Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science |
Inaccuracy in reporting astronomy and science |
Feb 12 2010, 11:22 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
A friend of mine who should know better said it was a military payload on a Saturn V.....I think he might have been on the "red juice" the night before......He saw it launch as he lives only 12 miles away.
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Feb 12 2010, 12:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Take a look at the title of this page - http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/Admin/reso...tml#vgrISSEDR-J
Quite interesting -------------------- |
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Feb 12 2010, 12:43 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oy.
This one I can at least understand a tiny bit. The original concept mission that became Viking was called "Voyager". Of course, it's more likely a silly mistake by a tired or disinterested web developer. -------------------- 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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Feb 12 2010, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1578 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
It's funny that the "lander" error is being pointed out, because I think a fair amount of the SDO press called it a "probe." Reading that term might have led the talking heads mentioned earlier to think it was actually going to the Sun.
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Feb 12 2010, 05:28 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Machi,
I contacted the PDS node feedback link, and the page has been corrected. Another win for UMSF! -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Mar 3 2010, 07:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I wish I had a better place to post this, since it's not really 'inaccuracy' at all, but the moment I saw this I thought "what will UMSF think?", and I doubt it's worth starting a new topic just for this, so here goes, a Rube Goldberg machine made for a music video, with a sneaky MER appearance at 2:09!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w Rather nice to see the rovers get a cameo in pop culture, eh? |
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Mar 3 2010, 08:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Mar 3 2010, 04:46 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Awesome :
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...-from-Mars.html (brought to my attention by a former colleague - I sure as hell wouldn't read The Sun's website) Looks to me like MERA - just after Bonneville. Going to start looking with MMB (a few short moments later ) RIGHT - It was Sol Sol 87 12:17:49 (I have been tweeting my analysis...how very 21st century) Analysis of the Sun-Gorilla. Sol 87 was a 36m drive. Gorilla is 24m from end-location thus 11-ish- metres from Sol 76-87 site AHh - Sol 87A drive was 36 metres, but distance covered as crow flies... only 20.5 metres (plus a 1 metre drop from rim of Bonneville) And the Sun's Gorilla looks to me... to be this rock - http://bit.ly/dcUknh - now to check size with AlgorimancerPG tool from both sites |
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Mar 3 2010, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Geez!
Not only there is a "big foot" (and all the other animals e.g. the "speed turtle") near Home Plate but a Gorilla around Bonneville. |
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Mar 3 2010, 07:49 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Mar 3 2010, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1578 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
It's totally drinking from that aslant puddle.
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Mar 3 2010, 10:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
Would it be remiss of me to suggest to those non-English readers that it's only about one hundred miles (as the gorilla runs) from Hartlepool, home of the Napoleonic monkey scare of the early 19th century to Grimsby?
Andy |
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Mar 3 2010, 10:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
It's totally drinking from that aslant puddle. I was thinking of coining a phrase, "drinking slanted water" to refer to those who believe such nonsense as the Sun writes. Then I Googled it and sure enough.... "DON’T DRINK SLANTED WATER". |
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Mar 3 2010, 10:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I wonder if 'Nigel Cooper' is even real! Someone should tell him that UMSF exists.
Or maybe he already has a pseudonym here.... |
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Mar 3 2010, 11:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
I wonder if 'Nigel Cooper' is even real! Someone should tell him that UMSF exists. Or maybe he already has a pseudonym here.... Heather Couper (a woman who has asteroid 3922 named after her) lives with a Nigel. Is it, perhaps, just a very slow news day at Murdoch's Sun? Andy |
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