Comments on: 1966: The (Real) First Moon Landing http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/ AirSpaceMag.com Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex B. http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-15418 Alex B. Tue, 14 May 2013 05:43:02 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-15418 Why don't we see any new pictures of Surveyor 1 taken by the Hubble telescope? The images should be crystal clear from it's altitude. I would also love to see a picture of our USA "Flag" on the moon too. It's been a long time coming, and I mean a picture that we can actually make out. Maybe this already exists. I would love to know about it. Alex Why don’t we see any new pictures of Surveyor 1 taken by the Hubble telescope? The images should be crystal clear from it’s altitude.

I would also love to see a picture of our USA “Flag” on the moon too. It’s been a long time coming, and I mean a picture that we can actually make out.

Maybe this already exists. I would love to know about it.

Alex

]]> By: 71% Think a Humans Will Land on Mars Within 20 Years | Independent News Hub http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-15195 71% Think a Humans Will Land on Mars Within 20 Years | Independent News Hub Thu, 02 May 2013 15:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-15195 [...] More than two-thirds of Americans believe human beings will step on the surface of Mars by the year 2033, according to a survey published today by a non-profit group “committed to advancing the cause for human exploration of Mars.” The survey acknowledged the first question anyone has about human missions to the Red Planet: how, precisely, are we going to pay for it? To address that concern, 75 percent of Americans endorsed allocating 1 percent of the federal budget to NASA. This is not as big as it might sound: NASA currently draws a little less than half of a percent of the budget, but accounted for 4.41 percent of the budget in 1966 when Surveyor 1 landed on the Earth’s moon. [...] [...] More than two-thirds of Americans believe human beings will step on the surface of Mars by the year 2033, according to a survey published today by a non-profit group “committed to advancing the cause for human exploration of Mars.” The survey acknowledged the first question anyone has about human missions to the Red Planet: how, precisely, are we going to pay for it? To address that concern, 75 percent of Americans endorsed allocating 1 percent of the federal budget to NASA. This is not as big as it might sound: NASA currently draws a little less than half of a percent of the budget, but accounted for 4.41 percent of the budget in 1966 when Surveyor 1 landed on the Earth’s moon. [...]

]]> By: David Faust http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 David Faust Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:06:59 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-7132 My father, Eldon W. Faust; was with Reaction Motors in Denville N.J. They built the venier engines. Those were 'throtable" engines like the big ones they built for the X-15. My dad was on that one too! Our family spent a couple of years at Alamogordo N.M. where the rocket tests were conducted at Holloman AFB for the Surveyor. As per your article states many people did not believe that they woud all work. On the late night when the Surveyor landed we were yelling to my dad to come in and watch the landing on TV. He yelled from my parents bedroom. "Don't worry the first couple are going to crash". You should have seen his face when he came in to see that it was a sucess. My father, Eldon W. Faust; was with Reaction Motors in Denville N.J. They built the venier engines. Those were ‘throtable” engines like the big ones they built for the X-15. My dad was on that one too!
Our family spent a couple of years at Alamogordo N.M. where the rocket tests were conducted at Holloman AFB for the Surveyor. As per your article states many people did not believe that they woud all work. On the late night when the Surveyor landed we were yelling to my dad to come in and watch the landing on TV. He yelled from my parents bedroom. “Don’t worry the first couple are going to crash”. You should have seen his face when he came in to see that it was a sucess.

]]> By: Parks Squyres http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Parks Squyres Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:05:23 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-535 I was also a member of the Surveyor team at JPL and worked with Justin Rennilson. The success of Surveyor one produced a lot of national pride at that time. It was wonderful to see that the spacecraft did not sink into 40 feet of dust as some had predicted. The first photo showed a clear image of the footpad and photometric calibration target. I was also a member of the Surveyor team at JPL and worked with Justin Rennilson. The success of Surveyor one produced a lot of national pride at that time. It was wonderful to see that the spacecraft did not sink into 40 feet of dust as some had predicted. The first photo showed a clear image of the footpad and photometric calibration target.

]]> By: Justin Rennilson http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Justin Rennilson Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-442 The Surveyor Program had many firsts, eight of which I can briefly tell. 1. The first color solar eclipse by the earth from the moon (lunar eclipse from us). 2.First color photos of the earth from the moon about 4 months after the lunar orbiter B/W ones. 3, First photometry and polarimetry of the earth in the first quadrature indicating later sea-state measurements using polarimetry. 4. First photo of a stellar constellation (Orion) from the moon. 5. First detection of laser beams from earth later used in the retroreflectors put down by the astronauts, 6. First observation of the F-Corona merging into the zodiacal light from the moon. 7. First close-up photometry of the lunar surface. 8. First proof of lunar transport of the regolith after sunset by electrostatic means continuing in NASA's Heliophysics Science and the moon committee for future missions. I was a member of the science team. The Surveyor Program had many firsts, eight of which I can briefly tell. 1. The first color solar eclipse by the earth from the moon (lunar eclipse from us). 2.First color photos of the earth from the moon about 4 months after the lunar orbiter B/W ones. 3, First photometry and polarimetry of the earth in the first quadrature indicating later sea-state measurements using polarimetry. 4. First photo of a stellar constellation (Orion) from the moon. 5. First detection of laser beams from earth later used in the retroreflectors put down by the astronauts, 6. First observation of the F-Corona merging into the zodiacal light from the moon. 7. First close-up photometry of the lunar surface. 8. First proof of lunar transport of the regolith after sunset by electrostatic means continuing in NASA’s Heliophysics Science and the moon committee for future missions.
I was a member of the science team.

]]> By: John Schuster http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-439 John Schuster Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:37 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-439 I remember being very curious and excited about this landing. The pictures stirred a sense of national pride that I saw reflected in others outside of the aerospace community. I remember being very curious and excited about this landing. The pictures stirred a sense of national pride that I saw reflected in others outside of the aerospace community.

]]> By: David Richardson http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/10/1966-the-real-first-moon-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-413 David Richardson Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:47:13 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=2976#comment-413 I recall seeing the images sent back from Surveyor. It seemed unreal to me that we were seeing actual images from the surface of the moon, even though my older brother and both my parents were working in the Space Program out at the Cape and MILA. My father in particular was very excited, because he was working for Grumman on the Lunar lander project, and he felt this proved that a manned landing on the Moon was entirely feasible. I recall seeing the images sent back from Surveyor. It seemed unreal to me that we were seeing actual images from the surface of the moon, even though my older brother and both my parents were working in the Space Program out at the Cape and MILA. My father in particular was very excited, because he was working for Grumman on the Lunar lander project, and he felt this proved that a manned landing on the Moon was entirely feasible.

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