{"id":6002,"date":"2014-06-23T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2014-06-23T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T11:10:10","slug":"one-trip-every-month-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=6002","title":{"rendered":"One trip EVERY month:  June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, well, yesterday, I went to the Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla, south-west of Canberra.\u00a0 Relaxing with a coffee in the Moon Rock Caf\u00e9, I had a great view of the largest steerable antenna dish in the southern hemisphere, the DSS43 (Deep Space Station 43), which was staring off into the distance, at this angle:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/dish-dss43\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6003 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"DSS43, Tidbinbilla\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dish-dss43-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After coffee, I went into the gallery to see the moon rock:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6002 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=6006'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/moon-rock-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?attachment_id=6005'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/moon-rock-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Beside the rock stood an astronaut that some tourists were touching despite the do-not-touch sign.\u00a0 When they finally left him alone, I took a closer look, without touching, and in his mirrored helmet visor I caught sight of me and my son, who was reading some information on the wall behind me.\u00a0 I snapped the three of us:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/astronaut-head\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6017\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"Astronaut head\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astronaut-head-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I wondered how he would look in a space suit, sans visor:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/astroboy\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6019\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/astroboy-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I was dabbling in moon history, the DSS43 began to move:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/dss43-on-the-move\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6008\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6008 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-on-the-move-1.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"DSS43 on the move, Tidbinbilla\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went out onto the balcony to watch closely as the dish rotated to look straight up at the sky.\u00a0 I wanted to know more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6010 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"DSS43, Tidbinbilla\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-straight-up-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back inside, I read the information about the big dish and tried to understand it.\u00a0 Of course, I couldn&#8217;t.\u00a0 But perhaps you can.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/dss43-info-tidbinbilla\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6012\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-tidbinbilla-2.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"DSS43 info Tidbinbilla\" width=\"750\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/23\/one-trip-every-month-june\/dss43-info-1\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6014\" src=\"http:\/\/worth.id.au\/wish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dss43-info-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at Tidbinbilla, the weather was stunningly clear and fine, if wintry.\u00a0 Today it&#8217;s raining, the wind is howling and blizzards are threatening in the mountains.\u00a0 We had picked the perfect day for dish-watching.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/eastofmalaga.net\/2014\/06\/16\/a-sailing-weekend-in-torre-del-mar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marianne<\/a> for the prompt to take one trip EVERY month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, well, yesterday, I went to the Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla, south-west of Canberra.\u00a0 Relaxing with a coffee in the Moon Rock Caf\u00e9, I had a great view of the largest steerable antenna dish in the southern hemisphere, the DSS43 (Deep Space Station 43), which was staring off into the distance, at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=6002\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One trip EVERY month:  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