Newseum & NASA -- NASA Kicks Up Moon Dust (LCROSS):
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Guests: Lori B. Garver, Jim Garvin and Benjamin Neumann
Water on the moon? NASA recently found evidence of it. But is there more, and how much? That's what NASA hopes to find out on Oct. 9, 2009, when the space agency crashes a spacecraft into the lunar surface of earth's closest celestial neighbor.
The mission is called the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), and visitors can see it live on the Newseum's 40-foot high-definition media screen located in The New York Times—Ochs-Sulzberger Great Hall of News.
At approximately 7:25 a.m., the first satellite is scheduled to crash into the moon, creating a crater and a cloud of dust and debris that will rise above the lunar surface.
At 7:30 a.m., the second satellite will fly through the debris — analyzing it and the lunar surface to determine the presence of hydrated minerals and potentially water — before it impacts the moon.
Doors open to the public at 6:30 a.m. The program starts at 7 a.m. Participants include Lori B. Garver, NASA deputy administrator; Jim Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; and Benjamin Neumann, director of NASA's Advanced Capabilities Division. [Personally, I didn't see Lori Garver or Jim Garvin.]
The LCROSS mission lays the groundwork for future exploration of the moon. Water on the moon would have various uses for astronaut life support as they work on the moon.
The mission is dedicated to the memory of legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite, who covered the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and other memorable NASA events. Cronkite died July 17 at age 92. [Chip Cronkite, Walt's son, was present.]
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LCROSS_091009_008.JPG: Buzz Aldrin
LCROSS_091009_023.JPG: Buzz Aldrin
LCROSS_091009_099.JPG: Ken Paulson
LCROSS_091009_101.JPG: Paul Sparrow, Newseum Vice President/Broadcasting and Deputy Director
LCROSS_091009_109.JPG: Charles Bolden, NASA administrator
LCROSS_091009_157.JPG: Chip Cronkite
LCROSS_091009_172.JPG: Chip Cronkite
LCROSS_091009_181.JPG: Benjamin Neumann
LCROSS_091009_200.JPG: Douglas H. Young, Northrop Grumman vice president of space systems for its Integrated Systems sector and Crew Exploration Vehicle program manager
LCROSS_091009_294.JPG: Note the J. Edgar Hoover figure from Madame Tussaud's behind him.
LCROSS_091009_421.JPG: Ed Yarbrough, Ron Birk
LCROSS_091009_423.JPG: Joel Achenbach interviewing Benjamin Neumann, director of NASA's Advanced Capabilities Division.
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2005_VA_Aldrin_050921 Olsson's -- Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor ("Reaching for the Moon")
Bolden, Charles Jr. appears on:
2019_DC_Kalb_190415 NPC -- Kalb Report: "50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing" (w/Michael Collins)
2018_DC_Above_Beyond_180615 AFI Docs 2018 -- "Above And Beyond: NASA's Journey To Tomorrow" (w/Rory Kennedy, Charles Bolden, Ellen Stofan) @ National Air and Space Museum
2009 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs. I've also got a Nikon D90 and a newer Fuji -- the S200EHX -- both of which are nice but I still prefer the flexibility of the Fuji.
Trips this year:
Niagara Falls, NY,
New York City,
Civil War Trust conferences in Gettysburg, PA and Springfield, IL, and
my 4th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles, Yosemite, Death Valley, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, etc).
Ego strokes: I had a picture of a Lincoln-Obama cupcake sculpture published in Civil War Times and WUSA-9, the local CBS affiliate, ran a quick piece on me. A picture that I took at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium appeared in the National Archives' "Prologue" magazine. I became a volunteer with the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Number of photos taken this year: 417,000.
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