Comments on: Launch Images from LRO/LCROSS Successfull Liftoff

By: Global for me

Global for me — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:26:38 +0000

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By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:40:36 +0000

Just glad to see these these 2 lunar probes finally get off the ground as this means the adventure has only just begun

By: Torbjorn Larsson OM

Torbjorn Larsson OM — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:53:21 +0000

Back to The Future!

No, really, good start, and congrats, or as we say today here in Sweden, between the many rounds of vodka shots and pickled herrings (and blogs, apparently ): "God Midsommar(afton)" (Good Midsummer (Eve)).

Btw, I'm amazed of the amount of expensive ice that people find they want to lug into space. Are deicing techniques really so heavy/even more expensive, wow.

By: Manu

Manu — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:14:23 +0000

Well I might have been wrong up there, sorry.
I'm no longer sure a fish-eye lens was used during the main part of the video (which I had not seen before), but then that rocket side is really flat?
However it was a fish-eye that shot the fairing separation, the distortion is obvious with inverted Earth curvature.

By: Feenixx

Feenixx — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:34:06 +0000

This is possibly the most "aesthetic" launch of anything I saw on video. It looked so cool, so perfect… almost as if it was "faked" using CG

Let's hope it's a "sign" for a successful mission.

By: Manu

Manu — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:46:39 +0000

'The curvature of Earth': you mean, fish-eye lens distortion!
Also accounting for the apparently 'flat' rocket side.

By: tegwilym

tegwilym — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:41:22 +0000

I can't wait to see the images of the old Apollo landing sites!