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tuvas
post May 21 2008, 06:46 PM
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Okay, so there's only a few days till the landing, and I'm just curious, where will you all be? Just trying to keep a similar sounding thread to it's original purpose, that's all.

I am planning as of now to be at the LPL event at the University of Arizona. It should be interesting. I can only be there for about the hour around the landing time, but that's alright.
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post May 21 2008, 06:57 PM
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I'll be sat in my living room here in Kendal, in "Computer Corner", from around 9pm right through until 4ish next morning, basically monitoring everything. Inbetween I am probably going to be doing a few "slots" on the phone with my local BBC radio station, Radio Cumbria, updating listeners on what's happening/happened, and there's a chance I might be on Radio 5 Live too, but haven't heard back from them about that. Luckily I'm off work all day Monday so I'll be able to follow post-landing events and coverage too.

So, if anyone else is having a "Phoenix Marathon" you know there'll be at least one other person here to keep you company!


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post May 21 2008, 07:25 PM
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Unrestless as I'm feeling I won't be capable of staying in one single place... tongue.gif

but home...mostly...I still don't know if I'll head to the office to wait for the post landing press conference...

Guys...100 Hours to Mars in 29 minutes!!! biggrin.gif

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post May 21 2008, 07:28 PM
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I will probably at the Sonnet building on the U of A campus. Or at the event in the Kuiper building.


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post May 21 2008, 07:35 PM
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As luck would have it, flying from Ontario to Vancouver, BC that morning, and with uncertain access to the internet over the critical period. Still, I'll be on the West Coast, and that's good in itself.

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post May 21 2008, 07:54 PM
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I'll be in my living room with NASA-TV running on my TV (I've got a great cable system, and I don't say that just because I work for them) and UMSF running on my computer. I'm hopeful we'll have the UMSF chat room running so we can exchange info and emotions.

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post May 21 2008, 09:31 PM
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I've got a terrible confession to make. I'll be asleep. I'll turn on the BBC news in the morning.
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post May 21 2008, 09:47 PM
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That's a stance I can totally appreciate. 'Wake me up when it's over' is perhaps the most sensible option.

I'll be in Patrick Moore's dining room bouncing off the walls probably.

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post May 21 2008, 09:47 PM
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QUOTE (ngunn @ May 21 2008, 11:31 PM) *
I've got a terrible confession to make. I'll be asleep. I'll turn on the BBC news in the morning.

We won't let you do that tongue.gif


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post May 22 2008, 12:22 AM
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Sittin' at home, TV on CNN probably because I don't get NASA TV, the (terrible swear word describing cable company removed)s, one hand on the computer monitoring all the sites, two hamds typing in the UMSF chat, one hand holding a beer, one hand holding a stogie, and one hand popping peanuts into my mouth. (I'm having the extra hands installed on Friday; this is LA, after all, capital of unnecessary surgeries!) tongue.gif


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post May 22 2008, 02:00 AM
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I'll be making the 4 hour trip to the next town, which happens to be the Canberra DSN station (well, 45 mins out of Canberra). Hope to catch the landing there, but if I run late, I'll be watching it from a friends house in Canberra on the way to the DSN and go to the DSN for the first image.

On that note, can anybody tape / record the NASA TV stream (media stream preferred)?

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post May 22 2008, 02:21 AM
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Does the Live Chat link work? When I click it in either Firefox or IE, I get the message 'Sorry, some required files are missing, if you intended to view a topic, it's possible that it's been moved or deleted. Please go back and try again.'
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post May 22 2008, 03:41 AM
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At a wedding banquet for a relative where I will probably get weird looks by sneaking off to the bar and tipping the bartender to change the channel to CNN. I would probably get dirty looks if I had a mobile internet device.
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post May 22 2008, 03:43 AM
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For Americans who don't get NASA TV but do have decent cable, the Science Channel will be carrying live coverage from 7 to 9 ET, with Jim Garvin commentating.

And if you're stuck at a function without TV, try the Twitter feed -- have it send text messages to your celly.

Y'all know where I'll be smile.gif

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post May 22 2008, 03:50 AM
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QUOTE (mike @ May 21 2008, 06:21 PM) *
Does the Live Chat link work?


No.


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