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Scott Manley did a great quick video about this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smp7TqccTpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smp7TqccTpY

ghilston 8y ago
I can't read his name without hearing it in his voice: > Scott Manley here
- isostatic 8y ago
  Fly safe
- tyfon 8y ago
  My wife always comes to sit in the couch when I turn on something from him just to hear the dialect. His way of saying Mun is the best ever and I'm not sure if it's his dialect or if it comes from playing Kerbal Space Program too much :)
  - quakeguy 8y ago
    What kind of dialect is it if i may ask? Hearing him for the first time(a year ago or so), i thought he is from England. Really curious as his speech is quite unusual and also pleasant in a way.
    - gowld 8y ago
      Sounds Scottish.
    - 19870213 8y ago
      He is from Scotland, and if I recall correctly, currently a greencardholder living in San Fransisco.
      - mnw21cam 8y ago
        Aye. (For Pete's sake, don't call him English!)
    - zrobotics 8y ago
      Can't find the video, but I believe he's specifically from Edinburgh, as there are many variants of Scottish accents.
    - arethuza 8y ago
      As a Scot he definitely sounds Scottish to me but with an overlay of an American accent - can't tell where in Scotland but I would guess East coast. A few of his words sounded fairly broad to me.
  - beezischillin 8y ago
    I used to watch the ever living daylights out of his channel, but I kinda forgot about Kerbal Space Program for a while. I'm gonna have to pick it up again now get to binging his videos again. Him saying "Mün" is just one of the best things ever.
    - tehduder9 8y ago
      he does a lot of space news and rocket videos now; they're very informative
      - beezischillin 8y ago
        wow! awesome!
- JshWright 8y ago
  You missed the "Hullo"
gibolt 8y ago
After watching the video, I feel like there should be software that gets regular updates of planetary surfaces and highlights drastic changes. Probably exists somewhere, but would be neat to see historical changes
- simcop2387 8y ago
  The biggest problem with this is getting the images. Projects like the LRO do this already I believe, but most changes are otherwise uninteresting.
- azernik 8y ago
  We already do this for the starfield (that's how, for example, most Near Earth Object searches work); it's just harder to get high-resolution total-coverage imagery for planetary surfaces. As far as I understand, we only are getting repeat imagery from the LRO because it did one fast low-resolution pass and is now doing a lower-altitude, high-resolution pass.
- InclinedPlane 8y ago
  There are automated systems that monitor the moon for impacts regularly, however they don't watch during a full moon because it's too bright (except during a lunar eclipse).
  - A2017U1 8y ago
    > they don't watch during a full moon because it's too bright Have little knowledge of astronomy but from a photography perspective this is quite amusing, usually it's the opposite problem for many photos.
- ridgeguy 8y ago
  I'll speculate that NRO and similar agencies have such software. Doubt it's OSS, tho'.
- dotancohen 8y ago
  If you can persuade some congressional committee to fund NASA to develop, launch, and maintain the probes then I'm sure you'll find no shortage of people willing to pay the taxes for it all. I happen to agree with you, and would be happy to see taxes allocated towards further exploration of the solar system. But resources are limited.

ghilston 8y ago

I can't read his name without hearing it in his voice: > Scott Manley here

isostatic 8y ago
Fly safe
tyfon 8y ago
My wife always comes to sit in the couch when I turn on something from him just to hear the dialect. His way of saying Mun is the best ever and I'm not sure if it's his dialect or if it comes from playing Kerbal Space Program too much :)
- quakeguy 8y ago
  What kind of dialect is it if i may ask? Hearing him for the first time(a year ago or so), i thought he is from England. Really curious as his speech is quite unusual and also pleasant in a way.
  - gowld 8y ago
    Sounds Scottish.
  - 19870213 8y ago
    He is from Scotland, and if I recall correctly, currently a greencardholder living in San Fransisco.
    - mnw21cam 8y ago
      Aye. (For Pete's sake, don't call him English!)
  - zrobotics 8y ago
    Can't find the video, but I believe he's specifically from Edinburgh, as there are many variants of Scottish accents.
  - arethuza 8y ago
    As a Scot he definitely sounds Scottish to me but with an overlay of an American accent - can't tell where in Scotland but I would guess East coast. A few of his words sounded fairly broad to me.
- beezischillin 8y ago
  I used to watch the ever living daylights out of his channel, but I kinda forgot about Kerbal Space Program for a while. I'm gonna have to pick it up again now get to binging his videos again. Him saying "Mün" is just one of the best things ever.
  - tehduder9 8y ago
    he does a lot of space news and rocket videos now; they're very informative
    - beezischillin 8y ago
      wow! awesome!
JshWright 8y ago
You missed the "Hullo"

gibolt 8y ago

After watching the video, I feel like there should be software that gets regular updates of planetary surfaces and highlights drastic changes. Probably exists somewhere, but would be neat to see historical changes

simcop2387 8y ago
The biggest problem with this is getting the images. Projects like the LRO do this already I believe, but most changes are otherwise uninteresting.
azernik 8y ago
We already do this for the starfield (that's how, for example, most Near Earth Object searches work); it's just harder to get high-resolution total-coverage imagery for planetary surfaces. As far as I understand, we only are getting repeat imagery from the LRO because it did one fast low-resolution pass and is now doing a lower-altitude, high-resolution pass.
InclinedPlane 8y ago
There are automated systems that monitor the moon for impacts regularly, however they don't watch during a full moon because it's too bright (except during a lunar eclipse).
- A2017U1 8y ago
  > they don't watch during a full moon because it's too bright Have little knowledge of astronomy but from a photography perspective this is quite amusing, usually it's the opposite problem for many photos.
ridgeguy 8y ago
I'll speculate that NRO and similar agencies have such software. Doubt it's OSS, tho'.
dotancohen 8y ago
If you can persuade some congressional committee to fund NASA to develop, launch, and maintain the probes then I'm sure you'll find no shortage of people willing to pay the taxes for it all. I happen to agree with you, and would be happy to see taxes allocated towards further exploration of the solar system. But resources are limited.