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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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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. 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 -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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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 -- Regards Alex The email address above is a spamtrap. Please reply to alexp[AT]apcuk[DOT]dyndns[DOT]org |
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"Alex Potter" wrote in message ... 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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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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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... 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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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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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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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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