China's Chang'e 3

I was thinking about writing today's Post about that crazy  

New Hampshire 

political 

Primary 

which happened yesterday. 

But every time I write on how I feel about our choices for the 

Democratic 

and  

Republican 

nominations for the  

President of the United States, 

I loose readers. 

So, 

instead, 

I'm going to feature a subject close to my heart. 

Space exploration 

and everything that goes along with it. 

That's what is close to my heart. 

I'm not going to try to explain every rocket sent out into space, 

I just like this kind of stuff. 

Well, 

this month, 

the China National Space Administration released all of the images from their recent moon landing to the public. There are now hundreds and hundreds of never-before-seen true color, high definition photos of the lunar surface available for download. The images were taken a few years ago by cameras on the Chang’e 3 lander and Yutu rover. In December of 2013, China joined the ranks of Russia and the United States when they successfully soft-landed on the lunar surface, becoming the third country ever to accomplish this feat. What made China’s mission especially remarkable was that it was the first soft-landing on the moon in 37 years, since the Russians landed their Luna 24 probe back in 1976. Today, anyone can create a user account on China’s Science and Application Center for Moon and Deepspace Exploration website to download the pictures themselves. The process is a bit cumbersome and the connection to the website is spotty if you’re accessing it outside of China. Luckily, Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society spent the last week navigating the Chinese database and is currently hosting a suite of China’s lunar images on the Planetary Society Website.

What I find fascinating about this website is, 

right on the first page we have a picture of this guy;

Yes, 

the  

Science Guy 

is associated with the  

Planetary Society website!

This is,

There Are Hundreds Of Moon Photos To Choose From - That's Why Photos From Mars Are More Interesting - United States - Been There - Done That,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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