HiBlog, The HiRISE Blog Options

[ElkGroveDan]

most of the posters are under 35, and almost all under 40... Right?

Not sure there's been a survey, but my thumbnail guess from the people I do know here, I'd say wrong again.

[odave]

(PS - I think we had a "how old" or "who are you" or "what do you do" thread at some point....)

That would be here.

[tuvas]

Sorry, I was refering to the HiBloggers, not this form... Of course, I've realized it now, most of the people here are under 40, and the older ones all have super important jobs, so... They are just plain busy... I might mention that I'm the youngest of the HiBloggers, the only undergraduate that I know of, and the youngest in age as well...

[RichardLeis]

I guessed wrong then... Still, most of the posters are under 35, and almost all under 40... Right?

I'm pretty sure most of us are under 120...

Ya, I think most of the HiBloggers are under 40.

[RichardLeis]

I think that we're beginning to see a new generation and new genre of outreach for spaceflight that goes beyond the normal. Blogs, Podcasts, automated imagery pipelines. Some missions ( and fortunately an increasing number ) are embrasing this technology fully, sharing not just the headline results of a mission or an instrument - but going to the trouble of sharing the experience and the adventure of being a part of such a project.

These are opportunities that simply did not exist even 5 years ago. I attended a Geology event a few months ago in which the scientists joked about reaching out to the public via blogs. If only they would! True, blogs can often be inane (chocolate cake, anyone?) but they can also be used for on-the-fly and timely distribution of information. They can also be used to tell different stories than just technical ones.

I think the interest here at HiRISE in wikis, blogs, podcasts, and other recent technologies began with younger team members, but as the usefulness of these tools were demonstrated, much of the rest of the team has adapted well. And the interest may have been based more on individual passion rather than age.

Just like everyone else, we at HiRISE are being affected by unprecedented rapid progress in technology, from our cutting-edge high resolution camera to our office productivity and public outreach tools.

[djellison]

I've noticed a fair few registrations from lpl.arizona.edu - it's nice to have people prepared to 'spread the knowledge', it's a credit to a mission or an instrument team. HiRISE is going to produce so much, hopefully for so long, that it'll need a lot of eye to catch all the interesting features...hopefully this bunch of reprobates will be a part of that.

Doug

[helvick]

hopefully this bunch of reprobates will be a part of that.

Why thank you, Sir. Reprobate #220 ready to report for duty if ever required. ;-)

[tuvas]

I've noticed a fair few registrations from lpl.arizona.edu - it's nice to have people prepared to 'spread the knowledge', it's a credit to a mission or an instrument team.

Hmm, I wonder how many of them are from HiRISE... There's only about 20-30 of us here at HiROC (Roughly, although the number is increasing it seems...), there is alot of people for other missions though. Phoenix obviously has alot, Cassini, well, there are tons, there's a few with the rovers. I'm sure there are others as well, in addition to quite a few who work with terrestrial observations of planetary bodies, including astroids planets, and comets. I'm sure there are others as well;-) LPL really does do alot for space systems;-)

[tuvas]

There's an update on the HiBlog, it takes about the HOGG (Don't forget the the), and HIPHOP, among others. I think all of the HiBloggers have their picture up except for me... Oh well.

[volcanopele]

LOL!! I was right about who HiCommander is.

[tuvas]

LOL!! I was right about who HiCommander is.

I had always thought it was him, then I just asked him (As we are both software guys, well, there isn't that many of us...)

For your entertainment, here's some other fun names from HiRISE. HiCat, HiDog, HiEST, and HiStud. Maybe I'll explain them later.

[RichardLeis]

Let us not speculate who is who. Everyone has a different comfort level when it comes to Internet participation. The goal is to educate and entertain with details about what we do at HiRISE.

[tuvas]

Well, I just posted something else on the HiBlog, a rough status report of what everyone's doing. These days at HiROC are very crazy, but very exciting. It's hard to beleive it's only been a month that we've been in PSP, it feels like an eternity, but in a good kind of way.

[MarkL]

Thanks as always. The blog is a great source of insight into the human side of what sometimes seems completely mechanical engineering. I hope you are getting lots of readers.

[djellison]

Another great article - this on HiStitch....

Tell you want I would like to read in the HiBlog - cold hard figures on the size of the downlink for some of these images as a total data product...and how that's best expressed in terms of the length of downlink time needed.

Also - one thing that would be VERY cool - a total image counter....how many images have been taken in total.....and...did you get anything interesting from the ride-along during Deimos calib

I must say - blogs and 'casts of various sorts really do bring this stuff to life for the enthused viewer/reader - kudos to the team for doing it.

Doug