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ESA flubs Titan Landing show
After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree
with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html |
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Ken wrote:
After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html So, for you the headline is that ESA did a bad job with the broadcast (and oh yeah, they landed on Titan as well)? I agree completely that the PR on this mission could have been a lot better, but we _did_ land a probe on a moon of Saturn! ESA is largely governed by politicians, so it's only natural that we do our best to please them. In the US, Space missions are made or broken by the television audience, so NASA does their best to please the media. A live broadcast of the Huygens decent would get next to no attention on any European tv channel. There's no reason for ESA to prioritize live broadcasts. It's sad, and I wish it were different, but that's how it is. Regards, Steven |
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I don't mean to diminish what the ESA did. What a feat! Congrats to the ESA
for their accomplishments, my only gripe was the lack of images. It would have been spectacular if we could have seen the images as they rolled in. Even now, I think there's a lack of images being released. "Steven Van Impe" wrote in message ... Ken wrote: After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html So, for you the headline is that ESA did a bad job with the broadcast (and oh yeah, they landed on Titan as well)? I agree completely that the PR on this mission could have been a lot better, but we _did_ land a probe on a moon of Saturn! ESA is largely governed by politicians, so it's only natural that we do our best to please them. In the US, Space missions are made or broken by the television audience, so NASA does their best to please the media. A live broadcast of the Huygens decent would get next to no attention on any European tv channel. There's no reason for ESA to prioritize live broadcasts. It's sad, and I wish it were different, but that's how it is. Regards, Steven |
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"Ken" wrote in message ... After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html oh come one, be a good sport and enjoy this succes of non-US project. |
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I know, it sounds kind of bad, us Americans complaining about coverage of
what was an absolute success! I just wish there were more images and less "patting on the back". "md" not given to avoid spam wrote in message ... "Ken" wrote in message ... After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html oh come one, be a good sport and enjoy this succes of non-US project. |
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"Ken" wrote:
After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html The Voyagers and Galileo transmitted photos directly to Earth. Huygens had to upload all the data to Cassini, and the Cassini transmitted photos to Earth. A much slower process overall... -- Scott M. Kozel Highway and Transportation History Websites Virginia/Maryland/Washington, D.C. http://www.roadstothefuture.com Philadelphia and Delaware Valley http://www.pennways.com |
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"Ken" wrote in message ... I know, it sounds kind of bad, us Americans complaining about coverage of what was an absolute success! I just wish there were more images and less "patting on the back". to that, I agree. to be honest: throughout the cassini mission, I missed the images. |
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md wrote:
"Ken" wrote in message ... After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html oh come one, be a good sport and enjoy this succes of non-US project. Ditto! And in terms of computational complexity (accuracy notwithstanding!!!), timed event prediction and gravitational expertise, the ESA is ahead of everybody now, by, say, what, the ratio between the distance to Titan, and the distance to Mars? :-) -- I. N. G. --- http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/ |
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John Steinberg wrote:
Ioannis wrote: Ditto! And in terms of computational complexity (accuracy notwithstanding!!!), timed event prediction and gravitational expertise, the ESA is ahead of everybody now, by, say, what, the ratio between the distance to Titan, and the distance to Mars? :-) *Cough* Kudos to the ESA and Huygens -- which among its six instruments is one developed at the University of Arizona, USA. Oh, come one, John. Do you expect most technology to stay in the USA for ever? If you don't export it, how will you get the wonderful buck? :-) If you don't want your technology "exported", you should shut down all the schools that accept foreign students, like me :-P Just so happens to be the instrument responsible for the imaging. :-P I'll take your word for it, but the end result counts :-P -- I. N. G. --- http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/ |
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Ken wrote:
After watching the event on NASA TV, I'd have to say that I somewhat agree with the analysis. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-05g.html I agree too. They way I'd put it is that I didn't think it impossible that anybody could do a worse job than NASA TV! Just as bad--yes, but worse? Oh my. Am I the only one who noticed the panelists at the first press conference play dumb when the reporters asked repeatedly about the consequences of the loss of the B channel? On the other hand, I saw the MER people pull the same thing once. Regardless, it is sort of painful to watch these really smart people pretend to be dullards! Note for my thin-skinned Euro friends: this is just some friendly criticism of the broadcast/event only; it has nothing at all to do with the very successful mission itself! Please don't infer otherwise. |
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