Old Planetary Programs

I'd like to thank those who helped me with my recent quest for '60s and
'70s era information. (paulo, did you get my e-mail reply?) I suspected
the NASA archives would be a help, but I wasn't certain how to do a
fruitful search; I didn't even think about the various tech manuals. I
also found some decent pics of Ulysses at the JPL homepage.

Probably the highest priority on my list at the moment is a good
quality copy of Viking's first picture from the Martian surface, the
footpad pic. I've found a good source for the panorama, but the best
I've got for the footpad shot is a TINY unlinkable thumbnail-size. That
was after about a dozen google attempts. Can anyone do better? also,
did Viking 2 take a similar pic for its first? I assume it did, but I
don't recall ever seeing one at the time. (I lost most of my newspaper
clippings and files in a garage fire several years ago.)

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Probably the highest priority on my list at the moment is a good
quality copy of Viking's first picture from the Martian surface, the
footpad pic. I've found a good source for the panorama, but the best
I've got for the footpad shot is a TINY unlinkable thumbnail-size. That
was after about a dozen google attempts.



First surface photo is the last one down the page.
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/BROWSE/ALLGRIN_126.html
They have it in a lot of sizes, up to immense.

Pat

wrote:

Can anyone do better? also,
did Viking 2 take a similar pic for its first? I assume it did, but I
don't recall ever seeing one at the time. (I lost most of my newspaper
clippings and files in a garage fire several years ago.)



It's not as large, but here's the first Viking 2 surface picture,
showing he same view:
http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Astr...011-2-8_a.jpeg
A really good way to go looking for things like this is via a Google
search using "images"- this photo was on the first page of images that
came up when I typed in "first viking 2 photo" as the search criteria.

Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:


Probably the highest priority on my list at the moment is a good
quality copy of Viking's first picture from the Martian surface, the
footpad pic. I've found a good source for the panorama, but the best
I've got for the footpad shot is a TINY unlinkable thumbnail-size.
That
was after about a dozen google attempts.



First surface photo is the last one down the page.
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/BROWSE/ALLGRIN_126.html
They have it in a lot of sizes, up to immense.

Pat

"Houston, Tranquility Base here, the steel I-beam has landed."

http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMA...000-000105.jpg

http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000105.html


Rusty

Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:


It's not as large, but here's the first Viking 2 surface picture,
showing he same view:

http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Astr...011-2-8_a.jpeg
A really good way to go looking for things like this is via a Google
search using "images"- this photo was on the first page of images
that
came up when I typed in "first viking 2 photo" as the search
criteria.

That search criteria might also get you a picture of the Vice-President
of the Vikings. ;-)


Rusty

Rusty wrote:


That search criteria might also get you a picture of the Vice-President
of the Vikings. ;-)



You've got to have the "ears for the Google search" as the Ferengi
say... you're talking to the man who tracked down the Halley's comet
cartoon that James Oberg wanted inside of five minutes via the inspired
"comet cartoon" entry in Google images. :-)

Pat

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:21:19 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

You've got to have the "ears for the Google search" as the Ferengi
say...

....Lobes, son. Lobes.

OM

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You've got to have the "ears for the Google search" as the Ferengi
say...

Lobes.

Also happened to be just ahead of a white van marked with TOS shuttle
markings- the door for the fuel cap marked "Fuel Port", red stripes on the
side, etc., along with "USS Code Talker" marked on it in several places, and
a Starfleet Marines decal.

Tried to get the gal's attention by waiving the Andorian doll I just
happened to have on my dashboard (picked it up in Vegas recently at Mecca
for Dorks/Star Trek: The Experience).

Still having problems getting the images out of the camera. Might have to
spring for a proper card reader. I managed to get a few shots of the van.

I suspect when my wife sees it she will look at me and say "HELL NO!".

wrote:
I'd like to thank those who helped me with my recent quest for '60s and
'70s era information. (paulo, did you get my e-mail reply?)

Sorry, I didn't receive anything. Can you contact me again?
Paolo

Scott Hedrick wrote:

Also happened to be just ahead of a white van marked with TOS shuttle
markings- the door for the fuel cap marked "Fuel Port", red stripes on the
side, etc., along with "USS Code Talker" marked on it in several places, and
a Starfleet Marines decal.




As a general rule, I would stay far, far, away from any woman who would
drive something like that.
At the very least she is probably a little odd in the head; at the worst
she is a Salt Vampire luring Trekkies to a horrible doom.


Tried to get the gal's attention by waiving the Andorian doll I just
happened to have on my dashboard (picked it up in Vegas recently at Mecca
for Dorks/Star Trek: The Experience).




If you see her again you ask a passerby describe her to you...and you
make sure that their description matches what you are seeing. Another
thing to watch out for is any van has a overpowering honey-like odor
about it, and seems to be driven by a sparkling vapor of some sort.

Still having problems getting the images out of the camera. Might have to
spring for a proper card reader. I managed to get a few shots of the van.



(Pat looked at the pictures, but they showed a green Romulan
reconnaissance vehicle with Denise Crosby at the wheel. The new cloaking
technology was not yet perfected in all wavelengths apparently.)

I suspect when my wife sees it she will look at me and say "HELL NO!".



And box you on your pointed ears. :-)

Pat