Bad Astronomy

The past and future Moon

For some reason, Boston.com has been putting gorgeous, hi-res images online from various subjects. Their latest is a series of pix from Apollo as well as NASA’s testing of future lunar vehicles. The pictures are splashy and beautiful!

My favorite is this one:

I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the anonymous visor, or the cheap camera tied with string around the surrogate astronaut’s neck. I dunno, but it’s still really cool.

Tip o’ the anonymous spacesuit visor to the many folks who sent this to me!