KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html Edit : And Emily searched for the origin of the name http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/ |
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Nov 20 2007, 04:54 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I'm gonna take a WAG & speculate that NHK purchased exclusive distro rights for the HDTV products as a condition of its support so that it can construct some sort of product for its own marketing: TV special, IMAX-style movie, something like that. So, we'll see it all, but probably not till well after the iron has grown cold...
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Nov 20 2007, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Nov 20 2007, 05:04 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
(and I thought everyone's) There's corporate sponsorship and then there's corporate sponsorship. It's short sighted to automatically assume it's a good thing in every situation. In this situation, we have some awesome high res stills, some awesome low res movies, and then if you look hard enough, DIVX's of the high res footage as well. Eventually, I'm sure, the footage will creap out at good quality. I don't have an HDTV, I don't intend getting an HDTV for a few years, so if all they're going to do is broadcast it on Discovery HD - I'm not going to see it. Kaguya is happening now - they should be sharing that awesome footage with everyone now as well. I'm hoping to do a new talk based on this Lunar Flotilla that's setting out, but to not have this awesome footage to show to people, knowing it's sat on HDD's somewhere, that's frustrating beyond belief. If a commercial operation want's to do this sort of stuff on a governmental vehicle, then it needs to do it with entirely good intentions. Put your name on it, copyright it, use it for advertising...but keep it to yourself? My feet are in the 'for all mankind' camp rather than the 'for all our shareholders' camp I'm afraid. Doug |
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Nov 20 2007, 05:10 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
One thing I wonder - is the broadcasting company going to try to keep them off the web indefinitely, or are they holding them back long enough so that they can show the best footage first. Not knowing anything about Japanese television, it is hard to tell.
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