Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon

I was pondering what a tiny part of the universe we are on my ride this morning into Boulder from Keystone.  The first hour of my drive was extraordinary as the sun came up over the Rocky Mountains and I cruised down I-70 at a high rate of speed in the bat mobile.

I had another reminder of this as I cruised through my Daily folder.  The Astronomy Picture of the Day has been delighting me every day since I started looking at it a few weeks ago.  Today’s is a movie of Japan’s Kaguya spacecraft’s last moments.

Kaguya crashed into the Moon last week as planned.  Amazing.  We are small.

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6 Comments on “Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon”

  • Bruce June 29th, 2009 2:22 pm

    given your recent interest in apod, you might be interested in the lightcone rss feed.

    essentially, if a cone of light starting spreading outward from the earth on your date of birth, it delivers a real time feed of what your cone is encountering on its travels.

    http://interconnected.org/home/more/lightcone/

    it'll help make you feel small if nothing else.

  • Brad Feld June 29th, 2009 2:26 pm

    Wow!

  • Luca June 29th, 2009 3:39 pm

    Batmobile? I thought you took the bullet train this morning…

  • Brad Feld June 29th, 2009 4:37 pm

    I tend to get the two confused.

  • charlieok June 29th, 2009 6:54 pm

    That's awesome. Looks like it doesn't work for people over 50 though :)

  • Herb Morreale July 1st, 2009 4:54 pm

    did you see the little person waving at the spacecraft as it went by?

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Hi, I'm Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group who lives in Boulder, Colorado. I invest in software and Internet companies around the US, run marathons and read a lot.