Just noticed that I had the 16th in the title, and the 22nd in the first message - when infact it is on the 23rd - three weeks this Sat

Doug

Nope - www.famelab.org

Doug

If I'm any good

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I dont want to go to a publisher and look an idiot you see "Hello - I want to make a book" doesnt say much

but a renown speaker and so forth - makes more sense

For those who've not heard of it - I'm going in for the London heats of www.famelab.org


Doug

well - a book couldnt be finished until the rovers die really - i'd want to tell the full story

BUT - I have a speaking engagement in London on April 23rd - and something a little more exciting I'm trying out for on April 14th.

The former is just another feather in my cap ( Speaking at a BAA meeting is quite a big deal ) - and the later may give me some standing in the field of science and the media - which would give my 'pitch' to a publisher more clout

Doug

I think it may be that some of the etched terrain is actually quite tall - a few metres perhaps - and that will seriously effect visibility toward the crater. I think victoria will suddenly just appear - and we'll all go "OMFG" - but it'll be after Albert - sorry - Erebus, that we see it.

Doug

None yet - got a few things to get out the way that'll make my submission to publishers a little more positive

Doug

I'm not really asking a question really - just posing an issue




Mars Pathfinder was about 2.2km from 'Big Crater' which was about 1.5km wide.

Now - Victoria is only half that size - but it says something about local topography that we cant see it from where we are now - about 3-4km from it.

Doug

Ahh - thanks for the heads up. I might ask the PDS if they're going to put them on their FTP server. I've just emailed them to ask about the next MGS MOC release( due any day now I believe )

Get this - I PNG'ed Opportunity Sols 1-17 before filling a DVD (I'm backing up the IMG's, the Left Eye PNG's, Right Eye PNGs in their own folder and thumbnail PNG's in their own folder for every sol)

Luckily I got from 18-40 with the second disk

It's worth doing - I want this stuff backed up and get-able without going back online to get it, but wow - there's a LOT of it.

I think Navcam and the other imagers will take up perhaps half as much space - maybe even less.

It'll make a nice graphic demonstration of the volume of data they've sent back at my next talk - as I get out about 40 DVD's...

"This is the uncompressed data volume sent back by the two rovers in their first 6 months. No - these are not CD's - these are DVD's "


doug

I've just finished downloading all the data up to sol 180 ready for archive onto DVD

31.8 gig

Once I've made PNG's out of that lot it'll be 45 gig probably.

I'm going to break it down into 30-sol pieces for each rover with the PNG's pre-made.

Anyone know if the calibrated Navcam and Hazcam data is available on an FTP server anywhere - I couldnt find an appropriate folder from the place directed to from the Workbook.

Doug

I just picked Albert - because Albert was Queen Victorias Husband. I also started refering to the dark area to the NW of 'Erebus' as 'The Albert Dock'. For those who have visited Liverpool - that'll make sense

Doug

With autostitch- often you have to do just the first two images - then auto-stitch those. Then add the next image - and run autostitch again. Then add another - and autostitch again

Doug

The latest directors update says were about 80m from Viking. Viking and Voyager would appear just like that at that range. Both appear to be falry fram-like from orbit.

If you take into account that they are the right objects at the right range, and the director updates tell us where we are, then yes - those ARE viking and voyager.

Doug

We're all in the thread marked 'Welcome to Viking'.

Where are you

Doug

Well - 95%+ of the data goes UHF -> Mars Odyssey -> Earth

Doug

Nicely visible there

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balls



Doug

I wonder what would happen if the public knew of all the military payloads that carry such things that never make the news in any way what soever

Doug

Just a thought - did you do your style maps for eagle->end ?

Would be cool to put together a full travel plan for at 1.5m/pixel for the whole - ignoring the stuff inside endurance as that's just too messy

Doug

Bingo


Amazed to see the name 'James Caird' up there - one of Shackletons whalers was called that - the man himself helped fund his famous expedition which started off in a large boat called.... Endurance

OI - PANDO - CHANGE THE URL ON YER MAPS

Doug

Actually - it's both of them, looking like they're next to each other because of the foreshortening of the camera



Doug

See those rocks - thats a crater

Doug

Looks quite Fram-ish

Doug

I think they want to get to, or near to Viking for the weekend, at which point some IDD work and some major auto-nav downlinking can take place

Doug

Scooparama





Doug