I always wonder about these pictures, and I hate to sound like an idiot, but why don't they ever seem to take color photos on these things? Is there not enough light, and they have to use infrared?
They are still transmitting on the Low Gain/Low Speed antenna, plus they are still running the Flight software and have not replaced it with the software that's intended for Surface operations. As soon as the High Gain/High Speed antenna is deployed and the software for surface operations is loaded, they have a few color panoramas and a high resolution Landing Movie they will be sending down. After all that happens, the rover activities on Mars will increase as well as the amount of science that will be beamed back.
And a note about the cameras. The cameras that can take color pictures are not like your home snapshot camera. They have a color wheel behind the lens with 15 or more colors in it. to take a color picture the camera snaps 3 or 4 different pictures using different filters that make up the colors of visible light, then the 3 or 4 pics are sent to earth and combined to make the final shot. this requires more bandwidth that is not available till the high gain antenna is used.
I was 14 years old when Apollo 13 flew. I live in Huntsville Alabama and everybody here was keeping a Close Eye on the Apollo missions. But I remember the loop-around-the-moon plan was in place from the very beginning as a way to Bail Out of the mission and return to Earth without a Lunar Landing. After all, what other option is there. The unique part of the plan was to use the Lunar Module as a Lifeboat to get them back alive.
Well many cable TV providers are fighting this trend by offering free service to people who want to leave.
Now, let's look at cable TV... lots of ads... ads which are worthless if they don't have subscribers.
I discontinued my cable TV from my bundle that included Phone & Internet. It was $60 less on the bill, but they never turned it off
but Cable TV does not make a lot of money from TV commercials, yes they do insert some, but the originating Station makes most of the money from the ads.
When looking for temperature Trends it should not matter if temperature recording stations are on a bad site or not. What you are concerned about is, are the averages going up or down. It does not matter where the site is as long as the readings are accurate.
I have a Sony BDP-380 Streaming Blu-Ray player that appears to play anything from Disc or USB or Ethernet or computer. Lots of audio and video and photo formats. So far it has played everything that I've thrown at it. Never a problem with NetFlix or RedBox rental discs. After using this player for almost a year, I wouldn't have anything else.
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The most common slang that I have heard is proud.
"Those guys are really Proud of that 42 inch TV."
When they launched a probe to Mars a few years ago, It crashed because it was designed using Wafer units, but the software was using Chip Units.
Wouldn't you cool the oil with air conditioning ?
VGER must become part of SlashDot so I can understand . . .
Actually there has been some maintenance done
they switched to the backup thruster set
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20111114.html
I like Peanut Butter on my Nilla Wafers
But
Prefer Nacho Cheese dip for my Silicon Chips
I think we should Blow Up The Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI
I always wonder about these pictures, and I hate to sound like an idiot, but why don't they ever seem to take color photos on these things? Is there not enough light, and they have to use infrared?
They are still transmitting on the Low Gain/Low Speed antenna, plus they are still running the Flight software and have not replaced it with the software that's intended for Surface operations. As soon as the High Gain/High Speed antenna is deployed and the software for surface operations is loaded, they have a few color panoramas and a high resolution Landing Movie they will be sending down. After all that happens, the rover activities on Mars will increase as well as the amount of science that will be beamed back.
And a note about the cameras. The cameras that can take color pictures are not like your home snapshot camera. They have a color wheel behind the lens with 15 or more colors in it. to take a color picture the camera snaps 3 or 4 different pictures using different filters that make up the colors of visible light, then the 3 or 4 pics are sent to earth and combined to make the final shot. this requires more bandwidth that is not available till the high gain antenna is used.
I was 14 years old when Apollo 13 flew. I live in Huntsville Alabama and everybody here was keeping a Close Eye on the Apollo missions. But I remember the loop-around-the-moon plan was in place from the very beginning as a way to Bail Out of the mission and return to Earth without a Lunar Landing. After all, what other option is there. The unique part of the plan was to use the Lunar Module as a Lifeboat to get them back alive.
So, can hackers figure out a way to feed these things wrong information so the output image looks like a shock site of your choosing?
You would need a Tin Foil house
Incorrect. Stumbling upon something literally refers to the act of coming upon something.
stumbling upon is like when you are walking in the woods smoking a big doobie and you trip over a log in the path
A better Idea would be to watch Streaming NASA TV
Streaming NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
NASA TV on USTREAM
http://www.ustream.tv/blog/2012/07/31/get-excited-the-mars-rover-landing-will-be-live-on-ustream/
Much better view without their worthless wires overhead in my backyard.
I thought that the resident paid for that wire in the installation, cant you take the wire down yourself and use it for the new antenna?
Well many cable TV providers are fighting this trend by offering free service to people who want to leave.
Now, let's look at cable TV... lots of ads... ads which are worthless if they don't have subscribers.
I discontinued my cable TV from my bundle that included Phone & Internet. It was $60 less on the bill, but they never turned it off
but Cable TV does not make a lot of money from TV commercials, yes they do insert some, but the originating Station makes most of the money from the ads.
When looking for temperature Trends it should not matter if temperature recording stations are on a bad site or not. What you are concerned about is, are the averages going up or down. It does not matter where the site is as long as the readings are accurate.
They can predict the crimes . . . isn't that just High Tech Profiling ?
But . . . Can the car warn the pedestrian that they about to get hit ?
Here is the video . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wcrkxOgzhU
Plus
The air at his Drop Point is very cold, around -70f
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
.
And stops my mind from wandering
Where will it go
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering
Where will it go
I'm painting the room in a colorful way
And when my mind is wandering
There I will go . .
Then it would be Three Sheets To The Wind
Grass Sledding
Tree Catapulting
etc.
Power to the Electron . . .
It's not capable of Manned Spaceflight
Think of it as the UAV of Spacecraft . . .
I have a Sony BDP-380 Streaming Blu-Ray player that appears to play anything from Disc or USB or Ethernet or computer. Lots of audio and video and photo formats. So far it has played everything that I've thrown at it. Never a problem with NetFlix or RedBox rental discs. After using this player for almost a year, I wouldn't have anything else.