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Wild 2 and Tempel 1 do not subscribe to this model. What does that say about them, and the model? |
| Forum: Cometary and Asteroid Missions · Post Preview: #166340 · Replies: 378 · Views: 339596 |
| Posted on: Nov 5 2010, 11:07 PM | |
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Go to the Ustream page ( www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 ) and it's archived below. |
| Forum: Cometary and Asteroid Missions · Post Preview: #166273 · Replies: 378 · Views: 339596 |
| Posted on: Nov 5 2010, 11:05 PM | |
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Wouldn't the logical thing be to email the people responsible for it, rather than posting on a forum where the people responsible may or may not see it? |
| Forum: Cassini general discussion and science results · Post Preview: #166272 · Replies: 6 · Views: 11324 |
| Posted on: Nov 5 2010, 09:49 PM | |
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Careful. These are all images from the MRI ( medium resolution imager ). There IS a 'High Resolution Imager' that has 5x the res of the MRI. However, it has a flaw - it is out of focus, and out of focus such that it's actual resolution is only about the same power as the MRI. SOME of that out of focus problems can be backed out using deconvolution - but it's not perfect, it's not great, it's not taking it back to its design resolution. We MAY have images to come that are a LITTLE better than these, but don't expect miracles. |
| Forum: Cometary and Asteroid Missions · Post Preview: #166267 · Replies: 378 · Views: 339596 |
| Posted on: Nov 5 2010, 12:57 AM | |
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Just for the record - Eyes on the Solar System uses the very same spice kernels, and doesn't use flash. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #166227 · Replies: 21 · Views: 19515 |
| Posted on: Nov 4 2010, 11:00 PM | |
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Clearly that's witchcraft. But the cool thing is, they took SO many images during CA that we'll have something not too far off that, for real, eventually  |
| Forum: Cometary and Asteroid Missions · Post Preview: #166214 · Replies: 378 · Views: 339596 |
| Posted on: Nov 4 2010, 11:15 AM | |
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I can think of no plugin I hate more than Flash. It does a great job of turning a mac laptop into a toasted sandwich maker. We're 12 months into EotSS, so a major platform change is out of the question, plus the dev team is working from the Unity experience built from CASSIE and Eyes on the Earth before this. We use Unity because, really, it's the best for the job. 'Less powerful' isn't an option given what we're trying to do. I can put you in touch with one of the devs if you really want this discussion Have you actually tried EotSS |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #166139 · Replies: 21 · Views: 19515 |
| Posted on: Nov 4 2010, 06:03 AM | |
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Nope - we don't have that link-straight-in ability yet. We will though, eventually. And yeah - Unity has issues, but it's essentially the only technique to do what we're doing in a browser. We're shifting from Unity 2.6 to 3.0 soon, which MAY, we HOPE, solve some of the problems. Most of them are with the plugin sadly. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #166134 · Replies: 21 · Views: 19515 |
| Posted on: Nov 4 2010, 04:56 AM | |
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It's a thought. We're using the same data you do basically ( SPICE ) so they should tie up. The system is very very flexible ( look at the URL for the EPOXI Live, for example - it just calles Eyes... with a document that defines the 'live' experience, and this could be done for just about anything. Meanwhile - if anyone's thinking "wtf?" http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/tutorials.html Yup - that was me, in a recording booth, for 3 hrs. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #166132 · Replies: 21 · Views: 19515 |
| Posted on: Nov 4 2010, 12:14 AM | |
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Be kind, it's still in Beta But go find the NEAR mission and watch it's orbital phase with Eros.... see the Pioneer 11 flyby of Jupiter, and go 'OMFG' at the Ulysses trajectory  There's a million things we're still trying to put into it - chances are any suggestions someone might have, we've already got it on a very very unfunded list of 'love to put in...' - but make suggestions |
| Forum: Cometary and Asteroid Missions · Post Preview: #166123 · Replies: 378 · Views: 339596 |
| Posted on: Nov 2 2010, 09:05 PM | |
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Don't distract the guy, for goodness sake |
| Forum: Mars · Post Preview: #166104 · Replies: 466 · Views: 366856 |
| Posted on: Nov 2 2010, 01:24 PM | |
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Den, you're asking for something totally and utterly pointless. Moreover, it would just fill up UMSF's server quicker. The quality of ET's maps is already more than good enough for the purpose for which they are intended. Discussion over. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #166089 · Replies: 123 · Views: 155291 |
| Posted on: Oct 31 2010, 06:39 AM | |
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 11 2010, 09:43 AM)  The size of Endeavour is roughly similar to the central part of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles ~13 miles from rim to rim. (overlay image below) Now the Vally has some spectacular views from the "rims" and on a clear day from the floor of the Valley the mountains do look spectacular (maybe Doug will take a gigapan for us from Van Nuys on a clear day.) However, those mountains above Los Angeles are anywhere from 700 to 4000 feet higher than the center of the San Fernando Valley, whereas Endeavor's rim is gong to be nowhere near that high. So there will likely be some nice views, but nothing breathtaking. Tadaaaa http://gigapan.org/gigapans/63708/ Taken from http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34....mp;t=k&z=20 |
| Forum: Opportunity · Post Preview: #166013 · Replies: 479 · Views: 241056 |
| Posted on: Oct 26 2010, 11:03 PM | |
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It's the file that ET has been attaching to every map update for months and months, and loads directly into Google Earth (once you've added on the local maps for Opportunity ) so you can see the route for yourself, as much or as little as you want. |
| Forum: Opportunity · Post Preview: #165863 · Replies: 3597 · Views: 3531676 |
| Posted on: Oct 26 2010, 09:29 PM | |
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Remember - there is always the KML |
| Forum: Opportunity · Post Preview: #165859 · Replies: 3597 · Views: 3531676 |
| Posted on: Oct 25 2010, 03:56 PM | |
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QUOTE (fredk @ Oct 25 2010, 08:41 AM) it may ... or ... Or ... Or Quite. So can we stop drawing conclusions please. |
| Forum: Opportunity · Post Preview: #165819 · Replies: 479 · Views: 241056 |
| Posted on: Oct 25 2010, 07:09 AM | |
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Ok - seriously, it's called 'twitter'. It's not the AP. Moreover - you will only see an 'announcement' from Media Relations, not from a JPLer directly. |
| Forum: Opportunity · Post Preview: #165801 · Replies: 479 · Views: 241056 |
| Posted on: Oct 23 2010, 06:00 PM | |
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Mars24 also shows LS and the season. |
| Forum: Spirit · Post Preview: #165760 · Replies: 992 · Views: 639260 |
| Posted on: Oct 22 2010, 11:05 PM | |
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 22 2010, 01:59 PM) PS: I still didn't get an answer about the zoom lens' status for MastCam  It's very simple. If it's ready in time, it's on. If it's not, it's not. We should know by the New Year. |
| Forum: MSL · Post Preview: #165738 · Replies: 414 · Views: 203792 |
| Posted on: Oct 22 2010, 09:13 PM | |
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| Forum: MSL · Post Preview: #165727 · Replies: 414 · Views: 203792 |
| Posted on: Oct 22 2010, 08:16 PM | |
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Here's the view from the viewing gallery - camera about 6 inches from the webcam when i took it - gives you some context. From left to right..... Spin-balance table( black box ) Rover handling rig (white frames ) Arm pointed straight at you bolted to metal plate. Rover ( pointing right, we're looking at it's right side) Cruise stage in the back right corner, backshell infront of it, and descent stage in the foreground partially obscured by scaffolding. |
| Forum: MSL · Post Preview: #165723 · Replies: 414 · Views: 203792 |
| Posted on: Oct 21 2010, 06:44 PM | |
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Actually - the rover's looking more rover-like than it did last week. Last week the mast was stowed, the rover was upside down and the belly pan was off |
| Forum: MSL · Post Preview: #165680 · Replies: 414 · Views: 203792 |
| Posted on: Oct 20 2010, 10:37 PM | |
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The best place for these questions would be https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/IsisSupport/ |
| Forum: Image Processing Techniques · Post Preview: #165634 · Replies: 6 · Views: 7759 |
| Posted on: Oct 19 2010, 05:33 PM | |
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You're still going to fall into the gravity well and hit at very high speed. If you were hovering magically 1000km above the moon, then just fell to the moon under its own gravity - your impact would still be at about 1.4-1.5km/sec |
| Forum: LRO & LCROSS · Post Preview: #165556 · Replies: 509 · Views: 554973 |
| Posted on: Oct 18 2010, 06:12 AM | |
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Oh, just for outreach, but it was great working with a scientist to get it as authentic as we thought we could from the data in hand. |
| Forum: Titan · Post Preview: #165508 · Replies: 192 · Views: 143692 |
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