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Elementary School Kids Explore the Moon At Close Range

Posted by samzenpus on from the permission-and-release-form dept.

sighted writes "The twin robotic spacecraft that make up the new GRAIL mission to map the moon's gravity include small cameras in addition to their primary scientific instruments. The first images from those cameras, as selected by school kids, were downlinked to Earth on March 20. 'MoonKAM is based on the premise that if your average picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture from lunar orbit may be worth a classroom full of engineering and science degrees,' said Maria Zuber, GRAIL mission principal investigator."

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  1. A thousand words by ringman8567 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every time I see a picture is worth a thousand words I ask myself which takes up more disc space?

  2. Re:Some background material by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In TFA, it was stated that

    "based on the premise that if your average picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture from lunar orbit may be worth a classroom full of engineering and science degrees,' said Maria Zuber, GRAIL mission principal investigator"

    I am trying not to rain on their parade, but ...

    Based on the societal structure now, wall street bankers, stock brokers and all those who work in financial industries are raking in multi-Giga-bucks

    On the other hand, how much are engineers, principal investigators, scientists making?

    And based on the social pecking order --- the engineers, scientists, principal investigators have to kow tow to those with $$$

    Let's face it: Science and Engineering aren't hot anymore

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
  3. How they gettin' back? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on.

    Everyone knows a kid or ten they'd like to put into lunar orbit.