The Single Most Valuable Product of the
Space Program
Himalayas from Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle and Aleutians
“You Can’t See Borders From Space”
Landsat View of Green Bay
Spy Satellite Views of Soviet Aircraft Carrier
Spy Satellite View of Soviet
Airfield
World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
And Now For Something Completely Different….
Ultraviolet View of Earth
The Ocean Floor From Space
An Eclipse of the Sun – By Earth
Recent Impact – Meteor Crater
Sudbury, An Ancient Impact Site
Schrodinger: A Peak-Ring Crater
Mare Orientale A Multiple-Ring Impact
Basin
Craters and Planetary History
• Superposition
• Crater Saturation
• Crater Degradation
Mega-Impacts:
As Usual, Gary Larson Gets There
First
Computer Simulations by H.J. Melosh (University of Arizona)
How Lunar Rilles May Form