LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
Nov 15 2009, 05:20 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 6-November 09 Member No.: 5017 |
My gripe is with the artwork itself. It appears to show a wrinkly surface on the sail panels yet the Earth's reflection is not broken up accordingly. I thought about crackling up the Earth reflection a bit more, but I decided that most folks would have fixated on the unevenness of the reflection and not seen the bigger picture, so to speak. Sometimes complete photographic reality in art is not the best way to go. Rick |
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Nov 15 2009, 08:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Sometimes complete photographic reality in art is not the best way to go. No gripe with that statement at all. As an artist you are free. My comment arose from the fact that when looking at that particular image and wanting to 'enter the scene' I found myself distracted by the apparent incongruity. But it's all subjective at the viewer's end too and maybe I'm in a minority of one! At any rate I'm (of late) merely an enthusiast for space art whereas you're actually creating it, so count me as a fan. |
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Nov 15 2009, 08:47 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sometimes complete photographic reality in art is not the best way to go. Rick Oh wow, thank you!! I'm gonna quote that every time someone wrinkles their nose up at my use of lens flare! -------------------- |
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Nov 15 2009, 09:12 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Your lens flare useage is a diagnosable psychiatric condition . Rick's use of artistic licence is entirely normal
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Nov 15 2009, 09:27 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Nov 15 2009, 04:28 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 6-November 09 Member No.: 5017 |
No gripe with that statement at all. As an artist you are free. My comment arose from the fact that when looking at that particular image and wanting to 'enter the scene' I found myself distracted by the apparent incongruity. But it's all subjective at the viewer's end too and maybe I'm in a minority of one! At any rate I'm (of late) merely an enthusiast for space art whereas you're actually creating it, so count me as a fan. And I have no gripe with your gripe. If there weren't any discussion about things, it would all be pretty boring. A good deal of the space art we do takes liberties with light levels and colors and so on, to make it more accessible, and there's a sliding scale of what is "correct" that runs all the way to total photographic realism, particularly in scientific visualization. Not counting, of course, the horribly gaudy 20X vertical representations of Venus from years back. And Stu, I do like a -teeny- bit of lens flare now and then (it can be such an overused gimmick), or some subtle play of light that guides the eye to a certain point. Not like in a certain recent movie. Rick |
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Mar 30 2010, 04:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
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Jun 30 2010, 06:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
LightSail-1 Passes Critical Design Review
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects...g/20100625.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 20 2010, 03:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
LightSail-1 Video Update: Construction Begins!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-NeZwBko0...player_embedded -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 22 2010, 06:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
I'm curious if the camera's that were shown in the video are off-the-shelf, or were they designed specifically for the mission of LightSail-1? If they are off-the-shelf, who manufactured the camera's and optics?
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Jul 16 2012, 11:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
The article below mentions three upcoming NASA missions (which will be flown on the venerable Delta 2 rocket) that would reach orbital altitudes that seem desirable for Lightsail-1...which The Planetary Society wants to send to an altitude of 800 km (500 miles):
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1207/16delta2/ OCO 2 (launch in 2014): 438-mile polar orbit SMAP (launch in 2014): 423 miles above Earth JPSS 1 (launch in 2016): 512 miles above Earth Of course, I think TPS is planning to launch Lightsail-1 before the end of this year...so all of this may be a moot point -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Jun 4 2014, 11:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Almost two years since the last post; here's an informative update:
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis...ate-flight.html |
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Jun 19 2014, 12:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Another update by The Planetary Society:
"LightSail update: Three steps forward, one step back" http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis...hree-steps.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Jun 28 2014, 01:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Can't wait for the announcement!
"LightSail is Ready for Launch! Join Us as the Countdown Begins" http://www.planetary.org/blogs/mat-kaplan/...ady-launch.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Jul 2 2014, 03:03 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
"LightSail update: Of booms and pretty pictures"
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis...s-pictures.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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