An Alien Probes View Of Earth |
An Alien Probes View Of Earth |
Aug 17 2005, 08:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 10 |
At this page:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/...4/html/fd1.html can be seen reduced and compressed but still incredible videos from the STS 114 SRB mounted cameras. the Right booster camera sequence at the bottom of the page is close to what I imagine a passing interstellar expedition might get back from an entry probe. As the booster tumbles various parts of the cloud streaked Earth move through the view, reminding me of the haphazard capturing of the surroundings we saw with the Huygens probe. Upon water impact we briefly get an underwater view. A probe dropped randomly on Earth would have about a 70 percent chance in landing in an ocean. I would hope designers of future atmospheric probes would consider returning video during their descents to be worthwhile as data return capability improves. Don |
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Aug 17 2005, 08:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I saw those videos (one from each SRB) on NASA-TV, full size and full resolution, and I completely agree with you, Don. They are amazing.
I was very much taken aback by the sound track -- the cameras had attached microphones. The sound of the motors running was actually not all that noticeable, just a high-pitched, loud hum. But the sound of the air passing them as they fell, becoming thicker and thicker as the boosters descended, causing sounds of metal flexing from deep within the walls of the boosters, was uncanny. It made me feel like I was riding a sinking ship down to the bottom, but violently and hyper-fast. I guess the best way to describe those films is exhiliarating, and scary! -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 17 2005, 09:38 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 13-April 05 Member No.: 232 |
Wow.
Those videos are absolutely amazing. As Don says - and perhaps the compression artefacts actually help give this feeling - it's very much like a Huygens for Earth. I'm glad we're not relying on a mosaic from those images! |
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Aug 17 2005, 09:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 17 2005, 09:56 AM) I saw those videos (one from each SRB) on NASA-TV, full size and full resolution, and I completely agree with you, Don. They are amazing. I guess the best way to describe those films is exhiliarating, and scary! stunning ride. echoes of mercury, gemini and apollo with the water spash down. it brings home what an extraoridinary trip going and returning to the moon must have been, from space to ocean in a matter of minutes! I dont know which ending i liked best, the underwater view from the right SRB or the amazing shot of the parachutes from the left SRB. if anyone knows where i can download the high res bung up a link. they are keepers. |
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May 9 2006, 07:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
Just thinking of the STS114 SRB videos again and wondering if any here know of either
1) links to high (TV+) resolution or 2) the videos available for purchase (VHS and or DVD) Any help will be greatly appriciated! -- Pertinax |
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May 9 2006, 09:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
A truly mystic experience, especially the sound!
Something that remind me the alien sounds from last scenes of "2001 a Space Odissey". This give a realistic idea of a sub-orbital ride, perhaps a common experience in few years, at least for reach people (not me!). I have to deeply thank you, Don. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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May 10 2006, 03:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Pertinax - thanks for bumping this thread - I missed it first time around - very cool.
A truly mystic experience, especially the sound! Something that remind me the alien sounds from last scenes of "2001 a Space Odissey". I was thinking that exact same thing - It even inspired me to break out this old CD set. -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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