Saturday, June 02, 2012

James Cook and the Transit of Venus

Source - NASA Science News for June 2, 2012

What's the best reason to observe the 2012 Transit of Venus? It could be history. Today's story from Science@NASA recounts one explorer's role in "the Apollo program of the 18th Century."

The full story can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02jun_jamescook/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Lx4fC42KI




(Sorry, but this looks like a duplicate video from NASA)

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