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What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? |
 Jan 20 2010, 02:29 PM
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Jan 20 2010, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE (OWW @ Jan 20 2010, 02:29 PM)  HiWish is the announcement? Probably. Like I said - no big press conference means no big news. Personally - I find that very very exciting. |
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Jan 20 2010, 02:37 PM
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QUOTE (OWW @ Jan 20 2010, 02:29 PM) Ii was going post that but edited my post when I saw there were observing requests from early last year - I thought it was something already known, but i'd missed it 
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Jan 20 2010, 02:55 PM
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It's only gone public today. It's access, I believe, to the same tool used internally for target suggestion, more or less.
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Jan 20 2010, 03:24 PM
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Great, now we can expect weekly images from Cydonia
 
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Jan 20 2010, 03:35 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2605 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
I think this is a massive announcement, almost the same scale as pushing Pathfinder images to the internet.
It represents a continuing paradigm shift. Think about it, now the public at large can suggest an imaging target for a major spacecraft. This continues the progression of more and more access. (And hopefully, more downstream support). This opens space up to everyone. I can't actually think of anything that would be bigger. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jan 20 2010, 03:38 PM
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Interesting that it took the "People's Camera" all the way until now to implement this.
QUOTE (Juramike @ Jan 20 2010, 07:35 AM) Think about it, now the public at large can suggest an imaging target for a major spacecraft. You mean again, right? Considering that we did this for years on MOC. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jan 20 2010, 03:39 PM
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QUOTE (Juramike @ Jan 20 2010, 03:35 PM) Think about it, now the public at large can suggest an imaging target for a major spacecraft. Not to belabour MC's point - but we were able to do this with MGS / MOC. And they did thousands of publicly suggested images. |
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Jan 20 2010, 03:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2605 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Oh, I agree.
This is a continuation of that, and with a more powerful camera. But the trend to more and more back-and-forth feedback is huge. Compare this to just a few decades ago and waiting for the local newspaper to print one selected image.... (I'll also timidly add that more tools are available to the general public as well: Google Mars, HiRise images via internet, and more and more internet connections and faster access. Only until the last few years did I personally get a decent enough connection to be able to enjoy the plethora of data in the public domain.) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jan 20 2010, 04:07 PM
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Darn - I'm still rooting for MPL. Someone in the HiCAVE is laughing at me right now. (I know where you live)
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 20 2010, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jan 20 2010, 04:38 PM) Interesting that it took the "People's Camera" all the way until now to implement this. Heh, I was thinking the same thing.  QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 20 2010, 05:07 PM) Darn - I'm still rooting for MPL. I hear you, brother. I want to see its final resting place and the condition it's in. -------------------- |
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Jan 20 2010, 06:29 PM
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Well, I was about to request more possible MPL sites but I'm having trouble with the HiWISH form...
Can you all see the map on the right ?... -------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen, Sample Return...
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Jan 20 2010, 06:32 PM
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We should call this sort of technology "Space 2.0" by analogy to "Web 2.0," which meant sites like Wikipedia that worked by massive involvement of the public.
In this case, I hope "massive" ends up meaning more than just us here though. :-) --Greg |
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Jan 20 2010, 07:12 PM
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Scott Maxwell's Mars 3.0 presentation at Gnomedex 2008 seems appropriate here - this is a another good step along that road.
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Jan 20 2010, 08:33 PM
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 Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3959 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I started a new thread for discussions of spots that we in the UMSF community pick using the HiWish tool.
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