TAP. Thank you for thinking about me. By the way, the astronaut in that shot, piloting the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), was named Bruce McCandless, and he was being photographed from the Space Shuttle. . .Challenger. Yeah, the article that goes with that picture says this:Explanation: At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space. McCandless and fellow NASA astronaut Robert Stewart were the first to experience such an "untethered space walk" during Space Shuttle mission 41-B in 1984. The MMU works by shooting jets of nitrogen and has since been used to help deploy and retrieve satellites. With a mass over 140 kilograms, an MMU is heavy on Earth, but, like everything, is weightless when drifting in orbit. The MMU was replaced with the SAFER backpack propulsion unit. "further out than anyone had ever been before"??? That dude has nads of steel. This stuff just blows me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 here ya go, fwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 here ya go, fwee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 double post... Oh c'mon! No bright pink floaties coming from his hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 fuck!!! here we go...try again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimov Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Oh c'mon! No bright pink floaties coming from his hand? hahaha! I was assuming that he was caught with it...and wasn't prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 hahaha! I was assuming that he was caught with it...and wasn't prepared. Okay then... where's the brown floaties coming from his visor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 fuck!!! here we go...try again! That's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydDobler Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I imagined myself in his position for a few seconds and it gave me the willies. What's the opposite of claustrophobia? Fear of wide open spaces? That's about the worst I could imagine. I don't think I have it, but damn that's just scary. I also imagine him flying up to the shuttle and reaching out for the door handle, and the shuttle pilot scooting away from him. Then going 'hahaha just kidding, get in' and doing it again and again. So there he is, 100 meters away from the shuttle, going 'cmon guys this isn't funny anymore' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Challenger Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I imagined myself in his position for a few seconds and it gave me the willies. What's the opposite of claustrophobia? Fear of wide open spaces? That's about the worst I could imagine. I don't think I have it, but damn that's just scary. I also imagine him flying up to the shuttle and reaching out for the door handle, and the shuttle pilot scooting away from him. Then going 'hahaha just kidding, get in' and doing it again and again. So there he is, 100 meters away from the shuttle, going 'cmon guys this isn't funny anymore' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've met some of our astronauts, including one who flew the MMU. Our spacewalkers have said they really don't have a sense of height, or or motion, travleing around the earth at 5 miles per second. Or imagine what it was like to walk on the moon. On the later Apollo missions the astronauts were equipped with a rover, similar to a dune buggy, and they were able to travel miles away from the Lunar module, at times losing sight of it completely. Good thing they left tracks everywhere they went. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted April 18, 2005 Author Share Posted April 18, 2005 I better stay away from that site. It keeps making me regret that I didn't get into this type of stuff back in my younger days. Lunation Credit & Copyright: António Cidadão Explanation: Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible. The Moon always keeps the same face toward the Earth. The Moon's apparent size changes slightly, though, and a slight wobble called a libration is discernable as it progresses along its elliptical orbit. During the cycle, sunlight reflects from the Moon at different angles, and so illuminates different features differently. A full lunation takes about 29.5 days, just under a month (moon-th). That time-lapse stuff is just too cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 This is one of my favorite web sites! I almost always have one of their pics as my desktop background. You can also learn a lot from going there (at least, more than you'd learn sitting in your cube at work otherwise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I imagined myself in his position for a few seconds and it gave me the willies. What's the opposite of claustrophobia? Fear of wide open spaces? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fear of open spaces is agoraphobia. Excellent site. I'm glad NASA is into web publishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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