Travel To The Moon With David Bowie (360° Video)

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NPR's YouTube channel, Skunk Bear, solutions your science questions. This week, we picked one in honor of David Bowie.

Bowie was born on Jan. eight and would have turned 70 on Sunday. Tuesday, Jan. 10, marks the primary anniversary of his demise. Bowie crammed his songs with references to house, and his first large hit, "House Oddity," was launched simply days earlier than people first walked on the moon.

So in the present day we're tackling a really space-y query from an nameless Tumblr consumer:

"Are you able to inform me how lengthy it will take to stroll to the moon? Might I make it there in my lifetime?"

Ridiculous, in fact. What would you stroll on? How would you breathe? The place would you set all of the path combine?

However we determined to take the query severely. If a human set out strolling at an inexpensive tempo in the present day, stopping to eat and sleep and take a time off on occasion — how lengthy would it not take to journey the gap that separates Earth and the moon?

We try the journey — just about — in a 360 diploma setting. As you watch our video, you can rotate your view by clicking and dragging (or by transferring your cell system*) to see the issues a moon-bound hiker would see. What does Earth appear to be from the peak of the Hubble telescope or from the peak of a climate satellite tv for pc?

To assist go the time, we introduced alongside a few of Bowie's music. It is solely proper that his main hits function milestones on our method to the moon.

You'll be able to submit your science inquiries to Skunk Bear right here. (Perhaps we'll deal with, "Is there life on Mars?" subsequent.) Subscribe to our YouTube channel to observe the solutions.

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