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| − | <em>image by [mailto:rosen@pixmix.a.se Peter Rosén]</em><br /> | + | <em>image by [mailto:rosen@pixmix.a.se" rel="nofollow Peter Rosén]</em><br /> |
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| − | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: sans-serif;">Gonsales</span> reached the Moon in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Godwin_man_in_the_moone_first_edition.jpg basket] carried by geese. Baron von Munchausen used a [http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/gustave-dore/a-voyage-to-the-moon#supersized-artistPaintings-201372 sailing ship]for his attempt. And more geese are currently [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/April+1%2C+2012 in training] for their upcoming Moon voyage. Here is documentation of a less well known effort that tragically failed, having overshot the Moon. The six person crew - including the first woman to attempt a Moon mission - frantically looks down towards Earth for help that can not come. Apparently their balloon contained too much gas, and even their emergency releases of some - pink cloud - could not bring them down to the level of the Moon. When last seen they had just passed Neptune and were hoping to reach Pluto before New Horizons. <br /> | + | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: sans-serif;">Gonsales</span> reached the Moon in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Godwin_man_in_the_moone_first_edition.jpg" rel="nofollow basket] carried by geese. Baron von Munchausen used a [http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/gustave-dore/a-voyage-to-the-moon#supersized-artistPaintings-201372" rel="nofollow sailing ship]for his attempt. And more geese are currently [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/April+1%2C+2012 in training] for their upcoming Moon voyage. Here is documentation of a less well known effort that tragically failed, having overshot the Moon. The six person crew - including the first woman to attempt a Moon mission - frantically looks down towards Earth for help that can not come. Apparently their balloon contained too much gas, and even their emergency releases of some - pink cloud - could not bring them down to the level of the Moon. When last seen they had just passed Neptune and were hoping to reach Pluto before New Horizons. <br /> |
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| − | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood]</em><br /> |
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<strong>Technical Details</strong><br /> | <strong>Technical Details</strong><br /> | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 4 January 2015
Interplanetary Ballooning
image by " rel="nofollow Peter Rosén
Gonsales reached the Moon in a " rel="nofollow basket carried by geese. Baron von Munchausen used a " rel="nofollow sailing shipfor his attempt. And more geese are currently in training for their upcoming Moon voyage. Here is documentation of a less well known effort that tragically failed, having overshot the Moon. The six person crew - including the first woman to attempt a Moon mission - frantically looks down towards Earth for help that can not come. Apparently their balloon contained too much gas, and even their emergency releases of some - pink cloud - could not bring them down to the level of the Moon. When last seen they had just passed Neptune and were hoping to reach Pluto before New Horizons.
" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood
Technical Details
14 June, 2008. Canon Eos 40D with a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM at 200 mm
