First day, Post-EDL |
First day, Post-EDL |
May 26 2008, 02:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
So, I think we can say now that we are in post-EDL operations, now that the solar panels have been verified. Still on the list of things to come:
1. Full panoramic from Phoenix, I would expect it to be coming in pieces over the next day, every hour and a half or so. 2. Imagery from HiRISE and possible Mars Express, which might show Phoenix while landing. The odds of success are slim, but it sure would be cool! 3. Imagery of HiRISE on it's landing spot. I find this unlikely to come by this Wednesday release, for a few reasons. First of all, it's likely due to a late parachute opening that Phoenix overshot it's landing a bit. If it overshot it far enough, then it would miss a HiRISE window (Remember, the FOV on HiRISE isn't that high...) Secondly, it takes about 4 advanced notice to change an image location, so the next opportunity won't be for a while. Given also the length of a downlink, I put a HiRISE image for the 4th of June. Anyways, please post your topics on Sol 1 (Or is it 0) of Phoenix. I have a hunch we'll have to do a post for each of the first few days, but... By the way, for those trying to see the Phoenix Images, and want to download the JPGs, look at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ , and then click view images now, then the image you want, then look at the right. You will see an area to download the image now, in JPG format. |
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May 26 2008, 04:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
Infestations of trolls, etc, in the chat channel were unfortunate but not too surprising, alas. But an attack against TPS really boggles me, both as a TPS member and professionally speaking, as someone who works in security. It wasn't a normal "DoS" attack where a site's swamped with spurious, but otherwise normal, requests, because Emily referred to rebooting the server to bring the site back. I don't know of any public "crash your server" exploits in the wild that work against Apache 2.0.59 as used on planetary.org . There's no money to be made from such an attack, which suggest sociopathic types ("script kiddies") with too much time on their hands... Although come to think of it, there's a thriving industry in DoS for blackmail purposes, especially around one-off events with high traffic peaks (hitting betting sites on the day of a huge sporting event was a favourite tactic a year or two back.)
Well, anyway, last night saw some of the absolute best the Internet can offer, as well as a couple of glimpses of the worst. (The Internet, plus dedicated, unbelievably knowledgeable people like Emily and Doug of course!) It bears repetition: enormous kudos to Emily, Doug and the Selsey crew, and all the UMSFers out there, as well as of course to the project team. So many memorable moments... and what a fabulous atmosphere, from Sir Patrick Moore's shirt and monocle, to the banter in the chat rooms (especially as the beers went down!) I'd love to see some traffic stats from umsf as well - did you pick up many new user registrations? PS Next press briefing is 7pm BST / 1800 UTC on NASA TV I think? PPS 11.5 inches == 29.21 cm -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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May 26 2008, 04:36 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Infestations of trolls, etc, in the chat channel were unfortunate but not too surprising, alas. It was a terrific afternoon/evening when it's all said and done; best time I've had ever during an EDL! Would add one note: Some clown asked Emily what I, at least, felt was an intrusive and highly personal question when she was beginning her first 'cast, and I called him on it. He wasn't ejected, and behaved himself from then on. Since Emily has intimated that she'd like to do more live 'casts, I think it is incumbent upon us all to ensure that she is allowed to do so without having to put up with that sort of nonsense, and of course this should be the rule for all people who are kind enough to provide their time and expertise for our collective enlightenment. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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