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Old January 27th 04, 11:10 PM
TVDad Jim
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Rick DeNatale wrote in message ...
What struck me several times in watching the MER EDL coverage was when
they said something like: "We're go for cruise stage separation." As if
mission control had a decision to make at that point.


I'm amazed that they call out the events - - don't you think it would
be easier to have the telemetry as a dashboard display, and just watch
*that*?
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Old January 28th 04, 03:32 AM
Mary Shafer
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:24:35 -0600, Pat Flannery
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Mary Shafer wrote:

If Pat's doing the commentary, we won't know it's not if it isn't.


Oh, now that's a turn of phrase...ranks right up there with Bilbo's
birthday speech... :-)


I noticed that just as I clicked "send". Let's try again.

If Pat's doing the commentary, we may not know that it's not going to
Venus if it's actually going elsewhere.

Not elegant, but a lot clearer.

If it's sent somewhere else, we may not know it's not going to Venus
if Pat's doing the commentary.

Better. Not perfect but certainly better.

Mary

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Old January 28th 04, 04:01 AM
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Mary Shafer thusly spake in :

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:24:35 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Mary Shafer wrote:

If Pat's doing the commentary, we won't know it's not if it isn't.


Oh, now that's a turn of phrase...ranks right up there with Bilbo's
birthday speech... :-)


I noticed that just as I clicked "send". Let's try again.

If Pat's doing the commentary, we may not know that it's not going to
Venus if it's actually going elsewhere.

Not elegant, but a lot clearer.


Perfectly clear the first time

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Old January 28th 04, 04:38 AM
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"Alex Potter" wrote in message
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Mary Shafer thusly spake in :

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:24:35 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Mary Shafer wrote:

If Pat's doing the commentary, we won't know it's not if it isn't.

Oh, now that's a turn of phrase...ranks right up there with Bilbo's
birthday speech... :-)


I noticed that just as I clicked "send". Let's try again.

If Pat's doing the commentary, we may not know that it's not going to
Venus if it's actually going elsewhere.

Not elegant, but a lot clearer.


Perfectly clear the first time


Yeah, I thought so too.

"I can't believe it's not Venus!" -- Fabio Flannery


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Old January 29th 04, 04:54 AM
Pat Flannery
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Kevin Willoughby wrote:

How about: Regardless of its destination, Pat will make it sound
Venereal.

Then again, maybe we should leave well enough alone...


What? Don't want a "dose" of my humor?
Doctor Ehrlichstein

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Old January 29th 04, 05:16 AM
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Kevin Willoughby wrote:

How about: Regardless of its destination, Pat will make it sound
Venereal.

Then again, maybe we should leave well enough alone...


What? Don't want a "dose" of my humor?
Doctor Ehrlichstein


Well, not via Uranus.


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Old January 29th 04, 11:01 AM
Pat Flannery
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Neil Gerace wrote:

What? Don't want a "dose" of my humor?
Doctor Ehrlichstein



Well, not via Uranus.


As I said before- I am a vast suppository of knowledge.

Pat

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Old January 30th 04, 10:21 PM
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Pat Flannery wrote...


Neil Gerace wrote:

What? Don't want a "dose" of my humor?
Doctor Ehrlichstein



Well, not via Uranus.


As I said before- I am a vast suppository of knowledge.

Pat



A vast suppository of innuendo!

And innuendo is just an Italian suppository.


- Peter


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Old February 1st 04, 05:21 AM
Peter H
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so whats your point ???
do you need to get explained every single little fact when watching or
reading media?!
i think one can expect enough intelligence to understand what live means....



There is a discussion going on in a space oriented web log group about the
"live" coverage of the mars landing.

The point was, that unlike all previous missions we could remember, the
people at JPL/NASA were acting as if the landing confirmation signals they
were watching represented a live right now event, never mentioning, as
everyone seemed to on pathfinder/viking et al that in fact the event had
actually happened 10 minutes before, and this was just the first news we

had
of what had happened.

We all agree it was more exciting this way, and even went to the
metaphysical that in relativistic terms, "now" is defined by the speed of
light, and this caveat is nothing more than a de-energizing footnote.

however: the fact that it was not mentioned on any of the coverage we saw
suggested that the decision was made as policy to view incoming signals as
live for the sake of the public event.

Does anyone here know if this is in fact true, or did anyone here hear
NASA/JPL mention the 10 minute lag

Bob




 




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