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 May 15 2008, 09:34 PM
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Great Q&A Rui, congrats are in order
 Great blog too! Well done |
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May 15 2008, 09:48 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Rui,
I don't know what's going on about your countdown (on SpacEurope) to Phoenix landing but it's wrong by at least 12 hours -------------------- |
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May 16 2008, 01:23 AM
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The following animation has been put up at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php#edl_hud, very impressive:
QUOTE Phoenix EDL Animation - This animation featuring a heads-up display shows second-by second the entry, descent and landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander on May 25, 2008. The animation was created by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Solar System Visualization Project. Low Bandwidth English Units (5.7 MB) Low Bandwidth Metric Units (5.7 MB) High Bandwidth English Units (47.3 MB) High Bandwidth Metric Units (42.9 MB) Now all that's missing is a second craft filming Phoenix during its landing and broadcasting live on HDTV  Daniel -------------------- |
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May 16 2008, 01:36 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Quick anecdote: I watched Pathfinder land- during my honeymoon! Needless to say, my new wife was less then pleased with me...
-------------------- 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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May 16 2008, 01:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
My first live Mars landing was Beagle2 ... I was out of reach of live coverage for Pathfinder and MPL.
My first live out-of-this world viewing was Giotto at Halley. Got me hooked. And saw (and especially HEARD) Ulysses launch in person at Cape Canaveral - so much happened in the meantime and the craft is still alive (somewhat). But I also remember running home from school for the first scrubbed launch attempt of Columbia STS1 ... it was a Wednesday afternoon in Europe, no school on Wednesday afternoons :-) Daniel -------------------- |
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May 16 2008, 02:08 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I've been incredibly lucky, now that I think about it. Haven't missed live coverage of any Mars landing to date, plus Huygens!
That streak better continue...
-------------------- 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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May 16 2008, 07:05 AM
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 Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Obrigado Gonzz!
Climber, thanks for telling me that, I made a mistake generation the code... Corrected now! EDITED: Guys, if anyone is considering participating in spacEurope's competition, the deadline is already this Sunday, May 18, 11:59PM UTC... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 16 2008, 07:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
QUOTE (nprev @ May 16 2008, 03:36 AM)  Quick anecdote: I watched Pathfinder land- during my honeymoon! Needless to say, my new wife was less then pleased with me... Nprev, you should have posted it in this thread. 
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May 16 2008, 08:03 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (dmuller @ May 16 2008, 02:23 AM) The following animation has been put up at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/videos.php#edl_hud, very impressive: "Very impressive"?!?! That's one of the most exciting, inspiring and TERRIFYING animations I've seen from any mission so far (though the MSL landing animation still takes the "What the ***** are you THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?!? That's INSANE!?!?!?!?" Prize!)! It's like flying a chase plane alongside Phoenix on the way down... just unbelievable... In an ideal world we will all start that movie playing at precisely the correct time for it to be in synch with the actual events as they happen... the next best thing to having a ringside seat...! Well done to everyone involved in this movie, and in Phoenix Outreach so far, I think they've all done a fantastic job. (also interested to see the look of the landing site in the movie... hmmm... very close to my first visualisation attempt... )
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May 16 2008, 08:20 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Brilliant movie.
So - come EDL time I've got to have..... That movie ready to play The Phoenix realtime website from Dan UMSF Blog NTV (Media channel. No offence Gay Yee Hill, but I like my EDL raw and unplugged) Thank god I'll be able to have three monitors on the job Doug |
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May 16 2008, 09:03 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I am trying to focus my attention on other things but it is...impossible.
9 days surely mark the frontier between the days where I thought I would witness this calmly, with serenity, and the days where I'm getting all anxious...worst than the days before the Euro 2004 final...just hope this time I'll smile at the end... I know I will...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 16 2008, 09:22 AM
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I'm also confident Phoenix will succeed. Yeah, a lot of landers have failed, but we know and understand all the reasons why they have failed.
Go Phoenix! |
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May 16 2008, 09:32 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
One of the questions made yesterday (thanks for remembering that Doug! I share the same opinion...ACC Memorial Station) was about the naming of the landing site...not a real important issue right now, and Barry see it in a superstitious way..., but just for curiosity, I would like to know what, AFTER a SUCCESSFUL landing, you guys consider would be a proper name for the landing site?
EDITED: I am going to get some music links during landing day at spacEurope, if you guys have any suggestions those are welcome...it doesn't need to be Mars related...I'm choosing some positive, strong tracks...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 16 2008, 09:37 AM
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Yeah, that would be a great name!
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May 16 2008, 10:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
QUOTE (Stu @ May 16 2008, 06:03 PM) In an ideal world we will all start that movie playing at precisely the correct time for it to be in synch with the actual events as they happen... the next best thing to having a ringside seat...! That can, of course , be done! I can insert an 'event' into the realtime simulation that tells you when to press play so that it tallies with the progress of the script ...OR, if you have both the script and the movie downloaded on your PC, then the script can tell the movie to start at the appropriate time (possibly lags 1 or 2 secs as the loading of the movie takes slightly different lengths of time depending on the computer etc). But this only works if BOTH the script and the movie are on your PC. DONT rush to download the realtime simulation yet, it will run out of data in 3 hours ... Would people be interested in the above functionality? Requires some reprogramming but (fingers crossed) should be able to be done. now can anybody employ me to do these things ... it's great fun and distraction from real work  Oh yes, I dont suggest we all watch that movie in realtime on the web, the server there may not make it Doug ... yeah for once it's good to have a big cubicle with all that technology ... I'm still trying to figure out whether to watch from home (large monitor) or go to the DSN visitor center nearby (=4 hours drive, that's next door in Australia) QUOTE That movie ready to play The Phoenix realtime website from Dan UMSF Blog NTV (Media channel. No offence Gay Yee Hill, but I like my EDL raw and unplugged) Thank god I'll be able to have three monitors on the job Daniel -------------------- |
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