That’s No Moon

6 responses to “That’s No Moon”

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   Todd Huffman

   Apr 6, 2009 at 4:28 am

   It is the time you have spent with your rose that makes your rose so important.

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   P^2 – Paul

   Apr 6, 2009 at 11:52 am

   Warp effect: accidental streak camera?
   video frame grab
   progressive readout
   rapid pitch or roll of the rocket during the frame acquisition

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   jurvetson

   Apr 6, 2009 at 3:48 pm

   nhr – heh, at least I got the tag right… thanks.

   Bingo P^2: I’ll post the video soon, but you are spot on. It was a hyper roll return to Earth. Lacking a shutter, the raster frame readout suffers from motion effect. I am used to seeing angular shifts (in passing vehicles), but not rotary.

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   nhr

   Apr 6, 2009 at 4:22 pm

   > It is the time you have spent with your rose that makes your rose so important.

   Heresy ! We have a genetically-given right to flit from rose to rose to check which one provides the best fit 😉

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   P^2 – Paul

   Apr 6, 2009 at 5:18 pm

   Cool. And a naive first approximation would estimate about a 90 degree roll in a (presumed) 33 ms frame period, for a 450 rpm spiral. With that kind of gyrostabilization going on, I can’t imaging there’s much pitch happening.

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6. 

   snow wolf1

   Sep 13, 2009 at 5:28 pm

   just a brillant picture

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