Where we have been in space

[traveller]

Saw this, had to share it, great graphical representation of our trips to outer space so far
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130429-where-we-have-been-in-space
Enjoy.

[Liz]

Wow, thats amazing Bo, and a helluva lot of missions. :thanx:

[LewisM]

I found the graphic hard to interpret - think it could have been done better for sure. Interesting though.

[niko]

Good one Bo

that's a huge number of missions

[deanm]

Hmmm... hard to understand how Apollo 8 is shown as a lunar sample return mission given that it only orbited the moon 10 times without any landing attempt:shrug:....

Dean

[pluto]

I personally like this infographic better: http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/gimmesomespace/SpaceMissions.jpg

[pluto]

It's very confusing...
Apollo 8 has a dot for "Flyby" and "Return" but none for "Landing". I suppose it should have a dot for "Orbit" and the "Return" bit shouldn't have "With Samples"...

I've seen a few of these infographics for space missions and this, by far, conveys the information in the least intuitive way I've ever seen... It's also not very pleasant to look at :(
Shame as it would've taken a lot of effort to produce...

[LewisM]

Putting it rudely, the graphic presentation is crap. Folded book style? With a reverse bar chart? Nauseating to look at.

Solely my opinion, but lambaste all you like :)

[04Stefan07]

Woah thats great. Didn't know it was this many!

[Ric]

Definitely interesting stuff.

[noeyedeer]

I put on my 3d ...(beer goggles) and it looks ok to me. the sad thing I see is the massive drop off from the 60-70s to now with space programs. (edit. sorry read it wrong, most were failures, maybe that's why)

why can't we send people to the moon again...I'd love to see that in hd!

just my 2 cents.

[ourkind]

That's cool thanks for sharing Bo!

[wasyoungonce]

Hell...no mention of operation "nuclear launched manhole cover into space" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob)...aka operation plumbbob, 1957!:lol: