50 trippy years of space trips


	50 trippy years of space trips

JohnWaterman

10-12-2009 3:43 PM

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10-13-2009 12:13 AM

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From a graphic design standpoint, that is an awesome map.

10-13-2009 12:15 AM

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From an Oceanographer's standpoint this is a horrible map.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fcf9e20c-5957-4d62-990c-4c655da76f62/70E105EE-5FA9-461A-ACAD-33B891128E25/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/12/50-trippy-years-of-space-trips/" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/12/50-trippy-years-of-space-trips/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/12/50-trippy-years-of-space-trips/"><P>In October of 1957, the Soviet Union started the Space Age with the launch of Sputnik. Since then, a lot of spacecraft have wended their way through the solar system and beyond. Trying to visualize all those trips can be mind-bending, so what better way to do so then to make a mind-bending graphic?</p> <P>The good folks at National Geographic have done just that. Check this out:</p> <P> <A target="_blank" href="http://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index"><IMG width="610" height="270" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5940" title="50years_web" alt="50years_web" src="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2009/10/50years_web.jpg" /></A></p> <P>This clever image displays all the space missions to various bodies. If an object (like the Moon) has a thicker spiral wound around it, then that means it’s been visited more times. Here’s some detail:</p> <P></P><CENTER><IMG src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/4004406823_3e3e55eb92_o.jpg" /></CENTER>
<P>This shows a stylized view of the 73 missions that went to the Moon in the past 5 decades, and has some info on each. The original map is zoomable and pannable, so you can spend some time fooling around there</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/12/50-trippy-years-of-space-trips/">Take a look at the bottom, too, and you’ll find a scaled view of the solar system with spacecraft positions. Look how far away Voyager 1 is! <A target="_blank" href="http://www.stevey.com/2009/01/21/50-years-of-space-exploration/">There’s also a static version of the image online</A>, </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70E105EE-5FA9-461A-ACAD-33B891128E25/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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