Posted by
Jeff in Chino Hills, CA on May 26, 2008:
I too watched the coverage on NASA TV, but I missed the photo of Phoenix under its chute. Amazing!
I also watched the live coverage of both the Spirit and Opportunity landings four years ago. In my opinion, you can take all the action movies and reality shows, and set them far to one side: THIS is true suspense, THIS is true nail-biting anxiety, THIS is true drama. Hey, I guess that explains it...This is True!
Posted by
Cory, Topeka on May 26, 2008:
It was great being able to watch the mission on the NASA channel like I did.
Great job for the boys and girls involved in this project, way to give congress nothing to gripe about, way to make my inner geek happy with your video and radio feeds, even more importantly, way to accomplish your goals!
Posted by
Paul in Pennsylvania on May 31, 2008:
You've brought back memories of my youth when my father built the camera package for the RCA/JPL satellites that crashed on the moon, bringing back our first close - up pictures (in the pre Apollo) era.
I remember Dad having an 8mm home movie version of the pictures that he brought home, and I took to 6th grade science class (almost fifty years ago).
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That was the Ranger program. An amazing series of missions. -rc
Posted by
Otto, Tacoma, WA on June 1, 2008:
A few years ago I was watching a CSPAN broadcast of a congressional hearing about the Mars rover. A congresswoman asked the NASA representative how far the rover had landed from the flag planted by Neil Armstrong. The poor guy from NASA had to find a polite way of explaining to the congresswoman that Mars and the moon are not the same. Our tax dollars at work.
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That was Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas who still represents the district that includes the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Worse, at the time she was on House Science Committee, and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA. She asked the question when (yes) she was visiting JPL. The unforgivable gaffe is even noted in her Wikipedia entry. -rc
Seven Minutes of Terror - Comments
Posted by Jeff in Chino Hills, CA on May 26, 2008:
I too watched the coverage on NASA TV, but I missed the photo of Phoenix under its chute. Amazing!
I also watched the live coverage of both the Spirit and Opportunity landings four years ago. In my opinion, you can take all the action movies and reality shows, and set them far to one side: THIS is true suspense, THIS is true nail-biting anxiety, THIS is true drama. Hey, I guess that explains it...This is True!
Posted by Cory, Topeka on May 26, 2008:
It was great being able to watch the mission on the NASA channel like I did.
Great job for the boys and girls involved in this project, way to give congress nothing to gripe about, way to make my inner geek happy with your video and radio feeds, even more importantly, way to accomplish your goals!
Posted by Paul in Pennsylvania on May 31, 2008:
You've brought back memories of my youth when my father built the camera package for the RCA/JPL satellites that crashed on the moon, bringing back our first close - up pictures (in the pre Apollo) era.
I remember Dad having an 8mm home movie version of the pictures that he brought home, and I took to 6th grade science class (almost fifty years ago).
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That was the Ranger program. An amazing series of missions. -rc
Posted by Otto, Tacoma, WA on June 1, 2008:
A few years ago I was watching a CSPAN broadcast of a congressional hearing about the Mars rover. A congresswoman asked the NASA representative how far the rover had landed from the flag planted by Neil Armstrong. The poor guy from NASA had to find a polite way of explaining to the congresswoman that Mars and the moon are not the same. Our tax dollars at work.
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That was Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas who still represents the district that includes the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Worse, at the time she was on House Science Committee, and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA. She asked the question when (yes) she was visiting JPL. The unforgivable gaffe is even noted in her Wikipedia entry. -rc
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