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China's Chang'e 3 Lander and Yutu Rover Camera Data Released
AmiMoJo writes: Detailed high resolution images from the recent Chinese moon mission have been released. Links to the original Chinese sites hosting the images are available, but Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society has kindly organized them in English. Images show the lander, the rover and the surface of the earth. An interactive map is also available, built from data collected by the mission.
Images show the lander, the rover and the surface of the earth.
The point of faking a moon landing is to hide the fact that you never made it there.
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It is good to see the fascination with footprints on extraterrestrial soil crosses cultural lines.
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The money is being spent feeding scientists and engineers, and all the people from whom they buy things.
Sure, we've taken a limited amount of material entirely out of Earth's biosphere. But I understand that lunar landers are typically pretty tough and tasteless, no matter how you prepare them.
according to the wingnut con theorists, the Americans were kicked off the moon by the aliens that were already there...
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who believes they are not effected by her alternating magnetic resonance?
[raises hand]
I'd certainly grant that my life is affected by the Moon's gravitational effects, but its magnetic effects are pretty tiny, and I can't see how one would consider them "resonance".
As for being effected -- no, I'm pretty sure I was effected by much more down-to-earth influences. Okay, maybe strong tides were a necessary condition for life to arise on Earth, so perhaps we were "effected" by the Moon's gravity, too. But not magnetism.
i certainly am not effected by alternating magnetic resonance, lunar or otherwise. I am affected by all kinds of things, though, including what I ate this morning
Those millions of dollars spent researching moon rocks would be much better spent feeding the starving people on planet earth.
The millions of dollars spent paving your country's roads would also be better spent feeding the starving people. And the million spent in movies, sports or producing reality shows.
Why is it always science that has to justify its usefulness for the good of humanity compared to feeding the poor? Why not every other human venture, of which the immense majority add a minuscule value compared to space exploration?
what does it mean to publish? Certainly, google translate *transforms* text, but it is only doing a transformation, it is neither "publishing" nor is it "making available". If google translate made available a document that was not otherwise available then that would amount to publishing. What they do is not publishing.
Although some authors try, they have no legal grounds for dictating how something they publish is consumed. For example, I might read a book in a silly voice. This definitely offends some overly sensitive authors, but they have no legal grounds for preventing me from doing so. A translation is, in a legal sense, a mechanical transformation. Its purpose is to not alter, but rather preserve, meaning and intent. It does not creatively alter the original and so is less affecting than reading a book in a silly voice. Historically, "translation" has gone hand-in-hand with publication -- after all, why would someone go to the effort of translating a work without securing the right to publish it and benefit from those sales?
When you say "how can this [tool] exist" you only specify google tools. If you are intending to refer to the blog posting then if the images are in fact copyrighted then it would be up to the copyright holder to take legal action to enforce their rights. They are under no obligation to do so, much less any other entity.
You are also assuming that everything is "protected" by copyright, but this is not the case. There's this thing called "the public domain". Now, true, it is small and growing only ever so slowly, but it does exist. In particular, in the US if the government produces something on the public dime then it is in the public domain. Well, I suppose it can get complicated, but that is a basic premise. And, while credits are listed for photographs in the blog post, there is no indication of copyright. That does not mean the photos are not copyrighted, but it does provide anyone offended by their republication the opportunity to notify the creator.
In short: not everything is under copyright "protection" and for those that are the "protection" largely consists of publication and redistribution (the right to copy), not for how it is presented (whether that is read in a silly voice or something else).
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The surface of the Earth ? I can see that out my window! Why send a rover to the Moon?
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The files reposted on the blog are under copyright. Following the source links on the blog indicates "The service agreement states that you can use the files as long as the purpose is for research or education and is non-commercial." Now what "non-commercial" means and if it applies to a private blog is another question.
Google Translate does not merely "transform" text. It "translates" works, thus the name Google "Translate". The argument relating to the word "transform" and its definition is changing the subject of the question. Given your statement that publishing is "making available" the translation, then Google Translate tool is certainly "making available" a translated works.
You are right in that it is up to the copyright owner to enforce their rights, and you are right about works in the public domain. I am taking as the answer to the question to be at this point no one has challenged the legality of either the blog or Google Translate in court and that is why they exist.
Why bother? All you need is some Portland cement, black/grey backgrounds and a really bright light. I'm sure the Chinese can come up with that stuff.
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In the "Tracks in the Regolith" image, there are yellow streaks in the tire tracks that look like artifacts from color correction or brightness (over-) enhancement.
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" But I understand that lunar landers are typically pretty tough and tasteless, no matter how you prepare them."
But what the hipsters hate is that if you boil them first, they still taste better than kale.
How come these pictures look so good, but everything we see from NASA looks like it was taken with a 1968 camera?