anyone interested in Apollo or space in general has to check out this book - made from FIRST GENERATION negatives 34 bucks from amazon. beautiful coffee table book.<a class="user" href="http://www.michaellight.net/workFullMoon.html#" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaellight.net/workFullMoon.html#</a>FULL MOON has used the latest in electronic techniques to obtain the highest quality photographic reproduction possible, resulting in a major advance over past NASA procedures for providing imagery to the public. When the Apollo missions returned to Earth, the Agency duplicated the fragile and precious original film once before putting it into cold storage. These "master dupes" were then used to make succeeding copies when an image request was received. In the past, the masters were never allowed out of NASA's possession, so publishers and exhibitors have had to make do with fourth and fifth-generation duplicates, resulting in image deterioration and substantial loss of information with each succeeding generation.By negotiating permission from NASA to take the masters offsite and digitally scan them at film resolution, FULL MOON has circumvented this unfortunate procedure. The advent of digital imaging has made it possible to "clone" rather than "reproduce" an image, avoiding the addition of successive generations and thus keeping far more visual information intact. Application of digital technology at the source also allows extremely subtle control of color balance, contrast and density in ways that far surpass conventional analog darkroom techniques, as well as the ability to delicately composite separate images into panoramas.
It isn't that the spirit has been lost. Jules0's post hold the clue. He said the engineers got a blank check. Right now, we can't afford to give a blank check to anybody.Apollo was monstrously expensive. If you proposed a program of comparable adjusted cost today without telling people what it was for, all kinds of people who normally say "go space!" would rally against the massive cost as if they were Teabaggers.Oh, and Pixelante, your last sentence about this generation is totally out of line. What you said is said about every generation going back to Plato's time. We are living in a time when innovation and interesting ideas are proliferating at an unheard-of rate, it just doesn't go up like a Roman candle for all to see but it happens every time someone puts out an app or web site that makes people go "Wow, I never thought of that..." Look around you, see the transformations occurring that are driven by the young. This is as revolutionary a time as ever.
milkmageApr 16, 2010
anyone interested in Apollo or space in general has to check out this book - made from FIRST GENERATION negatives 34 bucks from amazon. beautiful coffee table book.<a class="user" href="http://www.michaellight.net/workFullMoon.html#" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaellight.net/workFullMoon.html#</a>FULL MOON has used the latest in electronic techniques to obtain the highest quality photographic reproduction possible, resulting in a major advance over past NASA procedures for providing imagery to the public. When the Apollo missions returned to Earth, the Agency duplicated the fragile and precious original film once before putting it into cold storage. These "master dupes" were then used to make succeeding copies when an image request was received. In the past, the masters were never allowed out of NASA's possession, so publishers and exhibitors have had to make do with fourth and fifth-generation duplicates, resulting in image deterioration and substantial loss of information with each succeeding generation.By negotiating permission from NASA to take the masters offsite and digitally scan them at film resolution, FULL MOON has circumvented this unfortunate procedure. The advent of digital imaging has made it possible to "clone" rather than "reproduce" an image, avoiding the addition of successive generations and thus keeping far more visual information intact. Application of digital technology at the source also allows extremely subtle control of color balance, contrast and density in ways that far surpass conventional analog darkroom techniques, as well as the ability to delicately composite separate images into panoramas.
milkmageApr 16, 2010
don't they have one of the thrust cones at the Smithsonian?
navicertsApr 16, 2010
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bosskeyApr 16, 2010
It's kind of screwy that they say "16mm HD"
bosskeyApr 16, 2010
It isn't that the spirit has been lost. Jules0's post hold the clue. He said the engineers got a blank check. Right now, we can't afford to give a blank check to anybody.Apollo was monstrously expensive. If you proposed a program of comparable adjusted cost today without telling people what it was for, all kinds of people who normally say "go space!" would rally against the massive cost as if they were Teabaggers.Oh, and Pixelante, your last sentence about this generation is totally out of line. What you said is said about every generation going back to Plato's time. We are living in a time when innovation and interesting ideas are proliferating at an unheard-of rate, it just doesn't go up like a Roman candle for all to see but it happens every time someone puts out an app or web site that makes people go "Wow, I never thought of that..." Look around you, see the transformations occurring that are driven by the young. This is as revolutionary a time as ever.
antdudeApr 16, 2010Submitter
Thank you, MrLost117!
fuzzytankApr 16, 2010
commenting for later research.
m3dosApr 17, 2010
Right around 2:09.. look how insanely fast s**t is coming out of the nozzle