Dawn approaches Vesta, Approach phase, 3 May to 16 July 2011 |
Dawn approaches Vesta, Approach phase, 3 May to 16 July 2011 |
May 3 2011, 03:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Jun 9 2011, 02:46 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 7-July 09 Member No.: 4857 |
I'm not sure that this represents an actual change in policy, but today NASA Watch reports that NASA has decided to release more Dawn imagery.
QUOTE ("NASA Watch") According to NASA HQ PAO a movie compilation of Dawn approach imagery for Vesta will be released on Monday. A plan is also being assembled whereby JPL releases one image per week until Dawn arrives at Vesta.[...]
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Jun 9 2011, 09:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
QUOTE ".... a movie compilation of Dawn approach imagery for Vesta will be released on Monday." I'm sure that was the plan all along. Either they didn't release images one by one because they truly thought they would be uninteresting, or.... they didn't want to get scooped on the movie version by the amateur community. And I'm not sure I can blame them if that was the reason. The amateurs will have plenty of time to make improvements later. |
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Jun 10 2011, 12:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I'm sure that was the plan all along. It wasn't. And we were told that quite specifically. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 10 2011, 12:46 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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Jun 10 2011, 01:50 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm not saying the plan was to release an approach movie Monday, but that I assume they always planned to make an approach movie. And yet we have Russell on record (see Emily's blog entry) saying QUOTE These images are optimized for determining the position of the spacecraft relative to Vesta and not for making pretty pictures of Vesta. Releasing a pretty movie on Monday, whilst taking images 'not for making pretty picture'..... that's a direct contradiction. |
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Jun 10 2011, 05:21 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 16-November 06 Member No.: 1364 |
Releasing a pretty movie on Monday, whilst taking images 'not for making pretty picture'..... that's a direct contradiction. It is not. You have no reason to question the P.I.'s statements. All FC images of Vesta to date have been acquired for optical navigation purposes. |
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