Braille book brings lunar craters down to earth 
From: Mountain View Voice - 07/18/2011

NASA Ames releases new book with tactile diagrams for visually impaired
readers 

Craters more than 200,000 miles away from Earth are now within reach for
visually impaired readers thanks to a new Braille book that debutted July
18th at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field. 

"Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters" features tactile diagrams of the lunar
surface and is designed to educate the blind and visually impaired about
Earth's moon, according to NASA.  

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Links:
"Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters"
http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/files/getting_a_feel_for_lunar_craters.pdf
http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/files/getting_a_feel_for_lunar_craters.wav

NASA Lunar Science Institute
http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/

California School for the Blind in Fremont
http://www.csb-cde.ca.gov/index.htm

A Feel for Astronomy
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/a-feel-for-astronomy_prt.htm