Ah, memories of childhood came flooding back. Although I remember more drizzle and sea spray. Anyone spot the Rover at 5:16?
It's a shame I've never heard of Brighton Beach in England before :lol:
It was a fun to think that lunar Brighton Beach was founded by soviet hitch-hikers
Lol, I used to think Brighton's Royal Pavillion was "where all the Russians lived". Mistaking the Indian style minarets for the Kremlin.
(this was very a young kid during the late stages of the cold war, I must point out. My parents found it amusing so didn't correct me for a while.)
Ah, yes, now that makes more sense. I asked my aunts about it & it turns out they've visited Brighton & its beach before, how funny.
But, for part II, does anyone know the reason behind its placement? (just for fun) The real estate its on is a less obvious choice than the sea of tranquility, & a lot easier to reach than one of the poles, but is there any special significance to its location, other than the lunokhod that landed nearby?
I too would like to find this out. Do we know for sure that it's an Orbiter designation and not named so anywhere else? With the arbitrary names NASA hands out to geological features I wouldn't be surprised if this were an official designation. .And probably for NYC's Brighton Beach. I can't see how ours is linked. However Corby crater on Mars arose from curious origins, so who knows? But as you say, there's no obvious NASA mission objective for where it is
Perhaps only Martin, or a real ol' timer would know for sure. Hopefully we'll find out now that you've raised the question.
Although I hope the sand at UK Brighton is a little safer to walk on :lol:
Not barefoot or with older siblings, trust me. It's all pebbles especially larger toward the shoreline. That vid doesn't show it all, there's some humongous stones on that beach (unless it's eroded so far in the 25 years since I've been :blink
. It's not so safe if you have an older brother either, I still bear scars from his impromptu pebble fights . Such is life for the nerdy younger brother.
Brighton was also a regular battle ground for the Mods and Rockers of the 1960's as anyone who has watched Quadrophenia knows. Lots of ammunition laying around.
Fingers crossed, we'll find out the real reason for Orbiters nonclementure.