Mastodawn

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116359971598652059

Spent all day driving through gorgeous mountains towards home, now trying to catch up on Artemis stuff so I can talk about it at stupid-o-clock in the morning on live Saskatchewan radio tomorrow morning (I'm baaack. Apparently).

Thanks to @AkaSci for a great summary of the closest approach!

The absolutely coolest detail (to me): the astronauts could SEE flashes from meteors hitting the surface?!! From 4,000km away?! (And they want to build a moon base???) Lots to think about, wow.

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Howard Chu @ Symas

@sundogplanets @AkaSci yeah, when a body's surface is so completely covered with impact craters it does make you wonder about the wisdom of trying to build anything there. But I guess, if you can date the craters' ages and the average is thousands to millions of years old, maybe the odds are in your favor?