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Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon

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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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June 29th, 2009     Categories: Great Stuff    
  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bruce2096 Bruce

    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.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/charlieok39431 charlieok

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

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bfeld Brad Feld

    Wow!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/luca8090 Luca

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

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/bfeld Brad Feld

      I tend to get the two confused.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/herb_morrea3697 Herb Morreale

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

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