Monday, September 17, 2007

To the moon and back...

Yet another easy day at work after long time...time to fire up the browser for some surfing, today the journey was till moon :)

Started off by reading about old computer games that i enjoyed...found that there was a video made by Microsoft using Doom theme...

Check this site...
http://www.reelsplatter.com/doommedia.html

After that I spent next few hours surfing articles related to Moon missions...


This link will give a complete video of Apollo mission

http://sonicbomb.com/dmmvid.php?vid=43X9IGEtONhaw8GIf


Neil armstrong on moon...


Ever wondered how it feels to walk on the moon? Read the first person experience here

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/545
http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=4884951

And these must be the most isolated men in the universe..
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070916.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011002.html

Much energy was put into calling Apollo moon landing news a hoax. Read a detailed article here.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon_Landing_hoax_accusations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program_missing_tapes

Read about some efforts to take pictures of moon surface and testify
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/24/1037697982142.html

Also see this, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/21jul_llr.htm


While reading, I just thought for a while, lets keep aside the hazards in space, what it would really feel like being in space? imagine looking at the earth and moon, miles away from your home!