Comments on: Race To The Moon with Richard Furno, Part 1 (Kelso)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:38:09 +0000

To the Moon and beyond, fusion-powered relativistic space drive is a technology designed to traverse the stars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkxPghXTCg

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:47:41 +0000

Dick: Thanks for including me in your story of the Geographic Moon map. I have enjoyed reading about you and my other old colleagues of days gone by. Would love to hear from you if that’s possible.

By: A map, retro style « Future moon

A map, retro style « Future moon — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:14:34 +0000

[...] dealing with the creation of this map, told by the cartographer who was actually working on it: Part 1 and Part 2. The work started back in 1964, before the detailed imagery of the Farside was even [...]

By: Fusion Power

Fusion Power — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:54 +0000

A race to the Moon will be more interesting when the aneutronic nuclear fusion reactor can be a reality to power spacecrafts towards the space.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng0NNRor_iQ

By: 40th Lunar Anniversary with Richard Furno and the National Geographic “Moon Map” « Kelso’s Corner

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:02:31 +0000

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By: Mapping the Moon | Maps & Atlas

Mapping the Moon | Maps & Atlas — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:34:21 +0000

[...] by retired cartographer Richard Furno, who worked on the project, on Kelso’s Corner: part one, part two. The real challenge was the far side: the work involved in taking photographs from lunar [...]

By: nathaniel

nathaniel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:34:48 +0000

Tibor, the post has been updated to note the inconsistent picture date for the NG building.

By: Tibor Toth

Tibor Toth — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:33:28 +0000

As I was giving Part 1 a second look, I came to the part “1963: Joining the National Geographic Society”, and found the NGS building picture to be out of timeline. I know so because in 1964, the year when I started working at NGS, we still had the old 16th Street building separated from the 17th Street building by a parking lot. The new M Street building was not finished and dedicated until June 1984. This, too, I know because I wrote the following poem for the occasion:

“Dedication

The flag designed by Elsie Bell Grosvenor waves in the breeze,
Its colors bring to mind the sky, the land, and seven seas.

On this very special day it waves to dedicate
A building to the memory of those since eighty-eight –
Men who had a vision, men who dared to have a dream,
And people who worked hard to make it happen as a team.

With every flutter, every wave it celebrates the past,
And motions in the future that – no doubt – will bring the best!…

June 15, 1984″

This certainly does not have much to do with the Moon Map specifically, but I thought you and Dick might want to take a second look at it.

Thanks,
Tibor

By: Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Race To The Moon with Richard Furno, Part 2 (Kelso)

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:23:18 +0000

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By: Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Meet Richard Furno (Kelso)

Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Meet Richard Furno (Kelso) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:25:12 +0000

[...] he was at National Geographic, Richard worked on The Moon Map and I’ve posted an extensive photo essay on that project here. This is just one of the many fabulous projects he’s worked [...]