moon

Forum discussion tagged with moon.
  1. Z

    Instead of using SpaceX rocket to crash the ISS back to earth, why not move it to the moon and soft land it.

    Why not move the ISS to the moon instead of crashing it to the earth. ISS can be used for an emergency center for astronauts as well as a remote location for moon studies Do the same with hubble telescope when it is time to retire it. With Hubble soft landed on the moon, it can easily function...
  2. D

    A Straight Line on the Moon

    I take photos of the Moon semi-regularly, with just an APSC DSLR and only 420mm of lens focal length to play with. Early this morning as I was preparing to leave my night job, I noticed that the clouds had parted and a nice Moon was out, fairly low in the sky. So, I quickly prepared my camera...
  3. Casual Spaceman

    The moon's surface temperatures

    Hi I understand that temperatures can vary significantly between lunar night and lunar daylight but my question is this. Because of the absence of convection of thermal energy due to the lack of atmosphere does that mean the lunar surface temperatures during the first hours of a Lunar Morning...
  4. simmisj

    Determining (calculating) when the moon is in a certain window of the sky.

    I have a telescope that I use to look at the moon. My telescope is on my balcony which has a specific view of the sky in a certain direction. I rarely find myself using it since it is a matter of luck if I have the time, decide to try to use it, and if the moon is actually visible at that...
  5. R

    Is it possible that tidal bulge (by Moon/Sun) is just a increase in the volume of ocean water?

    I got an idea that Moon/Sun causes solid earth's volume change(by distorting Earth's spherical shape). Is it possible that ocean water volume increases due to gravitational pull by Moon/Sun? Also, due to this eccentric change, Earth's rotation gets unbalanced, So it tries to get balanced by...
  6. Cassini120

    Solar eclipse tourism problems

    Hello, I was wondering about following questions. Imagine that Moon tourism is already started and there would be special solar eclipse trips to Moon. Those trips would occur when there is lunar eclipse on Earth and thus solar eclipse on Moon. Maybe my question is unusual. But I was wondering...