2020-10-06

astr-1101

• Apollo Missions presentation
  • Goal --> humans on the Moon
  • JFK speech
  • NASA went from fire/death --> boots on the Moon in 2 years
  • Took 8 years to land on the Moon
  • Missions
    • Apollo 1
      • Flash fire in the launch capsule
      • All 3 astronauts died
      • Almost shut down the Space Exploration Program
    • Apollo 2 & 3
      • Cancelled
      • Not useful enough for the cost
      • Became unmanned tests of the Saturn V rocket
      • Launched before Apollo 1
    • Apollo 5
      • Included Lunar Module
    • Apollo 6
      • Final unmanned Saturn V launch to verify safety
    • Apollo 7
      • First manned mission
      • Significant amount of unused equipment
      • Orbited lower Earth
      • Windows would fog up a lot
    • Apollo 8
      • First manned mission to orbit the Moon
      • First humans to ever see the far side of the Moon
    • Apollo 9
      • Test to see if the lunar module could land on the moon
      • Took place in Earth's orbit
    • Apollo 10
      • Dress rehearsal --> tested all elements of a moon landing while orbiting the moon
      • Tested all components required for Apollo 11
    • Apollo 11
      • First landing on the Moon
      • Big leap for NASA and the USA; the space race was won
    • Apollo 12
      • Second manned landing on the Moon
      • Retrieved remains of Surveyor III
    • Apollo 13
      • Supposed to be another manned landing on the Moon
      • Oxygen tank exploded in space so they couldn't land
      • Great podcast detailing the mission
    • Apollo 14
      • Spent two days on the surface of the Moon
      • Landed in the lunar highlands
    • Apollo 15
      • First three day stay on the Moon
      • First usage of Lunar Rover
    • Apollo 16
      • Landed in the lunar highlands again
      • Picked up more scientific studies
    • Apollo 17
      • Last lunar mission
      • Three days on the Moon
• Arecibo Observatory & The Very Large Array
  • VLA
    • Constructed in 7 years
      • 1973 - 1980
    • San Agustin in central New Mexico
    • 28 25m radio telescopes
    • Used to communicate with Voyager 2 as it flew by Neptune
    • NRAO VLA Sky Survey
      • Astronomical survey of Northern Hemisphere
      • Everything north of -40˚
    • Used by SETI to search for extra terrestrial life
  • Arecibo Observatory
    • Constructed in the 1960s
    • Used for searching for intelligent life
    • SETI and METI
      • Are we alone in the Universe?
    • Arecibo Message
      • Sent in 1974
      • Sent towards Messiar 13
• Interactive physics simulations