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sniperct · 2 months

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#this is why we should nationalize these companies #space #science #lunar lander #the moon #odysseus lander

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suaveotter · 2 months

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Hey guess what? Nobody's on the moon

#odysseus #Odysseus lander #lunar lander #its a dumb joke #but its my joke #unless someone else made it first #then its our joke

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theofficialastronomy101 · 1 month

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Montes Apenninus ( 17.02.2024 )

Look at those huge tall mountains

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oldguydoesstuff · 11 months

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This is the kind of Lunar Lander game I remember playing as a kid in the mid 70s, perhaps my first interaction with a real computer. It was running on a PDP-11 (I am guessing) at the Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon, Connecticut.

This place is a former Nike missile radar station, decommissioned in the late 60s. You drove for several miles through the woods, past the abandoned mounting pads for the radar antennas, to reach the site at the top.

Lunar lander itself is a simplistic game, you enter a fuel burn time each round and adjust it based on your velocity and remaining fuel, and try to reach the surface with as little delta-V as possible. (Usually with an amusing message if you failed)

Although this was text-only and you had only one input to give, the physics being modeled was real, and for me it was quite an immersive experience.

It was only a couple years after people had actually landed on the moon, and getting the chance to drive a lunar landing simulation on a real computer at a science center that was once a missile base, well that was astronaut stuff as far as preteen me was concerned.

I don't know that I have ever had as compelling a gaming experience since.

#1970s #space exploration #retro computing #lunar lander #oldguyisold

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beauty-funny-trippy · 8 months

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These before and after photos taken by NASA's moon orbiter reveal the crash site of Vladimir Putin's failed Russian lunar lander. It slammed into the moon Aug.19, 2023, leaving a crater about 33ft (10m) wide. The probe was demolished on impact causing significant injury to Putin's ego.

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lonestarflight · 3 months

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"(Artist's concept of possible exploration programs.)

Earth's Moon, just 3 days away, is a good place to test hardware and operations for a human mission to Mars. A simulated mission, including the landing of an adapted Mars excursion vehicle, could test many relevant Mars systems and technologies."

Artwork by Pat Rawlings, of SAIC.

Date: February 1995

NASA ID: S95-01563

#Lunar lander #NASA #Moon #concept art #February #1995 #my post

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socialjusticeinamerica · 2 months

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#nasa #the moon #lunar lander #odysseus #science #space science #space exploration

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whirligig-girl · 10 months

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Guz celebrates the Apollo 11's 54th 412th landing anniversary in her own way.

("Wow isn't it so cool that your space program was landing people on a planet that orbits your homeworld just like a decade after starting? Even when Omen's close it's nowhere near as convenient to reach! It took 33 years for Mellanoid Space Program to send a crew to orbit another planet for the first time... oh, you... don't consider Luna a planet?")

#Apollo 11 #Apollo 11 54th anniversary #Public Service Broadcasting #Eaurp Guz #Slimegirl #Star Trek #Star Trek Lower Decks #Slime girl #model kit #model spaceship #lunar module #lunar lander #Apollo #Youtube

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paulsspaceshippictures · 1 year

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NASA baseline LEM design

#LEM #lumar #lunar lander #lunar module #NASA #Space Race #space age #spacecraft #spaceship #moon #moon landing #moon lander #retrofuturism #Retro

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spaceexp · 11 months

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China’s planned lunar lander

Philippe Coué, expert on China's space program in France, just released pic of Chinese Lunar Lander slated for 2029. Note lander (smaller than Apollo LM) is also ascent vehicle, so entire system would be reusable. Tests in 2-4 yrs. Race is on!

via @pascalleetweets

#space #tw #pascalleetweets #china #lunar lander

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lunarlanderdwelling · 15 days

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Have the lunar lander dwelling cleaned and ready for Jannis and his crew from Galileo television show.

Jannis will spend the night so I expect some amazing television from that.

#lunarlanderdwelling #tiny house #boat building #lunar lander #nasa #composites #geodesic dome #spaceship

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joshbadwriter · 3 days

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Atari have been on a roll lately, thanks to a bold new strategy. In today's video, we look at how they're using indie developers to breath new life into old games.

#gaming #youtube #indie gaming #video games #indie games #youtube gaming #gaming videos #indie game #indie #atari #retro games #retro gaming #lunar lander #asteroids #atari 2600 #Youtube

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theofficialastronomy101 · 2 months

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HISTORIC LANDING: BREAKING NEWS

A private US lunar lander, has successfully landed on the moon. This is the first time since NASA's famed Apollo moonwalkers that the U.S. has been back on the lunar surface

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n2qfd · 2 months

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Just finished reading 2061. I think Mr. Clark assumed this would be old hat by now!

#cbs news #lunar lander #intuitive machines #odysseus

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hardcoregamer · 18 days

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PAX East 2024: Celestial Manoeuvres in the Dark of Space in Lunar Lander Beyond

There aren't many games that have to wait a full forty-five years for a sequel, but Lunar Lander is a special case. Its gameplay has been borrowed and iterated on over the years while the original languished as an arcade oddity mostly notable for its cabinet, but Lunar Lander Beyond finally gives the game a sequel that builds on the original in ways that promise to complement rather than clash with the basic design.