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 Oct 5 2006, 02:07 AM
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Here's Doug's MRO entry, with a nice CRISM scoop as well.
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Oct 5 2006, 12:15 PM
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From Doug's glog installment on Venus Express:
>Schwelm explained that when you do this "copy" of a spacecraft design, you have to do it rapidly without >a gap. It's been a year since they finished working on VEX and thus the heritage is essentially lost -- >the teams have changed and it would not be as cost effective to do the same thing again .... Now that's interesting. The topic of how much money can be saved by reusing spacecraft design comes up all the time, but I had not realized that the deadline was so short. It increases my admiration for ESA's ability to put together support for the two Express missions. TTT |
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Oct 5 2006, 12:30 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Interesting things got a bit thin on the ground today - so you'll have to make do with a Whale and OSETI....I hope some of you find it interesting, and if nothing else, it's a bit of a laugh.
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Oct 6 2006, 09:05 PM
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Oct 6 2006, 11:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
Doug, I have enjoyed reading your blogs. Congratulations for your superb reports!
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Oct 7 2006, 06:46 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It was great fun - not sure if every post was for everyone, but that's the same with conference sessions
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Oct 7 2006, 09:15 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Welcome back from the front, Doug! Very enjoyable and informative reports, very different to others and all the better for it.
I fear you've left a very sad and lonely Whaley behind tho, depressed after his 15mins of fame... 
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Oct 12 2006, 09:20 PM
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a quick 6 x 2
Doug
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Oct 12 2006, 09:34 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 |
Thanks Doug,
I truly enjoyed your way of reporting : humour, informative and personal. What else can we ask for? Well, yes, pictures. Must be inspiring to be in a Congres related to Space in such a place. -------------------- |
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Oct 13 2006, 04:49 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 12 2006, 04:20 PM)  a quick 6 x 2 Doug Doug, that building complex is gorgeous. If I ever win the lottery I'll build a copy and donate it to UMSF!  Brian |
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Oct 13 2006, 08:48 AM
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QUOTE (monty python @ Oct 13 2006, 05:49 AM) Doug, that building complex is gorgeous. If I ever win the lottery I'll build a copy and donate it to UMSF! Brian Looks like Calatrava's work...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 19 2006, 02:37 AM
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QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Oct 4 2006, 07:07 PM) Here's Doug's MRO entry, with a nice CRISM scoop as well. You don't know how funny that is to me as a HiRISE person... Before I joined the HiRISE team, I think it was about MOI time, a local paper actually published MRO as the Mars Renaissance Orbiter. Several of the team members came dressed up as if it were the Renaissance over the next week, as I've heard... Craziness... Also, Doug, where did you get the MCS picture of MRO? And how did you know about our plans to take pictures of Victoria Crater before it was done? I'm quite curious... |
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Oct 19 2006, 07:35 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The MCS image was from Jim Graf's paper presented at the conference and I asked him if I could reproduce it.
As for Vic crater.....meh...just guessing. (Actually - I honestly guessed that they would try and get it before conjunction a couple of months back ). Yes - Phoenix targetting is important, but I would consider planning traverses for a current spacecraft to be more so and thus I was always fairly sure that Vic would be in that transition phase. When Jim suggested that Friday's conference should be interesting, I put 1+1 together and made 3. Doug |
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Oct 19 2006, 01:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 19 2006, 12:35 AM) The MCS image was from Jim Graf's paper presented at the conference and I asked him if I could reproduce it. As for Vic crater.....meh...just guessing. (Actually - I honestly guessed that they would try and get it before conjunction a couple of months back ). Yes - Phoenix targetting is important, but I would consider planning traverses for a current spacecraft to be more so and thus I was always fairly sure that Vic would be in that transition phase. When Jim suggested that Friday's conference should be interesting, I put 1+1 together and made 3. Doug Very impressive. Originally Transition imaging was only going to be 1 day, so... That would have barely left time for anything... |
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Oct 19 2006, 02:42 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 |
QUOTE (tuvas @ Oct 19 2006, 03:52 PM) Very impressive. Originally Transition imaging was only going to be 1 day, so... That would have barely left time for anything... Thanks tuvas  BTW (I can read anaglyph but tell me which one is left eye) QUOTE (tuvas @ Oct 19 2006, 03:47 PM) Very impressive. Originally Transition imaging was only going to be 1 day, so... That would have barely left time for anything...
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