Hear and There Audio Magazine Goes to the Moon and We Show You How to Follow with Your Fingers!
This page contains episodes of H&T Audio Magazine and instructions on how you can get a FREE copy of the tactile book for yourself.
We describe the book "Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters". It features tactile diagrams of the lunar surface designed to educate the blind and visually impaired about the wonders of Earth’s moon. H&T Correspondent Shawn Klein touches and describes the graphics as the book’s author Professor David Hurd and Host Dave Uhlman talk about the science of the moon.
Episode 1 The Birth of the Moon
In episode 1 we describe what the full moon looks like and we discuss how the moon was formed. Click on the link and the program will begin automatically in a new window. http://bit.ly/rmVuZQ
Episode 2 Crater’s Close-up
In episode 2 we describe craters and how they are formed. We describe one called Tyco which is located on the front, bottom half of the surface. It is a large circle with lines radiating in all directions from its center. These are formed from a meteor’s impact, explosion and the resulting debris. Click on the link and the program will begin automatically in a new window. http://bit.ly/qwXSB3
Episode 3 Touch the Dark Side
In this episode we describe the side of the moon we can’t see. We also talk about a crater which is about ¼ the size of the moon that was only recently discovered. People refer to the“Dark Side” but we explain why that is not true. More accurately it is the far side. The moon is stuck in an orbit with the same side always facing earth. People had never seen it until we launched space probes to look at the back side. We reveal it all in this episode and tell you how you can feel the “Dark Side” for yourself. Click on the link and the program will begin automatically in a new window. http://bit.ly/ssnZo7
GET A FREE COPY!
The first publication of the book was almost immediately sold out. A second reprinting is expected by December 2011 . NASA CORE provides a valuable service by making NASA educational materials available through its mail order service. If you are interested in being put on a wait list to receive a copy of your own, please contact nasa_order@lcjvs.net.
You may also want to directly download the text-only version or audio file of the book.
For more information about this project go to this page.
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/articles/nlsi-partners-nasa-core-braille-book-distribution
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