From: THall1234@aol.com
Subject: Red Rover
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:37:51 -0500
It is interesting to see the discussions going on about Red Rover as well as the emerging Cuseeme rover activity. The activities are similar. Red Rover is run through the Planetary Society and participants "teleoperate" rovers at other sites' Marscapes through software they purchase ($99 package). The Mars site's rover has a camera mounted on it with cables attached to the computer through an interface box. Through Red Rover software, an offsite student maneuvers the rover via on-screen commands. A message is sent through the phone lines and rover cables and the rover will move as a direct result of that command. For those of us who participated in earlier discussions on this list, they will remember that there are two options: become a Mars base with the capability to "drive and be driven" ($500 + Lego costs) or become an Earth site with the capability to "drive" ($99). (See Jan Wee's email on Red Rover for details on how to get information on the project.) The Cuseeme activity sounds like a great idea too; the difference being in what kind of set up you need to get as well as the fact that the rover is being moved by a person on the site and not a computer. We participated as a beta site in Red Rover last year and plan to do so again this year as an extra activity in Live from Mars. We will be up and running early this Spring. Is there anyone else out there who has plans to be either an Earth or Mars site sometime this school year? I am anxious to know if there other any new schools that we can connect with. Please post to the list, as I'm sure there are others who would like tomeet their future Red Rover link-ups. Theresa Hall Paradise Canyon Elementary La Canada, CA