June 23, 2009 – After a successful insertion rocket burn on the morning of June 23, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s orbit was established shortly before 6:30 a.m. EDT. Now LRO begins its primary mission of mapping the lunar surface to find future landing sites and searching for resources that would make possible a permanent human presence on the moon. Over the next several days, LRO’s instruments will be turned on and its final orbit around the moon will be reached.
This news is of particular interest to me as my oldest son is participating in the Lunar Robotics Program at UMBC this summer, and that program is affiliated with the LRO project, so he’s bringing home interesting news about the LRO daily.
I just want those cameras turned on so maybe we can get some hi-res pics and find out what happened to Cassandra Quinn!
NOTE: I still remain swamped, but hopefully will be able to resume my Moon Town duties soon. Thank you for your patience.
I’ve been watching this, it’s really cool. I can’t wait for the first images, particularly of the Apollo landing sites.
Yeah! I’m excited to see those images too.
And don’t worry about the comic. I really want to see more, but I fully understand how hard it can be to keep the updates on schedule.
You must be beaming with pride over your son’s achievement! I think the whole world is waiting with bated breath to see those first lunar images. And no worries about the comic. Deadlines are meant to be broken anyway
Tom – yeah, this is pretty exciting stuff!
Zcotty – Thanks for the patience!
Blueheart – yeah, I’m pretty happy for him. What a great thing to get kids involved in projects like this. I think if I’d done when I was his age, I might have been involved in space exploration, instead of just writing about it.
As for the deadlines… yeah. I just don’t want this comic to degenerate into a series of journals about how busy the artist is and can’t get this week’s update out like so many seem to be. I’ll get these out as quickly and regularly as I can. I’m just glad to have an audience who digs the strip!
Thanks for the support as always, guys. Keep driving my detractors crazy with your unwavering optimism!
Amazing… I’m glad we’re finally stepping in the direction of a permanent base on the moon!
I was a tiny tot around the time of Apollo 11, and it just blows my mind that they’re talking about this now.
I’m not one to complain about updates with my recent record on my own comic… I’m hooked on Moon Town as it is, and I’ll be back regardless.
BTW, that Star Wars/ Magnum P.I clip was awesome…
It *is* exciting, innit, Jerome!?
As for my broken update schedule, I’m glad you guys can cut me some slack. I really didn’t want Moon Town to become a litany of posts complaining about how busy and tired I am, and how I’ll get back to the updates as soon as I can blah blah blah. But life does intervene, and it knocks me off schedje. Hate it.
I should be able to get back to it tonight or tomorrow night. I’m itchin’!
Thanks, everyone…