Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
Jan 14 2005, 09:57 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Nasa TV will be starting coverage in about 3 mins - but I'm watching multiple TV channels to see if any carry coverage - and will post any news thru the day as it happens
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Jan 17 2005, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
I think part of the reason the ESA held onto the raw images is the result of a bad experience with Giotto the probe that flew by Comet Halley. The first image released was done in false color to emphasize brightness variations which the general public was not able to interpret. Margaret Thatcher called the mission a waste of billions of dollars. The news media just shows the first images released and quickly forgets about it goung back to the latest celebrity trial. Not wanting the public to remember only some bland and grainy images they released only the best they had and held back the ones people would be disappointed by until the media has moved on. About the policy of holding data for six months to let the scientist on the project to study it first I think most of the science will come from the other instruments such as the spectrometers and chromotograph thus releasing the images shouldn't be a problem for them.
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