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 May 5 2007, 10:09 PM
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For those of you who may be interested and to whom this is available, you may be interested to know that "Mars Rocks: One Year Later" (a sequel to "Welcome to Mars," which documents the first year of surface operations for the MERs) is running right now (from 5 to 6 p.m. CDT) on The Discovery Channel.
Another documentary, "Moon for Sale," which claims to be about a "second race to the Moon," is on from 7 to 8 p.m. CDT tonight. And finally, for those who haven't yet seen it but who get Discovery, "Roving Mars" will have a sneak preview tonight from 8 to 9 p.m., CDT. Just thought it worth a mention...  -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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May 7 2007, 07:36 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 5 2007, 12:09 PM)  "Roving Mars" will have a sneak preview tonight from 8 to 9 p.m., CDT. -the other Doug Thanx, OD, I caught it on the fly! I can see how it would wow 'em in a wraparound format. Is the Discovery "preview" an edited version, or is it uncut? 
-------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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May 8 2007, 03:19 AM
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Oh yes, I watched all these "Moon for Sale", "Roving Mars" and one for New Horizons mission which included some screenshots of our forum' discussion threads on the Jupiter encounter last Feb
 They were really wonderful, I must be lucky to be here in the US this time
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May 8 2007, 04:05 AM
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I saw the Discovery Channel New Horizons special, I believe Saturday evening, though I can't seem to find it on their web site.
The coolest part though was when Alan Stern was talking about the proposed "Kodak Moments" for the Jupiter encounter he said "We decided to do something different and we turned to the blogs for suggestions." and then they flashed several familiar blue UMSF screens. How neat is that? I'll keep poking around and see if I can find what it was and when it will play again -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 8 2007, 04:10 AM
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Thu: I'll have to watch for the screenshots if they replay New Horizons. I missed that show. I hope you enjoy your visit to the US. We are lucky to have you as a visitor.
-------------------- ...Tom (thinks he should use more emoticons)
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May 8 2007, 04:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3115 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
The New Horizons program was the same "Passport to Pluto" program that Discovery produced for the launch of New Horizons. They simply updated it to include about 15 minutes of new material, which covered the Jupiter encounter. (Which is *really* good planning on their part, I think!)
They've done the same thing with their Cassini program, "Rendezvous with Saturn's Moon," which was originally broadcast back when Huygens landed. The last time I say it, it was up-to-date enough to include the Saturn-backlit shot and also details on Enceladan plume activity. -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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May 9 2007, 02:58 AM
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What *I* thought was the most impressive thing about "Passport to Pluto" was that Alan didn't hog the show. He's an important part of it, but we see lots of other people from the team as well. That showed real class.
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May 9 2007, 06:38 AM
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Alan stood at the bottom of the Atlas V was one of the most interesting pieces of footage I've ever seen. I always thought "Shuttle Big...Atlas V small...Delta 2 tiny"...Ooooooo No.
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May 13 2007, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 7 2007, 09:05 PM) I saw the Discovery Channel New Horizons special, I believe Saturday evening, though I can't seem to find it on their web site. Did you every find a link to the program on the website? I was twerked a small amount about one little factoid that never gets enough attention from the media, i.e. the distances involved... wanted to review the program one more time... Tom |
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May 13 2007, 07:35 PM
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You can download the pre-launch version of it here:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/videos/Pas...luto720x486.mov (130 MB) -------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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May 13 2007, 09:08 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ May 9 2007, 02:38 AM) Alan stood at the bottom of the Atlas V was one of the most interesting pieces of footage I've ever seen. I always thought "Shuttle Big...Atlas V small...Delta 2 tiny"...Ooooooo No. Doug Atlas 5 is 196 feet tall for 500 version and 192 feet for 400 version. The shuttle is 184 feet tall. Side by side you can't really tell the difference. But the shuttle is by far the most powerful and most massive vehicle. -------------------- |
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May 13 2007, 09:18 PM
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tall and big are different things
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May 13 2007, 09:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 183 Joined: 22-October 05 From: Daytona Beach / Cape Canaveral, FL Member No.: 534 |
 Here you go, since you'll never see them side by side in real life :-) The person under the shuttle is to the same scale too. -------------------- |
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May 13 2007, 10:32 PM
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Someone's spent a lot at Realspacemodels
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