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NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Gets an Art Lesson with Lasers
In the ultimate example of science imitating art, engineers working with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the LRO and back via laser beam in order to measure the rate of transmission between the spacecraft and Earth. This allowed them to then calibrate their software to correct for any discrepancies between the image sent and the one received, resulting in a picture-perfect result.
Leonardo would definitely have approved.
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Post tags: art, LADEE, laser, LRO, lunar, Mona Lisa, NASA, Science
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2013-01-17 10:46:39
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