Talk:Lunokhod programme
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Does anyone have a problem with this being locked while it's on the /. front page? It was being edited to add goatsex links, mention slashdot trolling phenomena and generally make the project look horrible. Pakaran. 23:14, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Not a problem - given the history and temporary prominence I'd have protected it as well. Wonder which of our user pages will be the first one hit in a frustrated followup?:) Jamesday 23:30, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I thought it was quite interesting that all the edits seemed to be the work of one person. When I saw a Wikipedia article on the front page of Slashdot, I expected to find nothing but ruins at the other end for weeks.Sbonds 04:48, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I'm unprotecting and monitoring this page for a while out of curiosity. If anyone wants to take over when I go home let me know, else I'll reprotect. silsor 00:02, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)
I'll do it for awhile. Pakaran. 00:04, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- I'm going home now. silsor 00:57, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)
My apologies for the troubles. I posted the article to slashdot, never imagining the troubles it could/would cause here. (w)
- Don't apologize - we love publicity about the project, but naturally we don't like vandalism! :) Dysprosia 04:26, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for the mention! Don't worry about us dealing with vandalism - we're well prepared to handle it, with lots of eyes and technical solutions in reserve if we find it happening fast enough that humans can't keep up.:) Jamesday 04:31, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
James, what did you mean by "switch to image markup which doesn't result in a completely invisible image"? As far as I can see, the [[image:Lunokhod.jpg|right|]] markup is the proper format for displaying it like that and I could see the image just fine on the rendered page. Bryan 04:36, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
The |right| markup produces <div style="floatright"> which is defined in the stylesheet as
div.floatright { float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; }
James replaced it with <div style="float:right;width:250px;margin:0 0 1em 1em">
so I don't know why it would be invisible. silsor 04:39, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Well, I guess I'll revert for the time being, then; if there's something wrong with the div style Wikipedia is producing then it's an issue that I guess will have to be corrected by the developers. Bryan 04:50, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
What I meant was that the image was completely invisible in IE4, just as if it wasn't there at all. Not a trace of it anywhere on the page. Looks OK in IE5 and 6 as well as Mozilla but invisible isn't good. The replacement I did avoids whatever in the css style is causing the problem. Jamesday 06:42, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, the wiki markup I'm using here is intended to be the "wave of the future" for Wikipedia; it's the hot new thing for floating images. If there's a problem with how IE4 displays it, I think that should be marked down as a bug report. Bryan 06:47, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
[edit] KGB midget
Last year there was some news story to say that NASA has purchased the russian's video and photo archive of Lunokhod imagery and using computer enhancement to gain several thousand new high quality on-site photos of the lunar surface. This should probably get in the article.
Also why there is no mention of the "KGB midget" hoax in the article?
- I mean this: http://www.astronautix.com/astros/kgbdwarf.htm
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- Why is there no mention of the KGB midget? Because it is a bunch of bullcrap and it is not encyclopedic.
User:Andy120290|Andy120290]] 19:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
As a matter of fact, before I Left the Ukraine in 1993, I read an article in some publication, dedicated to a suicide manned Moon mission by Soviets. It was very factitious, provided exact dates, times, and names of the cosmonauts. It was not related to the Lunokhod program, more of competition to beat Apollo to the Moon. I do not remember any specifics, but have no doubt one of our compatriots might read this note and find the article, sooner or later. Interestingly enough, Soviets did have a lunar mission right before the Apollo take off, pronounced "failed" and never made public. Per History Channel show yesteday, 12/08/07, Secrets of Soviet Space Program, that mission was launched succesfully, but lunar module crashed into the lunar surface. It was described as "unmanned".
Though might be "displaced", besides having personal experience doubts into History Channels trustworthness where it relates to the USSR (38 years of life there probably counts some against their "documentaries"), I have an observation from that show: though heavily leaning towards depicting Soviets as "losers" and even insinuating theft of American designs, why it does say NOTHING about Lunokhod program, while just drooling over success of the Apollo program and American might in space? I mean, answer is obvious, but for pete's sake, thing was number one rover robot on another celestial body and still beats any American rover by the length of use and distance traveled. Give guys a credit!
[edit] Apollo 17 landing site.
I have read that Lunokhod 2 took pictures of the Apollo 17 landing site, but I can't find those pictures anywhere on the 'net. Does anybody know where I can find them? I want to show them to a friend of mine who beleives in the Apollo conspiracy theories. The Soviets would have loved to prove the Apollo missions were hoaxed (which is possibly why they visited the site in the first place) so the fact that a Soviet probe photographed the site kinda proves that the Apollo missions were not faked. So if anyone can find those pictures for me, it'd be great, and perhaps they can be put on this article if they're licensed correctly. Nick Warren (talk) 17:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Legacy
The engineers behind the Lunokhod also worked on remote controlled vehicles used to clean up after the Chernobyl disaster as well as consultants for the Sojourner (rover) and Mars Exploration Rover. Should this go into the article? // Liftarn (talk)
