Comments on: Smallsteps Wallpaper: Lunar Orbiter 1 http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/ Imaging the bodies of our Solar Sysytem Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: thomas http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-4934 thomas Sun, 03 May 2009 11:38:06 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-4934 That is pretty excellent. Nice having a personal relationship with this material. I think the old images with all their imperfections are beautiful. That is pretty excellent. Nice having a personal relationship with this material. I think the old images with all their imperfections are beautiful.

]]> By: Mitch Hemphill http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-4932 Mitch Hemphill Fri, 01 May 2009 17:44:12 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-4932 Hello, My Father is William Bruce Hemphill Jr. He was flying the Pitch and Yaw of the Lunar Orbiter at JPL when the first picture of the earth from deep space was taken. At the time he was working for Boeing in Renton Washington. He had to drive to JPL in Southern california A lot when I was in grade school. he is 70 now, I belive that he still has one of the orignal photos of this shot. Mitch Hemphill Hello,
My Father is William Bruce Hemphill Jr.
He was flying the Pitch and Yaw of the Lunar Orbiter at JPL when the first picture of the earth from deep space was taken. At the time he was working for Boeing in Renton Washington. He had to drive to JPL in Southern california A lot when I was in grade school.
he is 70 now, I belive that he still has one of the orignal photos of this shot.
Mitch Hemphill

]]> By: thomas http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-1407 thomas Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:22:02 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-1407 yeah, i get that… but i think it would be partial at best, and only at a spot where the Earth was almost already on the horizon. yeah, i get that… but i think it would be partial at best, and only at a spot where the Earth was almost already on the horizon.

]]> By: Bill http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-1406 Bill Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:55:11 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-1406 Earthrise could be seen from a range of locations around the moon's earth-terminator due to the moon's libration. It would be slow and perhaps partial. Earthrise could be seen from a range of locations around the moon’s earth-terminator due to the moon’s libration. It would be slow and perhaps partial.

]]> By: thomas http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-1405 thomas Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:15:02 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-1405 ah, you just like that i linked to you. word. ah, you just like that i linked to you.

word.

]]> By: Bill http://wanderingspace.net/2007/11/smallsteps-wallpaper-lunar-orbiter-1/#comment-1404 Bill Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:19:25 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=583#comment-1404 Really gorgeous work. Really gorgeous work.

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