- Herbert
- uploaded: Dec 6, 2008
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The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched KAGUYA (SELENE) on September 14, 2007 from Tanegashima Space Center.
Shown here is the first ever high-definition video of the Moon\'s surface, which was filmed by the probe in November. You can see the Earth rising about midway through the film.
The major objectives of this mission are to obtain scientific data of the lunar origin and its evolution, and to develop the technology for future exploration.
\"KAGUYA\" consists of a main orbiting satellite at about 100km altitude and two smaller satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in polar orbit.
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6 comments
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Unida December 7, 2008 2:08:41 PM CET
1) Contrast and brightness is adjusted for the surface of the moon so stars might not be visible2) It\'s obviously compressed for internet streaming3) If you read this press release http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/11/20071113_kaguya_e.html you will realize that this is taken from the real HD footage.
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Drjak December 7, 2008 1:15:33 PM CET
fake it might be but where are the stars on the appolo photos?not one photo has a star in it. and yes you can see stars in space what do you think hubble is doing.but you are right about the vid being crap lol
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Peppami December 7, 2008 8:36:55 AM CET
Stars? You can\'t see star in space.
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3starmark December 7, 2008 6:20:01 AM CET
So fake... Were are the stars on the backgrond? U remember China\'s buble spacewalk? What is Japan doing? Is India next? One big happy spacefamily..
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Bobbyinedmonton December 7, 2008 3:52:18 AM CET
Could you please take HD out of your title.This isn\'t High Definition if you didn\'t notice.
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Alexrubic December 7, 2008 12:19:30 AM CET
Looked fake to me - like a \'silly putty\' model. Only the last few seconds of footage looked remotely like the moon as photographed by the Apollo missions. Which means, if this latest footage is genuinely of our moon, then the NASA stuff is definitely fake!
