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Posted on Oct 2, 2020
APOD: 2020 October 2 - Biking to the Moon
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Biking to the Moon." The image of this lone biker on Cheve Hill in Cheltenham, UK suggests he might be headed that way. If the biker averaged 25 MPH (40 KPM), it would take him about 10,000 hours to get to his lunar destination (arriving sometime in November 2021). By contrast, each of the Apollo missions took around 3 days to make the trip. Who wouldn't want a beach house on the Moon?
APOD: 2020 October 2 - Biking to the Moon
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, October 2, 2020 entitled "Biking to the Moon."
Image: Biking to the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright by Susan Snow of an anonymous bike rider whose journey did begin around moonrise on September 27 near Cleeve Hill, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK.
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"Explanation: As you watched October's first Full Moon rise last night, the Full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox, you were probably asking yourself, "How long would it take to bike to the Moon?" Sure, Apollo 11 astronauts made the trip in 1969, from launch to Moon landing, in about 103 hours or 4.3 days. But the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away. This year, the top bike riders in planet Earth's well-known Tour de France race covered almost 3,500 kilometers in 21 stages after about 87 hours on the road. That gives an average speed of about 40 kilometers per hour and a lunar cycling travel time of 10,000 hours, a little over 416 days. While this bike rider's destination isn't clear, his journey did begin around moonrise on September 27 near Cleeve Hill, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK.
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Easy Rider) (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8
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Image: Biking to the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright by Susan Snow of an anonymous bike rider whose journey did begin around moonrise on September 27 near Cleeve Hill, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK.
APOD background
"Explanation: As you watched October's first Full Moon rise last night, the Full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox, you were probably asking yourself, "How long would it take to bike to the Moon?" Sure, Apollo 11 astronauts made the trip in 1969, from launch to Moon landing, in about 103 hours or 4.3 days. But the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away. This year, the top bike riders in planet Earth's well-known Tour de France race covered almost 3,500 kilometers in 21 stages after about 87 hours on the road. That gives an average speed of about 40 kilometers per hour and a lunar cycling travel time of 10,000 hours, a little over 416 days. While this bike rider's destination isn't clear, his journey did begin around moonrise on September 27 near Cleeve Hill, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, UK.
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Easy Rider) (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8
FYI Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SGT Denny Espinosa SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Franklin Briant MSG Felipe De Leon Brown SSG Stephen Rogerson
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LTC Stephen F.
THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND - Uneasy Rider
Live at Rockpalast - Westfalenhall, Dortmund, Germany, 1980. Charlie Daniels (Vocals & Guitar) Tom Crain (Guitar) Taz DiGregorio (Piano & Keyboards) Charlie ...
THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND - Uneasy Rider
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LTC Stephen F. - My Dear Brother-in-CHRST, Steve, I thank thee; once again; for your mentioning my name; in your very honoring list of names.
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My video of Buffett's great song Beach House on the Moon
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price: Our Darling Brother Bill: I Love the Space Program! And, I Love NASA! And, I Love Astronomy! And, I Love the Constellations!
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