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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Michael Busch 14h ago

@sundogplanets

I would like to see the recordings of those flashes.

Because the cameras will tell between actual impact flashes and phosphenes from cosmic ray hits.

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Amin, minor deity of the legume realm 6h ago

@michael_w_busch @sundogplanets

Oh, wow, excellent point.

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Luke Drury

@amin @michael_w_busch @sundogplanets If they only saw them on the lunar surface, and not in the surrounding sky, that would support a meteor impact origin, but CR induced flashes in the eye are a known phenomenon.