A Deep Space Primer 118
phil reed writes "With the latest Mars missions still in the news, people might be curious about what it takes to actually run a deep space mission: how a spacecraft is designed, how the communications are handled, what kind of project management is in place to make it all work. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a primer online that gives broad general coverage of all aspects of putting a satellite into orbit and how to manage it once it's there. Fascinating reading, with lots of links to more detail."
No thanks (Score:4, Funny)
Ron Popiel satelite: (Score:2, Funny)
so close! (Score:5, Funny)
Tweaking, JPL Style (Score:5, Funny)
Too many windows on your screen may tax computer "power" causing animations to run too slowly, but if they're too fast, you might choose to run additional programs to use up computing power and slow the animations.
So it looks like JPL's also providing a newbie guide on "tweaking your system." :-)
I'd like to see how someone with a 3.0 GHz PC handles this...
Warning (Score:5, Funny)
DO NOT attempt this at home
How it should have started... (Score:5, Funny)
R.I.P. DNA
Re:Tweaking, JPL Style (Score:4, Funny)
Then again if they forget to handle filesystem full errors on Mars rovers who knows... ;)
Re:Warning (Score:4, Funny)
Re:how the communications are handled (Score:3, Funny)
Re:how the communications are handled (Score:2, Funny)
It's called Pez [pez.com]. Nothing to do with space travel kid, but keep trying.
Re:so close! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Broken Quiz? (Score:2, Funny)
Here are my results:
Your score: 57%
There were 15 possible choices. Results for each choice you selected are shown below. Use your browser's BACK function to return to the quiz.
Question 1.01:
Right
Question 1.02:
Right
Question 1.03:
Wrong, no selection made.
Question 1.04:
Right
Question 1.05:
Wrong, no selection made.
Question 1.06:
Right
I went back to the quiz and sure enough 3 and 5 were answered then I tried to reset the quiz several times to no avail. More troubling is the fact that with 4 of 6 correct answers I should have a 66% rather than 57%. Is 66 fahrenheit = 57 celsius?
God save Spirit and Opportunity.
Re:Tweaking, JPL Style (Score:2, Funny)
When I was in College I had a brand new and blinding fast 386/SX-16 that I wanted to play Wing Commander on. Alas it was designed to be run on a 4.77Mhz XT and I could not control the ship at the blinding speed. However I quickly thought to load up the new at the time Windows 3.0 and play Wing Commander in a dos box from that. This worked flawlessly and led to my tag line of, 'Windows, the 8086 Emulator for your 80386!'
Re:The quiz is messed up... (Score:2, Funny)