BULLSEYE!!!

Tempel was just schmacked right where it was supposed to be. I was out
attempting to observe the event with my scope, but alas, my approximately
3rd magnitude skies in that area of a sky still slightly more than an hour
away from astronomical twilight doomed my efforts. Seeing this coming, I
entered the house to find my wife watching the event on television. I
settled into my easy chair to view the video feed. What an event.



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Martin R. Howell
"Photographs From the Universe of Amateur Astronomy"
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I sure would like to see those images BUT as usual the servers are all
too busy.

One would think that NASA would figure out that a CHEAP way to gain
support for their programs would be to have adequate bandwidth so
taxpayers could see things REAL TIME.

It is just like playing the Super Bowl and not televising it.

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

One would think that NASA would figure out that a CHEAP way to gain
support for their programs would be to have adequate bandwidth so
taxpayers could see things REAL TIME.

Bandwidth costs money. Do _you_ want to fund it? I'm sure they'd be open
to the offer.

On the other hand, BitTorrent would be good.

Jim
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As a taxpayer and long time supporter of NASA I am funding Deep Impact.

For NASA's own benefit to gain further public support and funding,
there is no excuse for not having adequate server bandwidth for this
event. It was the same problem for the recent Mars missions.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/deepi...ION-browse.jpg

BEYOND EXPECTATIONS!! WAY BEYOND

ROC wrote:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/deepi...ION-browse.jpg

BEYOND EXPECTATIONS!! WAY BEYOND

I love the way 'The Register' (http://www.theregister.co.uk) described
it last week:

"We used to be afraid of comets. Now it's their turn."

Jim
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

As a taxpayer and long time supporter of NASA I am funding Deep Impact.

For NASA's own benefit to gain further public support and funding,
there is no excuse for not having adequate server bandwidth for this
event. It was the same problem for the recent Mars missions.

I'd rather they spent the money on the science. We'll get to see the
images at some point.

Jim
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you yet." - Jonathan Coulton, "Skullcrusher Mountain"

In article ,
Jim wrote:

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

One would think that NASA would figure out that a CHEAP way to gain
support for their programs would be to have adequate bandwidth so
taxpayers could see things REAL TIME.

Bandwidth costs money. Do _you_ want to fund it? I'm sure they'd be
open to the offer.

To save on bandwidth for cost reasons is penny-wise and
pound-foolish. The cost of sufficient bandwidth cannot be more than
a tiny fraction of a percent of the cost of the mission itself. And
providing enough bandwidth could increase popular support enough to
provide significantly more funding for future space missions. I.e.
it would pay itself back many times over.

So would _you_ want to provide the additional funding for future space
projects which may be lost due to inadequate bandwidth ????



On the other hand, BitTorrent would be good.

....except that too much viruses and other malware spreads that way....

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How about setting up a news group? There is a JPL group with no traffic
that exists today. I think every NASA project should create a
sci.space.XXX and sci.space.bin.XXX group to distribute all the
information and raw images as they are received. This is why USENET was
created. No problems with clogged single point servers, No waiting for
pre-processed, mass media, eye candy. Just the raw images. NOW.
Let the image processing experts (on the net) give it a try. After all,
We paid for it.
JimD.

Too_Many_Tools wrote:
I sure would like to see those images BUT as usual the servers are all
too busy.

One would think that NASA would figure out that a CHEAP way to gain
support for their programs would be to have adequate bandwidth so
taxpayers could see things REAL TIME.

It is just like playing the Super Bowl and not televising it.

Tax Payers refuse to pay for other tax payers to watch. You want a
couple of mill on a server or a satellite?