JAXA/SELENE final approach to lunar impact...in HD!!!

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[Peter J Poole]

Pretty damn cool!

Out of interest, how much general coverage is this getting in the US?

Cause it's getting sod all in the UK.

Cheers.

[_OM_]

Pretty damn cool!

Out of interest, how much general coverage is this getting in the US?

Cause it's getting sod all in the UK.

...It got none, mostly because of all the bullshit coverage of Jacko's EPIC FAIL coming on the heels of Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett's going on the long dirt nap. From what we've been able to gather, tho, JAXA apparently either lost transmission or shut things off about 15 seconds before actual impact, supposedly because the delay time between taking a frame at HD and getting it back to Earth takes about 20 seconds total. Ergo, the clip ends at the last point where data would have time to be processed and sent back.

[Peter J Poole]

Thanks...

Never a resurgance of national pride and reinvestment in "getting out there" when we need one, is there...

Cheers.