VEX Science Planning |
VEX Science Planning |
Mar 9 2007, 02:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 17-February 07 From: ESAC, cerca Madrid, Spain. Member No.: 1743 |
Hello-
I wasn't sure how most people would like to see stuff posted. Or if this would interest many people. But in the interests of putting out more information, I created this topic as a place to put information on Venus Express science planning. If you have any ideas about this, let me know. Cheers- Don Merritt -------------------- --
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Mar 15 2007, 04:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 17-February 07 From: ESAC, cerca Madrid, Spain. Member No.: 1743 |
I think an awful lot of people are interested in the results we get from Venus Express. Most people are impressed by pictures, but there are ( I think ) a surprising number of people who are also interested in results that aren't really visual, like plasma and magnetometer results.
I just don't know how many people are interested in what I do. You see calendars with cool space pictures, but you don't see any calendars showing me hunched over my keyboard, trying to figure out why my pointing commands aren't working as I expected, or why the actual data downlinked from an instrument was 20% less than predicted. If people are interested in this side of it, though, I'm happy to put it out there. Since I don't know what might be interesting to people, I'm just making it up as I go along. And if the responses are positive, I can keep doing it. Cheers- Don -------------------- --
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Mar 15 2007, 05:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
...trying to figure out why my pointing commands aren't working as I expected, or why the actual data downlinked from an instrument was 20% less than predicted. These sorts of challages and (hopefully) how they were overcome can be fascinating. Even if it's a forgotten comma in a command. In Steve Squyres' book "Roving Mars", some of the most gripping stories involved writing and presenting proposals. Who'd 'a' thunk? |
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