It's just after 3. Anyone up and watching the NASA coverage? patrick On 22 Jun 2009, at 16:02, Canopus56 wrote:
Patrick wrote:
Thanks for the heads up Kurt. In addition to the webcast the event will also be covered live on NASA- TV (Dish Network channel 213): http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html
Although this is all way past my bedtime, the NASA TV schedule lists beginning at 5am EDT (3am MDT) to 6:30am EDT (4:30am MDT) the LRO lunar orbit _insertion_ - which, if the cameras are on - should be pretty spectacular. The broadcast I listed is for the LCROSS gravity assist lunar _flyby_ beginning at 5:20 PDT (4:20am MDT). I don't see the LCROSS flyby on the NASA-TV schedule.
For you true insomnic TV-techno junkies on the list, you can have your dish HD-TV playing the LRO orbital insertion on one screen and the LCROSS lunar flyby on your hi-speed internet connection.
Way-too complicated for me and way too early - but it is a once-in-a- lifetime broadcast. Now if we can just bring back Walter Cronkite one last time to call the play-by-play before he passes on. -:)
- Kurt