I know nothing about this so it is purely speculation, but my first thought would be that it simply wouldn’t work.
But from a purely mathematical standpoint, the gps receiver would probably be able to see the satellites just fine, so assuming that worked, it could triangulate its position as the point on earth closest to them (the middle of the globe from their perspective), and then just give them an extremely high altitude.
That said, I know consumer technology (I believe they are using an iPhone) automatically turns off gps if it detects you are flying at a high enough speed, to prevent you from using it to guide a missile.
The "download" buttons link to images that end in ~large.jpg but if you change them to ~orig.jpg you get the original images (they even still have the EXIF data).
And if you look really close on the right hand side, you can just make out the disturbed ground surrounding the entrance to the underground Chinese base.
More pics are being uploaded here: https://images.nasa.gov/
25 Comments
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 162d
update they posted earthrise too
5715@feddit.org · 3 pts · 162d
something something half earth
rImITywR@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 162d
New phone background found
thrawn21@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 162d
That eclipse photo is absolutely stupendous, worthy of its own post! Are those brighter trio of stars planets?
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 162d
Yep! Saturn, Mars, and Mercury, respectively
TimboSlice@discuss.online · 13 pts · 162d
burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 162d
The eclipse photo might be my favorite from the mission so far. That's an incredible shot.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 161d
it's especially cool how close the moon feels. as if it's finally in reach again.
djdarren@piefed.social · 10 pts · 162d
I see they've turned off the GPS coordinates in the EXIF data, to stop us from knowing that these images were created in a VFX studio in Hollywood.
Can't pull the wool over my eyes, man!
echodot@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 162d
Just out of interest but what is the GPS coordinates of Luna orbit?
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 162d
I know nothing about this so it is purely speculation, but my first thought would be that it simply wouldn’t work.
But from a purely mathematical standpoint, the gps receiver would probably be able to see the satellites just fine, so assuming that worked, it could triangulate its position as the point on earth closest to them (the middle of the globe from their perspective), and then just give them an extremely high altitude.
That said, I know consumer technology (I believe they are using an iPhone) automatically turns off gps if it detects you are flying at a high enough speed, to prevent you from using it to guide a missile.
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 162d
It should work, NASA is working on it. https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/space-communications-navigation-program/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon/
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 162d
Stardate 2747472016542839.1
djdarren@piefed.social · 0 pts · 162d
Well, those guys wouldn't be able to tell you...
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 162d
GPS
Global PS
Global Playstation
Oh. My. God.
They have a Playstation on the moon.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 162d
Off topic, but how cool would it be if NASA started its own Pixelfed server for official pictures like this?
wraekscadu@vargar.org · 5 pts · 162d
Can we go back to worshipping celestial bodies? Please uwu
uenticx@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Flyby photos were just uploaded! https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/
Deebster@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 161d
The "download" buttons link to images that end in ~large.jpg but if you change them to ~orig.jpg you get the original images (they even still have the EXIF data).
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 162d
Tell me I'm the only one seeing a worm on the moon surface 😳
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Shai Hulud 🙏
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 162d
Or one of these blokes.
dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 162d
Nice. Prime seat for nuclear war :3
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 162d
And if you look really close on the right hand side, you can just make out the disturbed ground surrounding the entrance to the underground Chinese base.
e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social · -1 pts · 162d
hope we will still alive to be able to see their awesome shots of earth with all the mushroom plumes from the nuclear bombs going off