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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 04:27, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
could anyone sort the table with missions? i think it should be in the chronological order. the date of landing could be added too..
It's actually only one picture, but maybe it could be incorporated into this article, none-the-less?:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/AofEphotos.html
Alternatively, the link might prove useful if someone ever tried to create a list of where all known moon rock specimines are... TerraFrost 23:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
The NASA Lunar Curator at Johnson Space Center, Dr. Gary Lofgren, should be a good contact in terms of getting pictures of moon rocks. Another source is the Public Affairs Officer at JSC. The operator number at JSC is (281) 483-0123. These pictures are usually given without any strings attached. I have used a few in articles I have written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain02 ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Current information here indic that among the thieves of the lunar samples from JSC, McWhorter is described as a NASA intern. Best information indic that he met Thad Roberts in Salt Lake City and (McWhorter)was never a NASA intern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.23.54.203 ( talk) 06:37, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
The BBC has an article at [1] - any suitable bad puns? Jackiespeel ( talk) 16:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
This was deleted from the talk page with no response--I was under the impression that statements on the talk page were not to be deleted unless with the contributing user's permission or if the statements are libelous or harassing in nature.
It seems like this article relies heavily on repeating information about the University of Phoenix's Moon Rock Program--any chance we could clean this up to be a little less repetitive? I understand that Gutheinz has the credentials to back up his research, but the article is starting to read like a propaganda piece for the university. Libbybees ( talk) 19:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
I am the person who has posted much of the theft page and I actually received input from Gutheinz, who I know, and a couple of his students in doing this. If it sounds like the University of Phoenix gets mentioned a lot, it is because they are the only institution where students have been hunting down moon rocks for 8 years, and finding them. Even NASA defers questions to Gutheinz and his students. There was actually a documentary that came out about their project on the BBC Two in England back in 2007.
I do repeat a couple of lines when I am introducing a moon rock a student investigated. The reason for this is when someone is interested in a particular state, I want to give the reader just enough information so that he does not have to hunt down the information elsewhere. I understand from Gutheinz that there is another major development coming, which I will post when it happens. Captain02 2 August 2010 (UTC)
It looks like this should be two articles to me: all the moon rock theft stuff could be split off to its own page? What do others think? -- stillnotelf is invisible 18:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
This article says:
Lunar water says:
Is there not some contradiction here? 86.128.4.93 ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
We collected rocks from the Moon because they could tell us a story. What did rocks tell us about how the moon was formed and evolved? In the article we have the story about how the rocks were collected, which is good. We lack the story about what we learned from those rocks.
Looking forward, when we return to the moon, how will moon rocks play into that future story? Are the rocks strong or weak, hard or soft, easy or hard to shape? Could we build structures out of moon rock? Can moon rocks be processed into other usable forms? Can oxygen be extracted from moon rocks?
All of which might merit a distinct article or articles, someday. At the very least a mention is appropriate here. We collected moon rocks to tell us a stories about the past and future. What stories did they tell us?
Along the same vein, the "Classification" section is nearly impenetrable. Too much "what" and not enough "why". Good to know what was found. Better if the article explained why each was interesting.
(How do we go about finding an expert on moon rock?) pbannister ( talk) 20:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the Soviet Union's attempts to send people to the Moon, I changed "due to failure to develop" the N1 rocket to "due to launch failures of" the N1 rocket, and JustinTime55 reverted saying "a rocket is not fully developed until it launches without blowing up." I would argue that the "failure to develop" wording is misleading, as readers would infer that the rocket was never completed. My version is less ambiguous. Perhaps we can agree an alternate wording if this is not satisfying to you either. — JFG talk 14:25, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 04:27, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
could anyone sort the table with missions? i think it should be in the chronological order. the date of landing could be added too..
It's actually only one picture, but maybe it could be incorporated into this article, none-the-less?:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/AofEphotos.html
Alternatively, the link might prove useful if someone ever tried to create a list of where all known moon rock specimines are... TerraFrost 23:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
The NASA Lunar Curator at Johnson Space Center, Dr. Gary Lofgren, should be a good contact in terms of getting pictures of moon rocks. Another source is the Public Affairs Officer at JSC. The operator number at JSC is (281) 483-0123. These pictures are usually given without any strings attached. I have used a few in articles I have written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain02 ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Current information here indic that among the thieves of the lunar samples from JSC, McWhorter is described as a NASA intern. Best information indic that he met Thad Roberts in Salt Lake City and (McWhorter)was never a NASA intern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.23.54.203 ( talk) 06:37, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
The BBC has an article at [1] - any suitable bad puns? Jackiespeel ( talk) 16:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
This was deleted from the talk page with no response--I was under the impression that statements on the talk page were not to be deleted unless with the contributing user's permission or if the statements are libelous or harassing in nature.
It seems like this article relies heavily on repeating information about the University of Phoenix's Moon Rock Program--any chance we could clean this up to be a little less repetitive? I understand that Gutheinz has the credentials to back up his research, but the article is starting to read like a propaganda piece for the university. Libbybees ( talk) 19:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
I am the person who has posted much of the theft page and I actually received input from Gutheinz, who I know, and a couple of his students in doing this. If it sounds like the University of Phoenix gets mentioned a lot, it is because they are the only institution where students have been hunting down moon rocks for 8 years, and finding them. Even NASA defers questions to Gutheinz and his students. There was actually a documentary that came out about their project on the BBC Two in England back in 2007.
I do repeat a couple of lines when I am introducing a moon rock a student investigated. The reason for this is when someone is interested in a particular state, I want to give the reader just enough information so that he does not have to hunt down the information elsewhere. I understand from Gutheinz that there is another major development coming, which I will post when it happens. Captain02 2 August 2010 (UTC)
It looks like this should be two articles to me: all the moon rock theft stuff could be split off to its own page? What do others think? -- stillnotelf is invisible 18:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
This article says:
Lunar water says:
Is there not some contradiction here? 86.128.4.93 ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
We collected rocks from the Moon because they could tell us a story. What did rocks tell us about how the moon was formed and evolved? In the article we have the story about how the rocks were collected, which is good. We lack the story about what we learned from those rocks.
Looking forward, when we return to the moon, how will moon rocks play into that future story? Are the rocks strong or weak, hard or soft, easy or hard to shape? Could we build structures out of moon rock? Can moon rocks be processed into other usable forms? Can oxygen be extracted from moon rocks?
All of which might merit a distinct article or articles, someday. At the very least a mention is appropriate here. We collected moon rocks to tell us a stories about the past and future. What stories did they tell us?
Along the same vein, the "Classification" section is nearly impenetrable. Too much "what" and not enough "why". Good to know what was found. Better if the article explained why each was interesting.
(How do we go about finding an expert on moon rock?) pbannister ( talk) 20:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the Soviet Union's attempts to send people to the Moon, I changed "due to failure to develop" the N1 rocket to "due to launch failures of" the N1 rocket, and JustinTime55 reverted saying "a rocket is not fully developed until it launches without blowing up." I would argue that the "failure to develop" wording is misleading, as readers would infer that the rocket was never completed. My version is less ambiguous. Perhaps we can agree an alternate wording if this is not satisfying to you either. — JFG talk 14:25, 4 February 2019 (UTC)