Roving Mars (Imax) in the UK, Finally..it has happened |
Roving Mars (Imax) in the UK, Finally..it has happened |
Mar 24 2007, 08:29 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Right, British UMSFers..
Roving Mars starts at the Birmingham Think Tank Imax theatre next weekend...but hold your horses http://www.imax.ac/schedule.htm 1200, 1515 and 1830 are the showings. Anyone fancy a get-together on April 21st? I can't make any promises, but it should be more than your usual showing - and it's on 3 times in the one day. Think Tank is about 3/4 mile from Birmingham New Street (I will travel by train from Leicester and I would aim to get there before the first of the three showings on the day - about 11ish Once I know more details, I'll let you know Doug |
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Apr 22 2007, 09:29 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 5-October 06 Member No.: 1223 |
So that’s where you guys went! After the second IMAX showing I stayed to listen to Jim Bell’s Q & A and I had to constantly stop myself from laughing. The poor guy was harangued by the public with engineering suggestions like, ‘Why didn’t you put retractable plates on the wheels so they won’t get stuck in the sand?” or “Will the next rover have retractable wheels so that when one stops working you can just pull it out of the way?” Jim just had a look of mild desperation on his face.
Interestingly he directly said that the next rover is going to be ‘nuclear powered’ and I thought everyone was trying not to mention the RTGs or is that only JPL staff? He also had some good news for all you imaging guys and gals out there, MSL will send back as much data back in 3-4 weeks as both rovers have sent back to date. That is assuming MRO is still capable of acting as a relay. Alex |
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