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 Jan 15 2006, 10:27 AM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 15 2006, 03:24 AM) Was the capsule swinging side to side under the parachute, or was that just an illusion?  I didn't notice that myself. Could well be, but the current video of the choppers on right now shows a lot of convective/thermal optical interference...hard to tell what was real or not, I'd say. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 15 2006, 10:32 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 15 2006, 10:26 AM) Not easy to find in that lot.
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Jan 15 2006, 10:41 AM
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They seem to be having trouble finding it
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Jan 15 2006, 10:43 AM
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Vertigo say they may have it - they're going to land and check it out
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Jan 15 2006, 10:54 AM
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Found !
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Jan 15 2006, 10:55 AM
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News from Spaceflight Now:
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2006 1054 GMT (5:54 a.m. EST) The capsule has been found! -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Jan 15 2006, 10:57 AM
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QUOTE (Rakhir @ Jan 15 2006, 10:54 AM) Found ! Shame we can't get the thermal footage from the helicopter. Genesis like coverage would have been cool. -------------------- Turn the middle side topwise....TOPWISE!!
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Jan 15 2006, 11:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384 |
Spaceflight Now:
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2006 1121 GMT (6:21 a.m. EST) The capsule appears to have bounced three times before coming to rest on its side, the recovery forces report. -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Jan 15 2006, 02:23 PM
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Great news! Thanks for the play-by-play for those of us who were too lazy to drag their butts out of bed.
-------------------- --O'Dave
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Jan 15 2006, 04:20 PM
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-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Jan 15 2006, 04:43 PM
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I watched the count down nervously over the internet from work. Sadly the pictures still havn't hit the local newstations yet.
I was also wondering has NASA announced what it plans to do (if anything) with the main part of the spacecraft which they've sent into solar orbit? |
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Jan 15 2006, 05:13 PM
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The surviving flyby spacecraft can be used if someone succesfully applies for funding under a Discovery 'mission of opportunity' - http://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/dpl.html
I hope someone will get some funding, and it could do imaging, dust counting and dust Mass.Spec of another comet. Doug |
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Jan 15 2006, 05:15 PM
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QUOTE (odave @ Jan 15 2006, 07:23 AM) Great news! Thanks for the play-by-play for those of us who were too lazy to drag their butts out of bed. That was fun...let's do it again! |
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Jan 15 2006, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 16 2006, 01:13 AM) The surviving flyby spacecraft can be used if someone succesfully applies for funding under a Discovery 'mission of opportunity' - http://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/dpl.html I hope someone will get some funding, and it could do imaging, dust counting and dust Mass.Spec of another comet. Doug Here's hoping that: (1). That the get good science results from the captured material & (2) Someone comes up with a good plan/funding to carry out a 'mission of opportunity', because I'd hate to see a usable spacecraft 'thrown away' because the primary mission is over. |
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Jan 15 2006, 05:37 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 15 2006, 09:58 AM) Yes, it's unreal...already over central NV, IR image acquired!!!! Hope ElkGrove's seein' it! Well, well well....................... Got to my chosen location about an hour early (which was an hour later than I really wanted). Drove about 5 miles farther north into the Mountains. Found a most awesome site on the slopes overlooking an arm of Shasta Lake with a wide open view of the heavens. Perfectly clear skies. Bone chilling cold (probably 20F). Set up the analog video and tripod, carefully focused to infinity and aimed it on the begining of the predicted trajectory and set the lens for a wide angle view. Set up the digital video, aimed it at the departing end of the trajectory. Set up a small digital still and set it to fire off rapid fire stills until the card was full, and aimed it at the midpoint of the predicted trajectory. Loaded up the SLR with 1600 speed film. Set for manual exposure 1/60 sec, f4.5 and slung it over my shoulder. 15 minutes before estimated time, started both videos, poised next to digital still with left hand on shutter and SLR in right hand. Friend with GPS monitor begins calling off time 15 minutes out. 10 minutes out a train comes thundering through a nearby tunnel..... waited waited about 5 minutes before the scheduled time a small yellowish streak briefly flashes through the target zone... That wasn't it! I yell to my friend, over the roar of the train.... waited.... waited... and nothing more...... So now I feel like a complete fool. There is no question that I was observing the correct part of the sky at the correct time. If anyone has any guesses as to what happened I'd be interested. $50 in gas and a night's sleep (shakes head in disgust)  At least the cigar was good.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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