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Google Answering: Crew Positions, Gemini 8 and More

By Antonia ⋅ September 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

LLH.com answers the questions that people Google that lead to this blog. If we don’t think a question has been answered fully on the page the search lead to, we’ll answer it here for future reference. This edition includes searches on crew positions, Gemini 8 astronauts and perhaps our favourite Google search term ever used.

Google Answering: Radiation, Collins’ Space Suit and More

By Antonia ⋅ September 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A lot of people find this blog by typing questions and requesting information from Google and other search engines. Here’s a rundown, the first of a weekly series, through some of the more recent searches used to find this blog. These include details on Michael Collins’ space suit, a question about astronauts’ dying from radiation and photographs of Apollo 1′s memorial plaque(s) and of the crew praying.

LRO Pictures of Apollo 12 Landing Site (Ocean of Storms)

By Antonia ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Pictured: The Ocean of Storms, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Otherwise known as the landing site for Apollo 12. Scientific equipment, including the ALSEP, is obvious, as is the descent stage of the lunar module Intrepid. (To my untrained eye, Intrepid is very obviously shining, unlike anything else on the lunar surface). Note also the tracks in the dust.

Quote of A Lifetime: Al Bean vs. Bart Sibrel

By Antonia ⋅ August 4, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The whole idea behind the occasional quotes I post here was to shape the blog with some inspiring, creative words of the astronauts themselves. But actually? I shouldn’t have bothered. You see, last night I finally saw in its entirety the God-awful “documentary” Astronauts Gone Wild by Bart Sibrel. A truly atrocious piece of film [...]

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