Von der erde zum mond

Das hier stellt die Erde dar! Okay! Und das hier soll was sein...? Der Mond? Ja. Die erste Herausforderung wäre: Wie weit sind die beiden voneinander entfernt? Ungefähr.. Ungefähr? Etwa so viel? Ok...
As a kid you learn all about the cool and awesome parts of space exploration. About moon walks and docking with the soviets and the heroing tale of Apollo 13 but for some reason you don't hear...
Have you ever wondered how the earth stays in orbit around the sun? I mean, the pull of gravity is stronger the closer you are to the sun, so you'd think that if the earth got bumped slightly...
You may have heard physicists describe the moon as being 1.3 light-seconds away, or the sun as 8 light-minutes away, and thought "what is this nonsense? measuring distances with...