Viking Anniversary Web Site |
Viking Anniversary Web Site |
May 15 2008, 08:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
In another thread, ugordon said:
>I can imagine it must have felt something like that with the Vikings as well. >If only there was an archive of footage of all these historical events as they >happened so we can relive the drama as it happened... Somewhere there is (or was) a web site with a large collection of video clips commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Viking landings. I think it was created in connection with a conference held at Langley to mark the occasion. It includes, among many other interesting features, lots of archival footage of team members' reactions to the landings, as well as thoughtful comments from the participants 30 years later. It's an impressive collection of material, which would take hours to view completely, and it might provide the kind of "reliving" you're looking for, if it's still online. Unfortunately I don't have a url, and wasn't able to locate it with google just now. This page discusses the conference and contains some video clips, but the site I remember had many more clips, covering a wide variety of topics related to the mission. TTT |
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May 15 2008, 08:31 PM
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You're may be talking of this : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/viking30/
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May 15 2008, 09:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Yes, that's it, thanks very much.
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May 15 2008, 09:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
This is fantastic stuff. Thanks for drawing it to our attention.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 15 2008, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Great mission, and great hair!
Thanks for the tip - I see many hours disappearing..... -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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May 18 2008, 09:39 PM
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If You really want to get an idea of the atmosphere at JPL during the VIking 1 & 2 landings, get this book:
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May 18 2008, 11:53 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah... ...Hair notwithstanding (you youngsters don't get it yet, but will when your kids come up with some style or another that migrates into mainstream culture!), sure is important to tell the human side of this almost unbelievably audacious program.
In retrospect, it really is amazing that that they even got one of them down, much less both...I mean, just look at that terrain!!! Said it before & I'll say it again: probability swings the pendulum both ways. With the VLs, we were extraordinarily lucky. EDIT: Ahh, I'm a little slow...'atmosphere at JPL?' I get it now... If true, it is most assuredly not like that in the present day at all. -------------------- 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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May 19 2008, 02:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1669 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Yes, those faces look wonderfully familiar. I was fortunate to be at JPL from 7/76-3/77 as a student working on Viking. The 70s were definitely a special time. I often wonder how that atmosphere compares with today.
-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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