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Five Years on Mars - Sunday, Nov 2, 8PM, on National Geographic Channel
Pando
post Oct 29 2008, 10:38 PM
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I wanted to mention that there is an upcoming show on National Geographic Channel on Sunday, Nov 2 at 8PM (in US) about Opportunity and Spirit, and it contains breathtaking vistas and animations of the rovers' travels to Victoria crater and in Gusev. They showed a preview, and it was absolutely stunning in HD.

There are some videos on the website as well:
Opportunity Video

Folks - set your DVRs!!! smile.gif
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post Nov 3 2008, 04:34 AM
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Excellent, excellent piece. Brought us fully up to date with the entire mission. The biggest lack in existing documentaries on the MERs was that they focused on the landing and the primary mission, and in the case of the MERs, there has been so much more.

Of course, it *did* sort of violate the well-known UMSF axiom that dust devils don't clean rovers... I guess it's just too prosaic to talk about regular old wind gusts. There's a lot more drama in a dust devil. smile.gif

But the CGI work by Maas is just outstanding. I thought I would weep when the point of view swiveled around Spirit sitting atop Husband Hill and the Inner Valley laid itself out, with Home Plate nestled at its far end. It was in all ways a visually perfect representation of the scene.

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- Pando   Five Years on Mars - Sunday, Nov 2, 8PM   Oct 29 2008, 10:38 PM
- - djellison   Looks like some STUNNING work by Dan Maas once aga...   Oct 29 2008, 11:29 PM
|- - Pando   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 29 2008, 04:29 PM)...   Oct 30 2008, 03:26 AM
- - Hungry4info   O_O I really dislike watching TV. But I must conf...   Oct 29 2008, 11:31 PM
- - Stu   That looks frakking excellent!!! C...   Oct 29 2008, 11:48 PM
|- - tedstryk   Does it have reseau?   Oct 30 2008, 12:14 AM
- - mhoward   Man, I hope they sell an HD version of that online...   Oct 30 2008, 03:33 AM
- - Pando   Here's one of the images: Sure enough, Dan ...   Oct 30 2008, 04:16 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Pando @ Oct 29 2008, 04:38 PM) htt...   Oct 30 2008, 06:03 AM
- - mhoward   As dramatic as that view of Opportunity is, I have...   Oct 30 2008, 06:15 AM
|- - ustrax   Pando, a shame I say...a shame... I am still dr...   Oct 30 2008, 07:54 AM
|- - Pando   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 30 2008, 12:54 AM) Pa...   Oct 31 2008, 06:27 AM
- - djellison   That shot of the top of Husband Hill, panning arou...   Oct 30 2008, 08:21 AM
|- - mars loon   This film looks to be a STUNNER in both visuals an...   Nov 1 2008, 03:23 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE Program repeats at 11 PM EDT Sun ken Actu...   Nov 3 2008, 01:10 AM
- - PhilCo126   How it all started... with Pete theisinger: http:/...   Oct 30 2008, 02:07 PM
- - mhoward   Not to seem obsessed or anything (heaven forbid...   Oct 30 2008, 02:12 PM
- - PhilCo126   Here's what Dr steve Squyres had to say to cS....   Oct 31 2008, 02:01 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 30 2008, 02:54 AM) .....   Nov 1 2008, 06:06 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Watching it now. Really good.   Nov 3 2008, 02:13 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 3 2008, 03:13 AM...   Nov 3 2008, 02:24 AM
- - ilbasso   Wow, that was a stunning show in high def! Hm...   Nov 3 2008, 02:47 AM
- - dvandorn   Excellent, excellent piece. Brought us fully up t...   Nov 3 2008, 04:34 AM
- - algorimancer   I enjoyed it, but felt that it skipped-over rather...   Nov 3 2008, 08:57 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Nov 3 2008, 02:57 P...   Nov 3 2008, 09:38 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I noticed that. While they verbally described the...   Nov 4 2008, 04:44 AM
|- - tedstryk   I must confess that I took a snarky attitude to th...   Nov 9 2008, 09:19 PM
|- - OWW   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Nov 9 2008, 10:19 PM) s...   Jan 8 2009, 09:37 PM
- - Enceladus75   This sounds like an excellent documentary. I agree...   Nov 10 2008, 04:11 AM
- - mhoward   I finally got to see a (poor quality) recording of...   Jan 8 2009, 02:09 AM
- - djellison   I spotted one error in one of Dans animations. ...   Jan 8 2009, 11:35 PM
|- - eoincampbell   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 8 2009, 03:35 PM) ...   Jan 9 2009, 05:02 PM
- - Shaka   It was nice to see a flock of the rover drivers (t...   Jan 8 2009, 11:46 PM
- - djellison   No - they got that bit right. It was the exit of ...   Jan 9 2009, 05:12 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 9 2009, 11:12 AM) ...   Jan 9 2009, 05:37 PM
- - djellison   For those still in the dark - Opportunity drove to...   Jan 9 2009, 05:49 PM
- - eoincampbell   ... The solar panels ever so slightly flapping in ...   Jan 9 2009, 06:44 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (eoincampbell @ Jan 9 2009, 06:44 P...   Jan 9 2009, 07:01 PM
|- - djellison   You're right James - just two Navcam shots bef...   Jan 9 2009, 07:20 PM
- - dvandorn   I've had this program saved on my DVR since la...   Jan 19 2009, 04:46 AM
- - PhilCo126   "Official" JPL logo   Jan 26 2009, 06:06 PM

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