“Moonbase Alpha”, Space:1999
“Moonbase Alpha”, Space:1999
Lunar Base concept, NASA
Atari 2600 Moon Patrol
Temple by John Harris
The Age of Pussyfoot by John Harris
Waiting for Clearance: Mystical Paths by John Harris
Not a cloud in the sky (by Stanley Kozak)
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Although hidden from human eyes, the Cassini spacecraft can spot these dark features on the surface of Titan thanks to its special near-infrared filters.
The features seen here have been dubbed “Fensal” and “Aztlan” by scientists. The dark features are believed to be vast dunes of particles that precipitated out of Titan’s atmosphere.
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Sunlight on the Moon
The moon orbits the earth with a period of four weeks ( a month) and during the orbit it always has the same side facing the earth. So this means that on the moon there is day and night, but they are both two weeks long instead of 24 hours.
The Moon’s daylight is brighter and harsher than the Earth’s. There is no atmosphere to scatter the light, no clouds to shade it, and no ozone layer to block the sunburning ultraviolet light.
The nights are also brighter, at least on the side of the Moon near to us. The night is lit up by sunlight reflected from Earth, while the night on Earth is lit up by sunlight reflected from the Moon. Earth is much bigger than the Moon, and Earth is also more reflective (with its clouds and oceans, it reflects more light than the dark Moon rocks). Earthlight on the Moon is much brighter than Moonlight on the Earth.
Credit: Jeff Silvis and David Palmer
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This is what’s left of the Range Control Center room at CCAFS inside building 1645. It’s been converted into a bar/museum, and still retains most of the original hardware used for some of the earliest rockets to be launched at the Cape.
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Arthur C. Clark’s Rendevous with Rama (cover)
