The team documentary video was done on Friday and now posted! I like our team documentary, it was very difficult to get a fine balance between creativity and information, but I think that we have reached that point…. where we have plenty of information and yet it is entertaining and compelling to watch, to me at least.
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Wrapping Up the Team Documentary
Posted by donger on August 21st, 2010
Last night, Gage and I stayed up to finish up the team Moonbots Documentary, while Karlin went out with his parents and stood in line for 3 hours for a “Midnight Madness” fish sale. (Is there such thing that could be more important than the Moonbots deadline?!)
Landroids’ Moonbots Video Essay (Video)
Posted by donger on May 27th, 2010
Landroids’ Phase 1 Moonbots video essay.
Humanoid on Moon in 1,000 Days (Video)
Posted by CopabX on May 19th, 2010
NASA thinks they can send a human-shape robot to the moon in 1,000 days. Check out this video. Maybe the humanoid can bring some Moonbots with it!
Private Space Industries vs. NASA
Posted by donger on May 8th, 2010
Future missions such as going to Mars or landing an astronaut on an asteroid creates new innovative ideas and ambitions to the world. With NASA struggling to fund its dreams of missions to future space exploration, lots of private space entrepreneurs see a great opportunity to do something much more fundamental and more profitable.
Creating a Video Essay
Posted by Gfare on May 2nd, 2010
Using the research information we had gathered in the last 2 weeks, we worked on creating the script and PowerPoint side by side for the video essay needed in the Moonbots competition. For the Phase 1 video essay, we need to express the primary reasons for going to the moon and what we expect for [...]
Tags: Watching more Moon Machine Videos
Posted by Stanley on May 1st, 2010
We watched three more episodes of “Moon Machine” videos in order to get some visual understanding of the actual machines and technologies used in getting to space and to the moon, expanding our knowledge, and to learn about obstacles and things to be considered during design.
Reasons for the today’s lunar exploration
Posted by CopabX on April 30th, 2010
Week 2, we started our in-depth research on each of the 6 reasons for new lunar exploration: expanding human civilization, involving the public, testing existing equipment for space travel, uniting nations with a common goal, economic reasons, and learning about the solar system. We compiled and summarized our findings.
Why Did We Go To the Moon?
Posted by donger on April 25th, 2010
We watched a recorded NASA documentary movie, called “Moon Machine” on the Science Channel, which shows how the 1960′s moon exploration changed the US history. The purpose of watching this documentary was to learn what motivated people to go to the moon 50 years ago. Different innovative solutions were being tested throughout their discoveries. Before [...]